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Low speed crack propagation via kink formation and advance on the silicon (110) cleavage plane
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Kermode, James R., Gleizer, Anna, Kovel, Guy, Pastewka, Lars, Csanyi, Gabor, Sherman, Dov and De Vita, Alessandro (2015) Low speed crack propagation via kink formation and advance on the silicon (110) cleavage plane. Physical Review Letters, 115 (13). pp. 1-5. 135501. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.135501
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.135501
Abstract
We present density functional theory based atomistic calculations predicting that slow fracturing of silicon is possible at any chosen crack propagation speed under suitable temperature and load conditions. We also present experiments demonstrating fracture propagation on the Si(110) cleavage plane in the ~100 m/s speed range, consistent with our predictions. These results suggest that many other brittle crystals could be broken arbitrarily slowly in controlled experiments.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Engineering | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Density functionals | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Physical Review Letters | ||||||
| Publisher: | American Physical Society | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0031-9007 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 23 September 2015 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 115 | ||||||
| Number: | 13 | ||||||
| Number of Pages: | 5 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1-5 | ||||||
| Article Number: | 135501 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.135501 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access | ||||||
| Funder: | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Imperial College, London. Rio Tinto Centre for Advanced Mineral Recovery, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Seventh Framework Programme (European Commission) (FP7), United States. Department of Energy. Office of Science | ||||||
| Grant number: | EP/L014742/1 (EPSRC), EP/L027682/1 (EPSRC), Pa 2023/2 (DFG), DE-AC02-06CH11357 (US.DoE.OoS) |
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