Mapping the initiation of plastic deformation in nanoindentation

Details Mapping the initiation of plastic deformation in nanoindentation Mapping the initiation of plastic deformation in nanoindentation

2010-11-02

arxiv.org/abs/1011.0677v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

Manuscript with two figures, plus Supplementary Information

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Under the inhomogenous stress field set up by nanoindentation, the smaller the extent of the stress field the greater the yield pressure. When the specimen contains a thin layer of softer material, the yield pressure is reduced if plasticity initiates in the soft material. A series of specimens with the soft layer at different depths enables the depth at which plasticity initiates to be mapped. InGaAs lattice-matched to InP is used, and the soft layer is 320nm of strained-layer InGaAs superlattice. Under nanoindentation, we find that plastic yield initiates throughout a region ranging from 300nm to over 1um depending on the indenter tip radius. The region matches the depth range over which the stress exceeds the yield stress of the InGaAs. Thus a requirement for yield is an overload, or excess stress, throughout a finite volume.

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