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Phase Analysis for Single Crystalline Silicon Scratched by Spherical Diamond TIP

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2011

Seong-Min Jeong
Affiliation:
Department of Ceramic Engineering, Yonsei University 134 Shinchon-Dong, Seodaemoon-Gu, Seoul, 120-749, Korea On leave from MEMC Korea. Co.
Han-Seog Oh
Affiliation:
Department of Ceramic Engineering, Yonsei University 134 Shinchon-Dong, Seodaemoon-Gu, Seoul, 120-749, Korea On leave from MEMC Korea. Co.
Sung-Eun Park
Affiliation:
Department of Ceramic Engineering, Yonsei University 134 Shinchon-Dong, Seodaemoon-Gu, Seoul, 120-749, Korea On leave from MEMC Korea. Co.
Hyun-Ho Kim
Affiliation:
Department of Ceramic Engineering, Yonsei University 134 Shinchon-Dong, Seodaemoon-Gu, Seoul, 120-749, Korea On leave from MEMC Korea. Co.
Hong-Lim Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Ceramic Engineering, Yonsei University 134 Shinchon-Dong, Seodaemoon-Gu, Seoul, 120-749, Korea On leave from MEMC Korea. Co.
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Abstract

The mechanical properties of silicon crystals are important from the viewpoint of wafer and device fabrication processes. It is now widely recognized that silicon undergoes a series of phase transformations when subjected to high pressures, using conventional high pressure devices, such as diamond anvils or hydrostatic pressure cells, or under indentation. Scratching on a silicon surface in the various conditions introduces various kinds of mechanical damage and stressed states. Micro-Raman spectroscopy was used to observe the phase transition of single crystal silicon. Several different phases were observed depending on scratching speed and scratched locations.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2002

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