Y.Q. Wu
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X. Y. Yang and Y.B. Xu (State Key Laboratory for Fatigue and Fracture of Materials
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Institute of Metal Research
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The Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Shenyang 110015
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China)(Laboratory of Atomic Imaging of Solids
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Institute of Metal Research
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The Chinese Academy of Sciences
,
Shenyang 110015
,
China)
金属学报(英文版)
A cross-sectional sample of indentation in [001] silicon was made and a lateral microcrack beneath the indentation was observed by high resolution electron microscope (HREM). The HREM images around the microcrack tip show an alternate distribution of the amorphous and lattice structure. The crack does not propagate by the successive debonding between certain atomic planes, meaning that before a crack completely opens, there may be a stage of amorphization, resulting from severe distortion of lattice.
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amorphization
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