High-Throughput On-Chip Large Deformation of Silicon Nanoribbons and Nanowires
Journal article, 2012

An on-chip internal stress-based testing device has been developed in order to deform silicon nanoribbons and nanowires up to large strains enabling high throughput of data. The fracture strain and survival probability distribution have been generated for 50-nm-thick and 50- or 500-nm-wide specimens with lengths varying between 2.5 and 10 mu m. Fracture strains reaching up to 5% are attained in the smallest specimens, whereas 90% of the specimens survive 2.5% deformation. This testing platform opens an avenue to investigate and use electromechanical couplings appearing under large mechanical stress or large deformation.

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nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS)

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youngs modulus

Fracture strain

materials

bulge test

on-chip testing

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Author

V. Passi

Universite catholique de Louvain

IEMN Institut d'Electronique de Microelectronique et de Nanotechnologie

U. Bhaskar

Universite catholique de Louvain

T. Pardoen

Universite catholique de Louvain

Ulf Södervall

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Nanofabrication Laboratory

Bengt Nilsson

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Nanofabrication Laboratory

Göran Petersson

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Nanofabrication Laboratory

Mats Hagberg

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Nanofabrication Laboratory

J. P. Raskin

Universite catholique de Louvain

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

1057-7157 (ISSN)

Vol. 21 4 822-829 6179958

Subject Categories

Physical Sciences

DOI

10.1109/JMEMS.2012.2190711

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