Unit Shearing Events in Plasticity of Amorphous Silicon Conference Paper

abstract

• AbstractPlasticity in amorphous silicon (a-Si) as modeled by the Stillinger-Weber (SW) potential was investigated using structure relaxation by potential energy minimization. Irreversible stress drops in the observed mechanical response are the source of plastic deformation in this model directionally bonded material. Every such stress drop was found to be accompanied by atomic rearrangements that give evidence of the existence of unit inelastic shearing events that are characteristic of a-Si and account for plasticity in this material.

authors

• Demkowicz, Michal

published proceedings

• MRS Advances

author list (cited authors)

• Demkowicz, M. J., & Argon, A. S.

citation count

• 0

complete list of authors

• Demkowicz, Michael J||Argon, Ali S

publication date

• December 2005

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

published in

• MRS Advances  Journal

keywords

• 34 Chemical Sciences
• 40 Engineering
• 4016 Materials Engineering

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1557/proc-0904-bb03-07

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 10

• 1558998594

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 9781558998599

start page

• 0904-bb03-07

end page

• 18

volume

• 904

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1557%2Fproc-0904-bb03-07