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Determination of the energy release rate in the interfacial delamination of silicon nitride film on gallium arsenide substrate via nanoindentation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 March 2014

Mingyuan Lu  and
Han Huang
Mingyuan Lu
Affiliation:
School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology (EAIT), The University of Queensland, Queensland 4072, Australia
Han Huang*
Affiliation:
School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology (EAIT), The University of Queensland, Queensland 4072, Australia
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: han.huang@uq.edu.au
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Abstract

Nanoindentation was performed to study the interfacial delamination of SiN/GaAs film/substrate structures, and to determine the adhesion properties of the interface. A sequential dual-indentation approach was developed and the tests were carefully designed to induce interfacial delamination, but avoid the occurrence of the film's through-thickness fracture or buckling. A clamped circular plate model was used to approximate the elastic deflection of the detached film and hence the delamination area. The Griffith energy balance was then used to compute the energy release associated with the delamination. The energy release rate, Gin, calculated was found to be independent on the testing conditions, which agrees with the fundamental assumption of the Griffith energy concept.

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nanoindentationdelaminationpop-outsilicon nitride filmenergy release rate
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 29 , Issue 6 , 28 March 2014 , pp. 801 - 810
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2014 

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