Nanoscale anisotropic plastic deformation in single crystal aragonite

The nanoscale anisotropic elastic-plastic behavior of single-crystal aragonite is studied using nanoindentation and tapping mode atomic force microscopy imaging. Force-depth curves coaxial to the axis exhibited load plateaus indicative of dislocation nucleation events. Plasticity on distinct slip systems was evident in residual topographic impressions where four pileup lobes were present after indentation with a conospherical probe and distinct, protruding slip bands were present after indentation with a Berkovich pyramidal probe. A finite element crystal plasticity model revealed the governing roles of the {110}<001>slip system family, as well as the (100)[010], (100)[001], (010)[100], (010)[001], (001)[100] and (001)[010] systems.     

Kinetics of crystal growth in superfluid helium at high temperatures

The growth rate of ⁴He crystals from superfluid is measured in the temperature range 1.2–1.75 K at supersaturations up to 40 mbar. The growth rate is observed to decrease at high supersaturations: above 5 mbar in the bcc phase and above 20 mbar in the hcp phase. The temperature dependence of the kinetic growth factor K is measured in the low-supersaturation limit. In the vicinity of the superfluid transition the kinetic growth factor exhibits critical behavior: K ∝ (Tλ−T)^ε with the exponent ε=0.743±0.123. A jump in the growth factor is observed at the bcc-hcp transition point. The crystal growth kinetics problem is solved in the hydrodynamic approximation, explaining both the temperature behavior of K and the existence of the jump in the modification of the crystal structure. Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 114, 1313–1328 (October 1998)     

Localization of plastic deformation in calcium fluoride crystals at elevated temperatures

The strain distribution was experimentally studied in CaF₂ crystals subjected to compression tests along [110] and [112] at a constant strain rate at temperatures T = 373–1253 K. At T > 845 K, the plastic deformation in deformed samples is found to be strongly localized in narrow bands, where the shear strain reaches several hundred percent. The physical deformation conditions are determined under which the plastic flow loses its stability and, as a result, the deformation is localized. The temperature dependence of the critical stress of the transition to a localized flow is found. A scenario is proposed for the nucleation and development of large localized shears during high-temperature deformation of single crystals.     

Kerr effect in liquid helium at temperatures below the superfluid transition

The electro-optical Kerr effect induced by a slowly varying electric field in liquid helium at temperatures below the lambda point is investigated. The Kerr constant of liquid helium is measured to be (1.43+/-0.02(stat)+/-0.04(sys)) x 10(-20) (cm/V)(2) at T=1.5 K. Within experimental uncertainty, the Kerr constant is independent of temperature in the range T=1.5 K to 2.17 K, which implies that the Kerr constant of the superfluid component of liquid helium is the same as that of normal liquid helium. Pair and higher correlations of He atoms in the liquid phase account for about 23% of the measured Kerr constant. Liquid nitrogen was used to test the experimental setup; the result for the liquid nitrogen Kerr constant is (4.38+/-0.15) x 10(-18) (cm/V)(2). Kerr effect can be used as a noncontact technique for measuring the magnitude and mapping out the distribution of electric fields inside these cryogenic insulants.     

Acoustoplastic effect and internal friction of aluminum single crystals in various deformation stages

The dependences of the acoustoplastic effect and the internal friction on the oscillatory strain amplitude are measured in various deformation stages of low-purity aluminum single crystals. It is discovered that the acoustoplastic effect is observed not only in the macroscopic plastic region of the stress-strain diagram, but also for microplastic deformation in the “elastic” loading and unloading stages. The sign of the effect reverses during unloading. An increase in the strain rate leads to enhancement of the acoustoplastic effect and the absorption of the energy of ultrasonic vibrations causing this effect with a frequency of about 100 kHz. It is concluded that the acoustoplastic effect observed during both macro-and microplastic deformation is caused by the irreversible high-speed motion of dislocations through the long-range stress field of the other dislocations after breaking through the Cottrell atmospheres. Fiz. Tverd. Tela (St. Petersburg) 39, 1794–1800 (October 1997)     

Local heating and quasiathermal plastic deformation of crystals at low temperatures

A theoretical discussion is given of the relationship between local heating of a crystal by glide lines and bands and deviations observed in the temperature dependences of the flow stresses and their rate coefficients at low temperatures (<10 K) from the dependences characteristic of thermally activated plastic deformation. The appearance of plateaus in these dependences is currently explained by the onset of quantum-mechanical, athermal mechanisms for overcoming local barriers. In this paper it is shown that softening and the apparent athermicity of low-temperature deformation are caused by heating of sites where the strain is localized. Fiz. Tverd. Tela (St. Petersburg) 39, 2019–2022 (November 1997)     

Oscillatory conglomeration in methane and methane-chlorine films deposited at liquid helium temperatures

Oscillatory conglomeration in a methane-chlorine solid-phase mixture obtained by vapor condensation at liquid helium temperatures and in pure methane is observed in a full-scale experiment. The vapor-phase growth of a film under severe quenching conditions is described in detail. The oscillatory regime results from supersaturation with vacancies due to long-range aggregation in the lyophobic disperse system. An algorithm for a modified model of diffusion-limited aggregation is suggested. It provides reversible controllable drain-source switching for vacancies and is intended for computer simulation of conglomeration oscillations.     

Investigations of local electronic transport in InAs nanowires by scanning gate microscopy at liquid helium temperatures

A set of experiments dedicated to investigations of local electronic transport in undoped InAs nanowires at liquid helium temperatures in the presence of a charged atomic-force microscope tip has been presented. Both nanowires without defects and with internal tunneling barriers were studied. The measurements were performed at various carrier concentrations in the systems and opacity of contact-to-wire interfaces. The regime of Coulomb blockade is investigated in detail including negative differential conductivity of the whole system. The situation with open contacts with one tunneling barrier and undivided wire is also addressed. Special attention is devoted to recently observed quasi-periodic standing waves.     

Influence of plastic deformation on fracture of an aluminum single crystal under shock-wave loading

The plastic deformation and the onset of fracture of single-crystal metals under shock-wave loading have been studied using aluminum as an example by the molecular dynamics method. The mechanisms of plastic deformation under compression in a shock wave and under tension in rarefaction waves have been investigated. The influence of the defect structure formed in the compression wave on the spall strength and the fracture mechanism has been analyzed. The dependence of the spall strength on the strain rate has been obtained.     

低温下氦-3/氦-4液态混合物相平衡关系

在总结3He-4He混合溶液的相图研究并整理实验数据的基础上,确定了三临界点参数的精确值xt=0.674和Tt=0.867,提出了混合物超流相转变曲线和相分离曲线方程。结合实验数据对方程进行的精度分析表明,除个别实验点外,计算值与实验值百分比误差不超过2%,均在实验测量不确定度以内。通过发展得到的高精度方程绘制了可完整描述饱和蒸气压下3He-4He混合溶液的全局相图。     

Elastic constants of galena down to liquid helium temperatures

The elastic constants of single crystal galena have been determined from the measured ultrasonic velocities down to liquid helium temperature. A cryostat incorporating an arrangement to inject the liquid bonding material at low temperature is described. At 5 K, the values of elastic constants are C₁₁=14.9₀, C₁₂=3.5₁ and C₄₄=2.9₂×10¹⁰ N/m².     

The role of high-frequency phonons in the resistivity of simple monovalent metals at liquid helium temperatures

We derive an expression for the low-temperature electrical resistivity in simple monovalent metals caused by electron-impurity and electron-phonon scattering. Since the recent measurements of the electrical resistivity of van Kempen et al. give direct evidence for the existence of phonon drag we take phonon drag into account. Our expression is exact in the limit of strong electron-impurity scattering. For the model of an acoustically isotropic metal we obtain a simple analytical formula which reproduces the experimental data on potassium fairly well, with both fitparameters, the sound velocity and the pseudopotential, being close to the values expected from other data.     

锗单晶体变温霍尔效应实验数据的处理

采用微机控制和数字式数据采集系统,在变温环境下(77~420 K)对长为6.0 mm、宽为4.0 mm、厚为0.6 mm的锗样品薄片进行霍尔效应相关数据测量;通过对测量的霍尔电压作数据处理得到锗的霍尔系数RH(T)、电导率σ(T)和霍尔迁移率μH(T)与温度的依赖关系.该实验结果对学生理解半导体物理中的相关知识有重要意义.     

Specific features of helium penetration into single-crystal and nanocrystalline copper under deformation in liquid helium

This paper reports on experimental data on the penetration of helium atoms into single-crystal and nanocrystalline copper samples subjected to tensile and compressive strains at T=4.2 K, respectively. The dependences of the helium concentration N in the samples on the strain ? and the curves of helium extraction in the temperature range 300–1000 K at different strains ? are determined. It is found that the dependences N(?) and σ(?) correlate qualitatively with each other for single-crystal copper and do not correlate for nanocrystalline copper. This is associated with the different mechanisms of deformation in these samples. The deformation proceeds through the dislocation mechanism in single-crystal copper and through the jumpwise (twinning, rotational) mechanisms in nanocrystalline copper during local heating in regions of plastic shears. These factors are also responsible for the considerable difference between the curves of helium extraction from samples of both types. The curves of helium extraction exhibit two maxima for single-crystal copper and five maxima for nanocrystalline copper samples. The results obtained are discussed in terms of both the dynamic dislocation pipe diffusion and grain-boundary mechanisms of particle penetration from the surrounding medium into copper through different-type moving defects under applied stresses and due to the gradient of the chemical potential at the metal-surrounding medium interface.     

Propagation of heat in anthracene crystals at helium temperatures

Measurement of temperature pulses with time resolution less than 5 nsec based, on the high-speed registration of the Debye-Waller factor in the fluourescence spectrum of an impurity layer deposited on a sample, has been achieved. In anthracene single crystals, the velocity of heat propagation was found to be equal to 0.7?1.0.10⁵ cm/sec, approaching that sound; the mean free path of phonons was found to exceed 30 μm.     

Electrically controlled relaxation at twist deformation of a dual-frequency nematic liquid crystal

The relaxation of a dual-frequency liquid crystal at the twist effect and the influence of the external electrical circuit parameters on the relaxation process in the case of a large initial inclination angle (44) of the director are studied. It is found that oscillation arising at the trailing edge of the modulator’s electro-optic response considerably increases the time of relaxation due to the action of a high-frequency electric field. The influence of the electric field on the relaxation time is stronger, the thinner the liquid crystal layer. It is experimentally shown that the duration of the interval between the removal of low-frequency voltage from and the application of high-frequency voltage to the modulator affects the relaxation time.