Hi Try to look in papers on Mechanical controlable break junction (MCBJ) done on Si wafers like this article: Reed, M. A.; Zhou, C.; Muller, C. J.; Burgin, T. P.; Tour, J. M. Science 1997, 278, 252-254 Hope it will help you Ilan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrea Mazzolari"To: Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 12:20 AM Subject: [mems-talk] Silicon fracture strength > Hi all, > i need to bend very thin (50um or less) silicon crystals. I'm looking for > informations about silicon fracture strength in order to be able to > predict the maxium bending radius which can be achieved. > Any suggestion to some literature treating this topic ? I've tried to > search for it, but i've been not very lucky. > > Many thanks, > Andrea