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Indentation response of single-crystalline GaAs in the nano-, micro-, and macroregime

  • Frank Bergner , Michael Schaper , Ralf Hammer , Manfred Jurisch , Andre Kleinwechter and Thomas Chudoba
Published/Copyright: May 23, 2013
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International Journal of Materials Research
From the journal International Journal of Materials Research Volume 98 Issue 8

Abstract

Fabrication, handling and processing of wafers of intrinsically brittle and anisotropic single-crystalline GaAs require a high level of control of the material's response to different loading conditions. The present work is focused on the response to hardness indentation. A short overview on the behaviour of (100) GaAs wafers in several doping conditions over a wide range of indentation loads from nano-indentation up to macro-indentation including sharp and blunt indenters is given. Special attention is paid to the pop-in effect in depth-sensing nano-indentation, to the anisotropy of indentation-induced radial crack formation and to the material's crack resistance obtained from the indentation fracture mechanics approach. We have observed that, under certain conditions, the frequency of formation of radial cracks is essentially different for the two in-plane <110> directions. This observation is attributed to the occurrence of two different kinds of dislocations and to the lack of inversion symmetry. The effect turns out to be closely related to a left – right asymmetry in the material removal caused by wire sawing. This insight has paved the way to the optimisation of the process of wire sawing of GaAs single crystals.

Keywords: GaAs; Nano-indentation; Cracking; Indentation fracture toughness; Doping effects
* Correspondence address, Prof. Dr. Michael K. Schaper Institute of Materials Science Dresden University of Technology D-01062 Dresden, Germany Tel.: +49 351 463 33332 Fax: +49 351 463 33207 E-mail:

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Received: 2007-3-26
Accepted: 2007-6-3
Published Online: 2013-05-23
Published in Print: 2007-08-01

© 2007, Carl Hanser Verlag, München

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Keywords for this article
GaAs; Nano-indentation; Cracking; Indentation fracture toughness; Doping effects

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  1. Contents
  2. Contents
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  5. Basic
  6. In-situ measurement of local strain partitioning in a commercial dual-phase steel
  7. Threshold strength and residual stress analysis of zirconia–alumina laminates
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  9. First observation of a hexagonal close packed metastable intermetallic phase between Cu and Al bilayer films
  10. Electric-field induced phase transition in a near-surface layer of a PbMg0.33Nb0.67O3-28% PbTiO3 (001) single-crystalline plate
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  14. Crack formation in surface layers with strain gradients
  15. Theta-like specimens for measuring mechanical properties at the small-scale: effects of non-ideal loading
  16. Indentation response of single-crystalline GaAs in the nano-, micro-, and macroregime
  17. Self-assembly of high-performance multi-tube carbon nanotube field-effect transistors by ac dielectrophoresis
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