Molecular dynamics simulations of nanoindentation of monocrystalline
Three-dimensional molecular dynamics simulations using the Tersoff potential are conducted to investigate the nanoindentation process of monocrystalline germanium (Ge). It is found that a phase transformation from fourfold-coordinated diamond cubic phase (Ge-I) to sixfold-coordinated β-tin phase (Ge-II) occurs during the nanoindentation …