Knowing the mechanical behavior of silicon at elevated temperatures is crucial for many high-temperature applications and processes. This work aims to expand the knowledge of …
We report a length-scale-controlled Brittle-Ductile Transition giving rise to significant toughening of a commonly brittle material. Using quantitative in-situ Transmission Electron …
A Merabet, M Texier, C Tromas, S Brochard… - Acta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
The mechanical properties of materials usually depend on the size of the considered object. Silicon, for instance, undergoes between the macroscopic and nanometer scales, a brittle-to …
D Chrobak, N Tymiak, A Beaber, O Ugurlu… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
Silicon crystals have an important role in the electronics industry, and silicon nanoparticles have applications in areas such as nanoelectromechanical systems, photonics and …
Elastic-plastic and fracture properties are key issues in characterizing materials' mechanical behavior, and they have been extensively studied for over a century for bulk structured …
U Bhaskar, V Passi, S Houri… - Journal of Materials …, 2012 - cambridge.org
Nanomechanical testing of silicon is primarily motivated toward characterizing scale effects on the mechanical behavior.“Defect-free” nanoscale silicon additionally offers a road to …
Z Shi, E Tsymbalov, M Dao, S Suresh… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Nanoscale specimens of semiconductor materials as diverse as silicon and diamond are now known to be deformable to large elastic strains without inelastic relaxation. These …
Silicon (Si) microfabrication techniques, derived from the microelectronics industry, have enabled the development and commercialization of microelectromechanical systems …
Large strain plasticity is phenomenologically defined as the ability of a material to exhibit an exceptionally large deformation rate during mechanical deformation. It is a property that is …