Hexagonal germanium formed via a pressure-induced phase transformation of amorphous germanium under controlled nanoindentation

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2013

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Bradby, Jodie
Williams, James
Haberl, Bianca
Deshmukh, Sarita
Johnson, Brett
Malone, Brad D
Cohen, Marvin L.

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Wiley-VCH Verlag GMBH

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We have studied the stable end phase formed in amorphous germanium (a-Ge) films that have been subjected to a pressure-induced phase transformation under indentation loading using a large (20 μm) spherical indenter. After indentation the samples have bee

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Keywords: Amorphous germanium; Density functional perturbation theory; Hexagonal diamond; High pressure; Nano-crystalline diamonds; Pressure-induced phase transformations; Selected area diffraction; Spherical indenters; Amorphous films; Loading; Nanoindentation; Ph Hexagonal germanium; High pressure; Nanoindentation; Phase transformations

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/72753

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Physica Status Solidi: Rapid Research Letters

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10.1002/pssr.201307079

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2037-12-31

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