On the origins of hardness of Cu–TiN nanolayered composites

Pathak, S.; Li, N.; Maeder, X.; Hoagland, R. G.; Baldwin, J. K.; Michler, J.; Misra, A.; Wang, J.; Mara, N. A.

doi:10.1016/j.scriptamat.2015.07.015

Title: On the origins of hardness of Cu–TiN nanolayered composites

Journal Article · Sat Jul 18 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Scripta Materialia

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2015.07.015· OSTI ID:1227667

Pathak, S. ^[1]; Li, N. ^[1]; Maeder, X. ^[2]; Hoagland, R. G. ^[1]; Baldwin, J. K. ^[1]; Michler, J. ^[1]; Misra, A. ^[3]; Wang, J. ^[1]; Mara, N. A. ^[1]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Swiss Federal Labs for Materials Science and Technology, Thun (Switzerland)
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)

We investigated the mechanical response of physical vapor deposited Cu–TiN nanolayered composites of varying layer thicknesses from 5 nm to 200 nm. Both the Cu and TiN layers were found to consist of single phase nanometer sized grains. The grain sizes in the Cu and TiN layers, measured using transmission electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction, were found to be comparable to or smaller than their respective layer thicknesses. Indentation hardness testing revealed that the hardness of such nanolayered composites exhibits a weak dependence on the layer thickness but is more correlated to their grain size.

View Accepted Manuscript (DOE)

View Accepted Manuscript (Publisher)

Cite

Export

Save

Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1227667

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1251494

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-15-25383; PII: S1359646215002985

Journal Information:: Scripta Materialia, Vol. 109, Issue C; ISSN 1359-6462

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Citation Metrics:

Cited by: 21 works

Citation information provided by
Web of Science

References (28)

Plastic Deformation of Metal/Ceramic Nanolayered Composites Salehinia, I.; Shao, S.; Wang, J. JOM, Vol. 66, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-014-1132-7	journal	September 2014
Developments in Processing of Functionally Gradient Metals and Metal–Ceramic Composites: A Review Rajan, T. P. D.; Pai, B. C. Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters), Vol. 27, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40195-014-0142-3	journal	October 2014
Mechanical behavior of nanoscale Cu/PdSi multilayers Knorr, I.; Cordero, N. M.; Lilleodden, E. T. Acta Materialia, Vol. 61, Issue 13 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2013.04.047	journal	August 2013
High-temperature nanoindentation behavior of Al/SiC multilayers Lotfian, S.; Molina-Aldareguia, J. M.; Yazzie, K. E. Philosophical Magazine Letters, Vol. 92, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1080/09500839.2012.674220	journal	August 2012
Mechanical behavior of Cu/TiN multilayers at ambient and elevated temperatures: Stress-assisted diffusion of Cu Raghavan, R.; Wheeler, J. M.; Esqué-de los Ojos, D. Materials Science and Engineering: A, Vol. 620 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2014.10.023	journal	January 2015
Review: effect of bimetal interface structure on the mechanical behavior of Cu–Nb fcc–bcc nanolayered composites Mara, Nathan A.; Beyerlein, Irene J. Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 49, Issue 19 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-014-8342-9	journal	July 2014
Interface-driven microstructure development and ultra high strength of bulk nanostructured Cu-Nb multilayers fabricated by severe plastic deformation Beyerlein, Irene J.; Mara, Nathan A.; Carpenter, John S. Journal of Materials Research, Vol. 28, Issue 13 https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2013.21	journal	April 2013
Deformation twinning mechanisms from bimetal interfaces as revealed by in situ straining in the TEM Zheng, S. J.; Beyerlein, I. J.; Wang, J. Acta Materialia, Vol. 60, Issue 16 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2012.07.027	journal	September 2012
Interfacially Driven Deformation Twinning in Bulk Ag-Cu Composites Mara, N. A.; Beyerlein, I. J.; Carpenter, J. S. JOM, Vol. 64, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-012-0430-1	journal	September 2012
Ex situ and in situ measurements of the shear strength of interfaces in metallic multilayers Li, N.; Mara, N. A.; Wang, J. Scripta Materialia, Vol. 67, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2012.06.008	journal	September 2012
Structure and Property of Interfaces in ARB Cu/Nb Laminated Composites Wang, J.; Kang, K.; Zhang, R. F. JOM, Vol. 64, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-012-0429-7	journal	August 2012
Compressive flow behavior of Al–TiN multilayers at nanometer scale layer thickness Bhattacharyya, D.; Mara, N. A.; Dickerson, P. Acta Materialia, Vol. 59, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2011.02.036	journal	June 2011
Interface structure and the inception of plasticity in Nb/NbC nanolayered composites Salehinia, I.; Shao, S.; Wang, J. Acta Materialia, Vol. 86 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2014.12.026	journal	March 2015
Molecular dynamics simulations of plastic deformation in Nb/NbC multilayers Salehinia, I.; Wang, J.; Bahr, D. F. International Journal of Plasticity, Vol. 59 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijplas.2014.03.010	journal	August 2014
Structure and Mechanical Properties of Copper/Niobium Multilayers Mitchell, Terence E.; Lu, Yong Cheng; Jr., Alfred J. Griffin Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Vol. 80, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1151-2916.1997.tb03037.x	journal	July 1997
Observations of Dislocations in Cu/Nb Nanolayer Composites After Deformation Lu, Y-C.; Kung, H.; Griffin, A. J. Journal of Materials Research, Vol. 12, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.1997.0264	journal	August 1997
Nanoindentation and microstructural studies of Al/TiN multilayers with unequal volume fractions Bhattacharyya, D.; Mara, N. A.; Hoagland, R. G. Scripta Materialia, Vol. 58, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2008.01.054	journal	June 2008
Schwoebel-Ehrlich barrier: from two to three dimensions Liu, S. J.; Huang, Hanchen; Woo, C. H. Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 80, Issue 18 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1475774	journal	May 2002
Surface kinetics: Step-facet barriers Huang, Hanchen; Wang, Jian Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 83, Issue 23 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1631389	journal	December 2003
First-principles study of Cu/TiN and Al/TiN interfaces: weak versus strong interfaces Yadav, S. K.; Ramprasad, R.; Wang, J. Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 22, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1088/0965-0393/22/3/035020	journal	March 2014
A transmission electron microscopy study of the deformation behavior underneath nanoindents in nanoscale Al–TiN multilayered composites Bhattacharyya, D.; Mara, N. A.; Dickerson, P. Philosophical Magazine, Vol. 90, Issue 13 https://doi.org/10.1080/14786430903459691	journal	May 2010
Indentation Fracture Response of Al–TiN Nanolaminates Mook, William M.; Raghavan, Rejin; Baldwin, J. Kevin Materials Research Letters, Vol. 1, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1080/21663831.2013.783515	journal	February 2013
Scherrer after sixty years: A survey and some new results in the determination of crystallite size Langford, J. I.; Wilson, A. J. C. Journal of Applied Crystallography, Vol. 11, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1107/S0021889878012844	journal	April 1978
The Scherrer Formula for X-Ray Particle Size Determination Patterson, A. L. Physical Review, Vol. 56, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.56.978	journal	November 1939
On the analysis of grain size in bulk nanocrystalline materials via x-ray diffraction Zhang, Z.; Zhou, F.; Lavernia, E. J. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Vol. 34, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-003-0246-2	journal	June 2003
Transmission electron microscopy study of the deformation behavior of Cu/Nb and Cu/Ni nanoscale multilayers during nanoindentation Bhattacharyya, D.; Mara, N. A.; Dickerson, P. Journal of Materials Research, Vol. 24, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2009.0147	journal	March 2009
Microstructure and nanoindentation hardness of Al/Al3Sc multilayers Phillips, M. A.; Clemens, B. M.; Nix, W. D. Acta Materialia, Vol. 51, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1016/S1359-6454(03)00128-9	journal	June 2003
Effect of grain size on friction and wear of nanocrystalline aluminum Farhat, Z. N.; Ding, Y.; Northwood, D. O. Materials Science and Engineering: A, Vol. 206, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1016/0921-5093(95)10016-4	journal	February 1996

Cited By (1)

Elevated and cryogenic temperature micropillar compression of magnesium–niobium multilayer films Thomas, K.; Mohanty, G.; Wehrs, J. Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 54, Issue 15 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-019-03422-x	journal	May 2019

Similar Records

High temperature nanoindentation of Cu–TiN nanolaminates

Journal Article · Fri Nov 13 00:00:00 EST 2020 · Materials Science and Engineering. A, Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing · OSTI ID:1227667

Wheeler, Jeffrey M.; Harvey, Cayla; Li, Nan; +5 more

Structure and mechanical properties of Cu-X (X = Nb,Cr,Ni) nanolayered composites

Journal Article · Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 EDT 1998 · Scripta Materialia · OSTI ID:1227667

Misra, A; Verdier, M; Lu, Y C; +4 more

The stabilization of b.c.c. Cu In Cu/Nb nanolayered composites

Conference · Tue Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1996 · OSTI ID:1227667

Kung, H; Griffin, Jr, A J; Lu, Y C

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
multilayers
hardness
grain size
layer thickness

Title: On the origins of hardness of Cu–TiN nanolayered composites

Citation Formats

References (28)

Cited By (1)

Similar Records

Related Subjects