A review on micro-and nanoscratching/tribology at high temperatures: instrumentation and experimentation

SZ Chavoshi, S Xu - Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 2018 - Springer
High-temperature micro-/nanomechanics has attracted much interest over the last decade,
primarily because of the urgent need to understand the mechanical and tribological …

Pressure-induced phase transformations during femtosecond-laser doping of silicon

MJ Smith, YT Lin, MJ Sher, MT Winkler… - Journal of Applied …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
Silicon hyperdoped with chalcogens via femtosecond-laser irradiation exhibits unique near-
unity sub-bandgap absorptance extending into the infrared region. The intense light-matter …

High temperature nanoscratching of single crystal silicon under reduced oxygen condition

SZ Chavoshi, SC Gallo, H Dong, X Luo - Materials Science and …, 2017 - Elsevier
In-situ high temperature nanoscratching of Si (110) wafer under reduced oxygen condition
was carried out for the first time using a Berkovich tip with a ramp load at low and high …

[HTML][HTML] Unraveling the atomic-scale pathways driving pressure-induced phase transitions in silicon

F Rovaris, A Marzegalli, F Montalenti, E Scalise - Materials Today Nano, 2025 - Elsevier
Silicon exhibits several metastable allotropes which recently attracted attention in the quest
for materials with superior (eg optical) properties, compatible with Si technology. In this work …

Structural and functional properties of Si and related semiconducting materials processed by high-pressure torsion

Y Ikoma - Materials Transactions, 2023 - jstage.jst.go.jp
We report on high-pressure torsion (HPT) processing of Si and related semiconducting
materials, and discuss their phase transformations and electrical, thermal, and optical …

Nanoindentation-induced phase transformations in silicon at elevated temperatures

S Ruffell, JE Bradby, JS Williams… - …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
The nanoindentation-induced phase transformation behavior of silicon at elevated
temperatures (25–150 C) has been studied. Nucleation of Si-III/Si-XII on unloading is …

Annealing of nanoindentation-induced high pressure crystalline phases created in crystalline and amorphous silicon

S Ruffell, B Haberl, S Koenig, JE Bradby… - Journal of Applied …, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
Thermally induced phase transformation of Si-III/Si-XII zones formed by nanoindentation has
been studied during low temperature (200< T< 300 C) thermal annealing by Raman …

Phase transitions in metastable phases of silicon

Z Zeng, Q Zeng, WL Mao, S Qu - Journal of Applied Physics, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Phase transitions in indentation induced Si-III/XII phases were investigated using a diamond
anvil cell and nanoindentation combined with micro-Raman spectroscopy. The in situ high …

[HTML][HTML] Phase transformation as the single-mode mechanical deformation of silicon

S Wong, B Haberl, JS Williams, JE Bradby - Applied Physics Letters, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
The metastable body-centered cubic (bc8) and rhombohedral (r8) phases of silicon that are
formed after the nanoindentation of diamond cubic silicon exhibit properties that are of both …

Synchrotron X-ray diffraction observation of phase transformation during annealing of Si processed by high-pressure torsion

Y Ikoma, T Yamasaki, T Masuda, Y Tange… - Philosophical …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In situ observation of a phase transformation during annealing of Si containing diamond-
cubic (dc) and metastable phases has been performed using synchrotron X-ray diffraction …