Scaling theory of the mechanical properties of amorphous nano-films

Awadhesh K. Dubey, H. George E. Hentschel, Prabhat K. Jaiswal, Chandana Mondal, Yoav G. Pollack, Itamar Procaccia

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Abstract

Numerical Simulations are employed to create amorphous nano-films of a chosen thickness on a crystalline substrate which induces strain on the film. The films are grown by a vapor deposition technique. Using the exact relations between the Hessian matrix and the shear and bulk moduli we explore the mechanical properties of the nano-films as a function of the density of the substrate and the film thickness. The existence of the substrate dominates the mechanical properties of the combined substrate-film system. Scaling concepts are then employed to achieve data collapse in a wide range of densities and film thicknesses.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)80-84
Number of pages5
JournalThin Solid Films
Volume669
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2019

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