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A new approach to determine wedge-indented interfacial toughness in soft-film hard-substrate systems with application to low-k films on Si substrate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2012

Lei Chen ,
Kaiyang Zeng ,
Yongwei Zhang ,
Chongmin She  and
Guirong Liu
Lei Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117576; and Department of Engineering Mechanics, Institute of High Performance Computing, Singapore 138632, Singapore
Kaiyang Zeng*
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117576
Yongwei Zhang
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering Mechanics, Institute of High Performance Computing, Singapore 138632, Singapore
Chongmin She
Affiliation:
Academy of Frontier Science, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
Guirong Liu
Affiliation:
School of Aerospace Systems, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0070
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: mpezk@nus.edu.sg
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Abstract

A new approach has been proposed to determine the interfacial toughness of soft-film hard-substrate systems based on wedge indentation experiments. In this approach, a comprehensive finite element study was undertaken to correct de Boer’s solutions, which were used to measure the wedge-indented interfacial toughness. Two-dimensional indentation simulations were first performed to systematically study the effects of the plastic properties of the films and the interfacial toughness itself on the correction factor for de Boer’s equations, which were used as closed-form solutions to evaluate the interfacial toughness. Further, three-dimensional simulations were used to investigate the effects of stress states on the interfacial toughness, which depends on the ratio of the indenter length to the film thickness. A universal correction expression for de Boer’s equations was obtained using a regression method. With this expression, a reverse algorithm was proposed to determine the interfacial toughness, and extensive numerical calculations were performed to verify that the present approach accurately evaluates the interfacial toughness. Finally, this new approach was applied to analyze the wedge indentation of low-k dielectric films, namely, methylsilsesquioxane and black diamond (BDTM) films, on a Si substrate.

Keywords

interfacial toughnesscorrection factorfinite element analysiswedge indentationsoft-film hard-substrate (SFHS)
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 27 , Issue 22 , 22 November 2012 , pp. 2872 - 2883
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2012

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