Abstract
We use the ex situ and in situ deformation of silicon nano-spheres to investigate the mechanism(s) responsible for hardening, which consequently affects strength. With spheres in the 40-400 nm range, an inverse strength dependence was found. Applicability of linear, forest and/or exhaustion hardening are explored with the hypothesis that all three are of the same class limited by dislocation nucleation.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 819-822 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Scripta Materialia |
Volume | 62 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2010 |
Keywords
- In situ TEM
- Nano-indentation
- Plastic deformation
- Silicon