Shear strength measurements of hafnium diboride thin solid films Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Micromechanical and microscratch properties of chemical vapor deposition synthesized hafnium diboride thin solid films were measured. A range of synthesis conditions was explored by varying the substrate temperature, precursor pressure, and ex situ annealing conditions. Adhesion and shear strength measurements were performed using indentation and scratch techniques, respectively. The hardness of the as-deposited and annealed films was found to be in the 7-22. GPa and 6-32. GPa range, respectively. Scratch studies revealed a coefficient of friction of 0.13-0.21 depending on the deposition and annealing conditions with the as-deposited films exhibiting lower coefficient of friction. The adhesion strength was found to increase twofold to threefold with annealing, while annealing has no impact on the shear strength of the films. 2014 Elsevier B.V.

published proceedings

  • WEAR

author list (cited authors)

  • Lee, J., Polychronopoulou, K., Cloud, A. N., Abelson, J. R., & Polycarpou, A. A.

citation count

  • 6

complete list of authors

  • Lee, Jungkyu||Polychronopoulou, Kyriaki||Cloud, Andrew N||Abelson, John R||Polycarpou, Andreas A

publication date

  • October 2014

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