Nano-scale elastic–plastic properties and indentation-induced deformation of amorphous silicon carbide thin film

Controllable low-temperature (500 °C) deposition of amorphous a-SiC ceramic films on Si(100) was achieved using a pulsed dc-magnetron puttering system in a mixture of CH4/Ar. The nanoscale elastic-plastic response of the film upon contact loading was systematically characterized and analyzed by dept...

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Main Authors: Nawaz, A., Mao, W., Lu, Chunsheng, Shen, Y.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier Science Ltd 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8785