کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
787255 1465659 2010 15 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Size and temperature effects on the fracture mechanisms of silicon nanowires: Molecular dynamics simulations
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه سایر رشته های مهندسی مهندسی مکانیک
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Size and temperature effects on the fracture mechanisms of silicon nanowires: Molecular dynamics simulations
چکیده انگلیسی

We present molecular dynamics simulations of [1 1 0]-oriented Si nanowires (NWs) under a constant strain rate in tension until failure, using the modified embedded-atom-method (MEAM) potential. The fracture behavior of the NWs depends on both temperature and NW diameter. For NWs of diameter larger than 4 nm, cleavage fracture on the transverse (1 1 0) plane are predominantly observed at temperatures below 1000 K. At higher temperatures, the same NWs shear extensively on inclined {1 1 1} planes prior to fracture, analogous to the brittle-to-ductile transition (BDT) in bulk Si. Surprisingly, NWs with diameter less than 4 nm fail by shear regardless of temperature. Detailed analysis reveals that cleavage fracture is initiated by the nucleation of a crack, while shear failure is initiated by the nucleation of a dislocation, both from the surface. While dislocation mobility is believed to be the controlling factor of BDT in bulk Si, our analysis showed that the change of failure mechanism in Si NWs with decreasing diameters is nucleation controlled. Our results are compared with a recent in situ tensile experiment of Si NWs showing ductile failure at room temperature.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: International Journal of Plasticity - Volume 26, Issue 9, September 2010, Pages 1387–1401
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