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Interfacial diffusion aided deformation during nanoindentation

Author(s): Samanta, Amit; E, Weinan

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dc.contributor.authorSamanta, Amit-
dc.contributor.authorE, Weinan-
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-21T19:35:55Z-
dc.date.available2017-11-21T19:35:55Z-
dc.date.issued2016-07en_US
dc.identifier.citationSamanta, Amit, E, Weinan. (2016). Interfacial diffusion aided deformation during nanoindentation. AIP Advances, 6 (7), 075002 - 075002. doi:10.1063/1.4958299en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pr1xd2d-
dc.description.abstractNanoindentation is commonly used to quantify the mechanical response of material surfaces. Despite its widespread use, a detailed understanding of the deformation mechanisms responsible for plasticity during these experiments has remained elusive. Nanoindentation measurements often show stress values close to a material’s ideal strength which suggests that dislocation nucleation and subsequent dislocation activity dominates the deformation. However, low strain-rate exponents and small activation volumes have also been reported which indicates high temperature sensitivity of the deformation processes. Using an order parameter aided temperature accelerated sampling technique called adiabatic free energy dynamics [J. B. Abrams and M. E. Tuckerman, J. Phys. Chem. B, 112, 15742 (2008)], and molecular dynamics we have probed the diffusive mode of deformation during nanoindentation. Localized processes such as surface vacancy and ad-atom pair formation, vacancy diffusion are found to play an important role during indentation. Our analysis suggests a change in the dominant deformation mode from dislocation mediated plasticity to diffusional flow at high temperatures, slow indentation rates and small indenter tip radii. C 2016 Author(s). All article content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4958299]en_US
dc.format.extent075002-1 - 075002-8en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofAIP Advancesen_US
dc.rightsFinal published version. This is an open access article.en_US
dc.titleInterfacial diffusion aided deformation during nanoindentationen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.identifier.doidoi:10.1063/1.4958299-
dc.date.eissued2016-07en_US
dc.identifier.eissn2158-3226-
pu.type.symplectichttp://www.symplectic.co.uk/publications/atom-terms/1.0/journal-articleen_US

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