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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH
Volume 19, Issue 9, Pages 2650-2657Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1557/JMR.2004.0331
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This paper describes the nanoindentation technique for measuring sputter-deposited Au and Cu thin films' mechanical properties at elevated temperatures up to 130 degreesC. A thin, 5-nm Pt layer was deposited onto the Cu film to prevent its oxidation during testing. Nanoindentation was then used to measure elastic modulus and hardness as a function of temperature. These tests showed that elastic modulus and hardness decreased as the test temperature increased from 20 to 130 degreesC. Cu films exhibited higher hardness values compared to Au, a finding that is explained by the nanocrystalline structure of the film. Hardness was converted to the yield stress using both the Tabor relationship and the inverse method (based on the Johnson cavity model). The thermal component of the yield-stress dependence followed a second-order polynomial in the temperature range tested for Au and Pt/Cu films. The decrease in yield stress at elevated temperatures accounts for the increased interfacial toughness of Cu thin films.
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