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Use of Plasmon Spectroscopy to Evaluate the Mechanical Properties of Materials at the Nanoscale

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2003

Vladimir P. Oleshko ,
Mitsuhiro Murayama  and
James M. Howe
Vladimir P. Oleshko
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4745, USA
Mitsuhiro Murayama
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4745, USA
James M. Howe
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4745, USA
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Abstract

Relationships between volume plasmon excitations and mechanical properties of various materials are considered. Based on systematic evaluation of available data, correlations between the volume plasmon energy, Ep, Young's modulus, Ym, bulk modulus, Bm, shear modulus, Gm, and microhardness, Hm, are established. The resulting correlations indicate that plasmon energies potentially can be used to predict and/or determine the local mechanical properties of technologically important materials, such as metal alloys, semiconductors, and ceramics at the nanometer level.

Keywords

parallel electron energy-loss spectroscopy (PEELS)volume plasmonsmechanical propertiesYoung's modulusbulk modulusshear modulusmicrohardnessnanostructures
Type
A SYMPOSIUM IN HONOR OF PROFESSOR GARETH THOMAS
Information
Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , August 2002 , pp. 350 - 364
Copyright
2002 Microscopy Society of America

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