Nature Communications (May 2020)

Achieving micron-scale plasticity and theoretical strength in Silicon

  • Ming Chen,
  • Laszlo Pethö,
  • Alla S. Sologubenko,
  • Huan Ma,
  • Johann Michler,
  • Ralph Spolenak,
  • Jeffrey M. Wheeler

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16384-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Silicon is thought to be brittle, which limits its mechanical application in devices. Here, the authors lithographically fabricate silicon and show its superior surface quality leads to near ideal strength and micron-scale plasticity.