{"title":"Amorphization of gold film on silicon single crystal by hardness indentation at room temperature","authors":"Akira Hatakeyama, Toshimasa Yoshiie","doi":"10.1080/14786435.2023.2255973","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTThe formation of an amorphous gold-silicon alloy by indentation is reported. A polycrystalline gold film formed via vapour deposition on a silicon (111) substrate was indented using a Berkovich indenter with a load of 0.05 N. The indentation area was observed by transmission electron microscopy after thinning the silicon substrate from the back side (unindented surface). A set of halo rings, identified as an amorphous gold-silicon alloy was observed. A gold film on a SiO2 substrate was also used to investigate the effect of the substrate, and no amorphization was observed. The amorphization mechanism is discussed based on thermodynamics.KEYWORDS: Indentationamorphous silicontransmission electron microscopy Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).","PeriodicalId":19856,"journal":{"name":"Philosophical Magazine","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5000,"publicationDate":"2023-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Philosophical Magazine","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14786435.2023.2255973","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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ABSTRACTThe formation of an amorphous gold-silicon alloy by indentation is reported. A polycrystalline gold film formed via vapour deposition on a silicon (111) substrate was indented using a Berkovich indenter with a load of 0.05 N. The indentation area was observed by transmission electron microscopy after thinning the silicon substrate from the back side (unindented surface). A set of halo rings, identified as an amorphous gold-silicon alloy was observed. A gold film on a SiO2 substrate was also used to investigate the effect of the substrate, and no amorphization was observed. The amorphization mechanism is discussed based on thermodynamics.KEYWORDS: Indentationamorphous silicontransmission electron microscopy Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).
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