The influence of hold time on the onset of plastic deformation in silicon

Wong, Sherman; Haberl, Bianca; Bradby, Jodie E.; Williams, James S.

doi:10.1063/1.4938480

Title: The influence of hold time on the onset of plastic deformation in silicon

Journal Article · Thu Dec 24 00:00:00 EST 2015 · Journal of Applied Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4938480· OSTI ID:1237634

Wong, Sherman ^[1]; Haberl, Bianca ^[2]; Bradby, Jodie E. ^[3]; Williams, James S. ^[3]

Australian National Univ., Canberra (Australia)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Australian National Univ. Canberra (Australia)

Here, the formation of silicon (Si) in its -Sn form is known to be nucleation limited, with an undetermined period of time between when critical pressure for the trans- formation is reached and when the transformation actually occurs. In this letter, we use nanoindentation to apply critical pressure to diamond cubic Si and hold the sample under pressure to promote deformation via phase transformation and crystalline defects. We report that the number of indents in which phase transformation is observed increases with increasing hold time. Interestingly, the number of indents in which crystalline defects are observed also increase with increasing hold time, suggesting crystalline defects are also nucleation limited. Raman spectroscopy and cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy is used to show that these two deformation mechanisms are mutually exclusive under the indentation conditions used within this letter.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

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OSTI ID:: 1237634

Journal Information:: Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 118, Issue 24; ISSN 0021-8979

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