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Effect of ion implant dose on the mechanical properties of polyethersulfone films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Manuel Luis B. Palacio ,
Yongquiang Wang  and
William W. Gerberich
Manuel Luis B. Palacio
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 421 Washington Ave. S.E., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
Yongquiang Wang
Affiliation:
Institute of Technology Characterization Facility, University of Minnesota, 100 Union St. S.E., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
William W. Gerberich
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 421 Washington Ave. S.E., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
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Abstract

Films of poly(ether sulfone) have been implanted with 50-keV As+ in the dose range of 1015 to 1017 ions/cm2. Nanoindentation tests were then conducted on these films using a conical diamond tip with a 90° included angle, applying loads from 10 μN to 2 mN. The modulus and hardness were evaluated from the load–displacement data using the elastic unloading [J. Mater. Res. 7, 1564 (1992)] and the elastic–plastic unloading [J. Mater. Res. 13, 421 (1998)] models. The latter approach gave more reliable values for the mechanical properties since it is not as sensitive to creep-in effects. The implanted film showed as much as a twofold increase in hardness compared to the unimplanted polymer. However, the films with the highest dose did not exhibit the maximum values for the mechanical properties. Hardness and modulus values increased with increasing implantation dose up to 1 × 1017 ions/cm2 but dropped at higher doses, presumably due to a combination of sputtering of material and surface roughening. The dose dependence of the mechanical properties is observed to have the same trend as are reported for the electrical properties.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 16 , Issue 12 , December 2001 , pp. 3628 - 3635
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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