Laser-dilatometer calibration using a single-crystal silicon sample

A sub-40-mHz-linewidth laser based on a silicon single-crystal optical cavity

Single crystal functional oxides on silicon

Single-crystalline thin films of complex oxides show a rich variety of functional properties such as ferroelectricity, piezoelectricity, ferro and antiferromagnetism and so on that have the potential for completely new electronic applications. Direct synthesis of such oxides on silicon remains challenging because of the fundamental crystal chemistry and mechanical incompatibility of dissimilar ...

Reshaping of Single-Crystal Silicon Microstructures

This paper deals with the reshaping technology for realizing three-dimensional (3-D) microstructures through plastic deformation of single-crystal silicon (SCS) films by applying Joule heating. SCS beams are used for determining the behavior of SCS microstructures during reshaping. The reshaped SCS structure has a sharp corner at a point where stress and heat are concentrated. The plastic defor...

Reverse plasticity in single crystal silicon nanospheres

Nanoparticles in the range of 20 to 100 nm in size can be deposited, isolated, and individually probed for their mechanical properties. With a hypersonic plasma particle deposition technique, this has been successfully accomplished for silicon and titanium. We have already shown that silicon nanoparticles are superhard in the 30 to 50 GPa range after work hardening (Gerberich, W.W., Mook, W.M.,...

Flexible single-crystal silicon nanomembrane photonic crystal cavity.

Flexible inorganic electronic devices promise numerous applications, especially in fields that could not be covered satisfactorily by conventional rigid devices. Benefits on a similar scale are also foreseeable for silicon photonic components. However, the difficulty in transferring intricate silicon photonic devices has deterred widespread development. In this paper, we demonstrate a flexible ...