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INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS PUBLISHING SEMICONDUCTOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Semicond. Sci. Technol. 21 (2006) 906911 doi:10.1088/0268-1242/21/7/014
Abstract
Strained silicon is becoming a new technology in silicon industry where the
novel strain-induced features are utilized. In this paper we present a
molecular dynamic prediction for the elastic stiffnesses C11, C12 and C44 in
strained silicon as functions of the volumetric strain level. Our approach
combines basic continuum mechanics with the classical molecular dynamic
approach, supplemented with the StillingerWeber potential. Using our
approach, the bulk modulus, effective elastic stiffnesses C11, C12 and C44 of
the strained silicon, including also the effective Youngs modulus and
Poissons ratio, are all calculated and presented in terms of figures and
formulae. In general, our simulation indicates that the bulk moduli, C11 and
C12, increase with increasing volumetric strain whilst C44 is almost
independent of the volumetric strain. The difference between strained
moduli and those at zero strain can be very large, and therefore use of
standard free-strained moduli should be cautious.
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-1.6 250 B
C11
Potential Per Atom (U/N) C12
C44
-1.7 200
100
-1.9
50
-2
0.48 0.52 0.56 0.6
Unit Cubic Side Length
0
-0.2 -0.1 0 0.1 0.2
Figure 3. Lattice energy (per atom) versus single silicon cubic
Volumetric Strain
lattice length.
Figure 5. Bulk modulus B and other elastic moduli C11, C12 and C44
-1.25
as functions of the applied volumetric strain in the strained silicon.
-1.30
4.2. C11 , C12 and C44
Now, making use of equation (5) with the coefficients in
Energy (x10-16 Joules)
-2/3
-1.35 E~V equation (16), the relation between the bulk modulus B =
(C11 + 2C12)/3 and volumetric strain of silicon can be obtained.
-1.40 Similarly, applying the deformation in equation (8) to the MD
program, the atomistic simulation yields the energy (10), from
-1.45 which the shear modulus C11C12 can be determined as a
function of the applied strain . The results for the bulk
-1.50 modulus (C11 + 2C12)/3 and the shear modulus C11C12
enable us to determine the elastic coefficients C11 and C12.
-1.55 Finally, the pure shear coefficient C44 is directly obtained from
2.8 3.2 3.6 4 4.4 4.8
Volume (x1017 m-2/3)
(11) using the MD-simulated energy (12). The results for
the stiffness coefficients as functions of the applied strain are
Figure 4. Lattice energy E (216 atom system) versus system presented in figure 5.
volume (V 2/3 ).
It is observed from figure 5 that at zero volumetric strain,
our atomistic simulation predicts that C11 = 151.6 GPa and
(N = 8 53) and found that the MD result for this system was C12 = 76.5 GPa and C44 = 84.8 GPa. These coefficients are in
close to that for the small size system (N = 8 33); however, close agreement with the experimental values of 166.0 GPa,
the large system required much more CPU time than the small 64.0 GPa and 79.6 GPa [24]. It is also interesting that while all
system. the moduli increase with increasing strain, the shear modulus
C44 increases only slightly. Furthermore, all the moduli, except
4. Results and discussion C44, have nearly the same slope (corresponding to the linear
term). These features can be observed clearly from the third-
4.1. Potential and cubic volume order polynomials given below, which can be conveniently
applied in the future to find the strained silicon moduli at
In applying the MD to the bulk modulus calculation, we a given strain level (corresponding to the lattice difference
compress the model system uniformly in the x-, y-, and z- between silicon and its substrate):
directions step by step and determine the system energy at
V V 2 V 3
the same time. Figure 3 shows the corresponding binding B = 101.5 + 312.2 + 218.6 + 856.5
energy per atom U/N (in reduced unit) versus unit cubic V0 V0 V0
lattice length. It is clear that if the volumetric strain is (17)
2
zero (corresponding to free-strain lattice constant 0.5431 nm), V V V 3
the system in the equilibrium state has the lowest potential. C11 = 151.6 + 303.1 + 204.1 + 845.3
V0 V0 V0
Figure 4 shows the MD-simulated system potential versus (18)
system volume (V 2/3 ). We further remark that the 2 3
system potential as a function of the volume (V 2/3 ) can C12 = 76.5 + 316.7
V
+ 225.8
V
+ 862.1
V
also be accurately represented by a cubic function using V0 V0 V0
equation (6) or (7), with the following coefficients obtained (19)
via curve fitting: 2 3
V V V
C44 = 84.8 + 97.9 + 102.6 + 341.2 .
a0 = 5.99 1016 , a1 = 4.66 1033 , V0 V0 V0
(16)
a2 = 8.89 1051 , a3 = 4.79 1069 . (20)
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"100" "100"
"Iso" 0.4 "Iso"
Young's Modulus (GPa)
200
Poisson's Ratio
0.3
0.2
100
0.1
0 0
-0.2 -0.1 0 0.1 0.2 -0.2 -0.1 0 0.1 0.2
Volumetric Strain Volumetric Strain
Figure 6. Youngs modulus in isotropic silicon and in the Figure 7. Poissons ratio in isotropic silicon and in the
(1 0 0)-direction of cubic silicon as functions of the applied (1 0 0)-direction of cubic silicon as functions of the applied
volumetric strain in strained silicon. volumetric strain in strained silicon.
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