Modelling the upper yield point and the brittle-ductile transition of silicon wafers in three-point bend tests

Three-point bend tests carried out by Folk [R.H. Folk, The brittle to ductile transition in silicon: evidence of a criticaly yield event. PhD thesis, University of Pennsylvania (2000).] on initially dislocation-free specimens of semiconductor-grade single crystals of Si showed that, for a given stra...

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Main Authors: Roberts, S, Hirsch, P
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2006