Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7169517 | Engineering Fracture Mechanics | 2016 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
This paper reports on the effect of oxidation on fracture behavior of single crystal silicon (SCS). SCS specimens were fabricated from (1 0 0) silicon-on-insulator wafer with 5-μm-thick device layer and oxide layer were thermally grown. Quasi-static tensile testing of as-fabricated, oxidized and oxidized layer removed specimens was performed. The fracture origin location transited from the surface to silicon/oxide interface and inside of silicon. The transition may be caused by surface smoothing, thickening oxide layer and formation of oxide precipitation defects in silicon during oxidation. The radius of the oxide precipitation defects was estimated, which is well agreed with the fracture-initiating crack sizes.
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Authors
Toshiyuki Tsuchiya, Kenji Miyamoto, Koji Sugano, Osamu Tabata,