Mechanical performance of co-deposited immiscible Cu–Ta thin films
Abstract
Abstract The immiscible alloy Cu–Ta has the potential for enhanced mechanical performance in applications as a functional coating. To establish baseline mechanical properties, four Cu–Ta films were co-sputtered at the temperatures 23, 400, 600, and 800 °C and tested with nanoindentation at strain rates 5 $$$$\times $$$$ 10 −3 s −1 to 10 s −1 . Each film had a unique microstructure morphology. The hardness and elastic modulus of the four films were insensitive to strain rate changes. Instead, the measured properties were spatially dependent, particularly in the 600 and 800 °C films. In those two films, there is a bimodal deformation behavior due to Cu-agglomeration under protruding grains and planar Ta-rich regions. Increasing the indentation depth revealed shear band suppression which is related to a homogenous distribution of flow stresses for all four microstructure morphologies. Finally, the Cu–Ta hardness appeared to follow a rule-of-mixtures when compared to extrapolated data of Cu and Ta monolithic films.
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- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
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- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1678789
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- OSTI ID: 1678705
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- NA0003857
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- Published Article
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- Scientific Reports
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- Journal Name: Scientific Reports Journal Volume: 10 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
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- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Immiscible Alloys; Nanoindentation; Cu-Ta; Strain-rate sensitivity; Mechanical properties; Metals and alloys; Structural properties; Synthesis and processing
Citation Formats
Raeker, Evan, Powers, Max, and Misra, Amit. Mechanical performance of co-deposited immiscible Cu–Ta thin films. United Kingdom: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-74903-2.
Raeker, Evan, Powers, Max, & Misra, Amit. Mechanical performance of co-deposited immiscible Cu–Ta thin films. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-74903-2
Raeker, Evan, Powers, Max, and Misra, Amit. Tue .
"Mechanical performance of co-deposited immiscible Cu–Ta thin films". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-74903-2.
@article{osti_1678789,
title = {Mechanical performance of co-deposited immiscible Cu–Ta thin films},
author = {Raeker, Evan and Powers, Max and Misra, Amit},
abstractNote = {Abstract The immiscible alloy Cu–Ta has the potential for enhanced mechanical performance in applications as a functional coating. To establish baseline mechanical properties, four Cu–Ta films were co-sputtered at the temperatures 23, 400, 600, and 800 °C and tested with nanoindentation at strain rates 5 $$\times $$ × 10 −3 s −1 to 10 s −1 . Each film had a unique microstructure morphology. The hardness and elastic modulus of the four films were insensitive to strain rate changes. Instead, the measured properties were spatially dependent, particularly in the 600 and 800 °C films. In those two films, there is a bimodal deformation behavior due to Cu-agglomeration under protruding grains and planar Ta-rich regions. Increasing the indentation depth revealed shear band suppression which is related to a homogenous distribution of flow stresses for all four microstructure morphologies. Finally, the Cu–Ta hardness appeared to follow a rule-of-mixtures when compared to extrapolated data of Cu and Ta monolithic films.},
doi = {10.1038/s41598-020-74903-2},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
number = 1,
volume = 10,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-74903-2
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