Ab initio tensile experiment on a model of an intergranular glassy film in β-Si3N4 with prismatic surfaces
Author(s) -
W. Y. Ching,
Paul Rulis,
Lizhi Ouyang,
Anil Misra
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
applied physics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.182
H-Index - 442
eISSN - 1077-3118
pISSN - 0003-6951
DOI - 10.1063/1.3079800
Subject(s) - materials science , intergranular corrosion , ab initio , ultimate tensile strength , ab initio quantum chemistry methods , condensed matter physics , stress (linguistics) , composite material , crystallography , microstructure , chemistry , physics , molecule , linguistics , philosophy , organic chemistry
We report the results of a large-scale ab initio simulation of an intergranular glassy film (IGF) model in β-Si3N4. It is shown that the stress-strain behavior under uniaxial load in the model with prismatic surfaces and few defective bonds is very different from an earlier IGF model with basal planes. The results are explained by the fundamental electronic structure of the model.
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