Uniform tensile elongation in Au-Si core-shell nanowires Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • 2016 Elsevier Ltd In order to evaluate the role of a hard amorphous silicon (a-Si) shell on the deformation of a soft crystalline gold core, we investigated the mechanical properties of the Au@a-Si coreshell nanowire (NW) by using molecular dynamics simulations. We first optimized an existing parametrization of the MEAM potential to better reproduce the mechanical properties of gold and silicon as well as AuSi interactions. The comparison of the tensile tests performed on pristine Au NW, a-Si shell and Au@a-Si coreshell NW revealed that the hard amorphous shell works against the growth of the ledges left by localized plasticity. In consequence, the localized plasticity and the expansion of nano-twin are reduced. A homogeneous plastic deformation of the coreshell was then observed at almost a constant flow stress equal to the yield stress. This behavior is characteristic of an elastic-perfect plastic material.

published proceedings

  • EXTREME MECHANICS LETTERS

author list (cited authors)

  • Godet, J., Furgeaud, C., Pizzagalli, L., & Demkowicz, M. J.

citation count

  • 11

complete list of authors

  • Godet, Julien||Furgeaud, Clarisse||Pizzagalli, Laurent||Demkowicz, Michael J

publication date

  • September 2016