Crystallization of amorphous silicon induced by mechanical shear deformations

Details Crystallization of amorphous silicon induced by mechanical shear deformations Crystallization of amorphous silicon induced by mechanical shear deformations

2011-04-29

arxiv.org/abs/1104.5692v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

8 pages, 12 figures

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We have investigated the response of amorphous silicon (a-Si), in particular crystallization, to external mechanical shear deformations using classical molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and the empirical Environment Dependent Inter-atomic Potential (EDIP) [Phys. Rev. B 56, 8542 (1997)]. In agreement with previous results we find that, at low shear velocity and low temperature, shear deformations increase disorder and defect density. At high temperatures, however, the deformations are found to induce crystallization, demonstrating a dynamical transition associated with both shear rate and temperature. The properties of a-Si under shear deformations and the extent at which the system crystallizes are analyzed in terms of the potential energy difference (PED) between the sheared and non-sheared material, as well as the fraction of defects and the number of particles that possess a crystalline environment.

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