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To survive at the elevated temperature, the silicon structures must work in combination with other advanced materials, such as silicon carbide (SiC) or silicon on insulator (SOI), for improved performance and reduced cost. Hence, in order to extend the operating temperatures of existing SCS microstructures, this work investigates the mechanical behavior of pressurized SCS diaphragms at high temperatures. A model was developed to predict the plastic deformation of SCS diaphragms and was verified by the experiments. The evolution of the deformation was obtained by studying the surface profiles at different anneal stages. The slow continuous deformation was considered as creep for the diaphragms with a radius of 2.5 mm at 600 \u00b0C. The occurrence of plastic deformation was successfully predicted by the model and was observed at the operating temperature of 800 \u00b0C and 900 \u00b0C, respectively.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s16020204","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,2,5]],"date-time":"2016-02-05T10:06:16Z","timestamp":1454666776000},"page":"204","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["Plastic Deformation of Micromachined Silicon Diaphragms with a Sealed Cavity at High Temperatures"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Juan","family":"Ren","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi\u2019An Jiaotong University, 28 West Xianning Road, Xi\u2019An 710049, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael","family":"Ward","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Birmingham City University, Birmingham B5 5JU, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9165-2466","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Peter","family":"Kinnell","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3UZ, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Russell","family":"Craddock","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"GE Sensing &amp; Inspection Technologies, Leicestershire LE6 0FH, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6443-4727","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xueyong","family":"Wei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi\u2019An Jiaotong University, 28 West Xianning Road, Xi\u2019An 710049, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,2,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1114","DOI":"10.1088\/0022-3735\/21\/12\/001","article-title":"Silicon in mechanical sensors","volume":"21","author":"Greenwood","year":"1988","journal-title":"J. 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