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    Nano-scale elastic–plastic properties and indentation-induced deformation of amorphous silicon carbide thin film

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    Nawaz, A.
    Mao, W.
    Lu, Chunsheng
    Shen, Y.
    Date
    2017
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Nawaz, A. and Mao, W. and Lu, C. and Shen, Y. 2017. Nano-scale elastic–plastic properties and indentation-induced deformation of amorphous silicon carbide thin film. Ceramics International. 43 (1, Part A): pp. 385-391.
    Source Title
    Ceramics International
    DOI
    10.1016/j.ceramint.2016.09.170
    ISSN
    0272-8842
    School
    Department of Mechanical Engineering
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8785
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Controllable low-temperature (500 °C) deposition of amorphous a-SiC ceramic films on Si(100) was achieved using a pulsed dc-magnetron puttering system in a mixture of CH4/Ar. The nanoscale elastic-plastic response of the film upon contact loading was systematically characterized and analyzed by depth sensing nanoindentation technique using a Berkovich tip indenter. The mean values for elastic modulus and hardness were found to be 170±10 and 11.0±0.8 GPa, respectively. The onset of elastic-plastic transition occurred with contact loading of 70 µN at a depth of 10 nm. By coupling the Hertzian contact theory and Johnson's cavity model, the critical shear stress (7.7 GPa), yielding strength (14.4 GPa), plastic zone size (30–300 nm), and plastic work ratio (0.18–0.40) of a-SiC thin film under nanoindentation were determined. Based on the experimental results, the resolved shear stress analysis and deformation behavior were found to be consistent with the interpretation that the deformation behavior was associated with local readjustment of small clusters of atoms. The deformation mechanism was also explained on the basis of shear transformation zones (STZs) amorphous plasticity theory.

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