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Electro-mechanical performance of thin gold films on polyimide

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

Barbara Putz ,
Oleksandr Glushko ,
Vera M. Marx ,
Christoph Kirchlechner ,
Daniel Toebbens  and
Megan J. Cordill
Barbara Putz*
Affiliation:
Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science, Austrian Academy of Sciences, and Department of Materials Physics, Montanuniversität Leoben, Jahnstrasse 12, Leoben 8700, Austria
Oleksandr Glushko
Affiliation:
Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science, Austrian Academy of Sciences, and Department of Materials Physics, Montanuniversität Leoben, Jahnstrasse 12, Leoben 8700, Austria
Vera M. Marx
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Max-Planck-Str.1, 40237 Düsseldorf, Germany
Christoph Kirchlechner
Affiliation:
Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science, Austrian Academy of Sciences, and Department of Materials Physics, Montanuniversität Leoben, Jahnstrasse 12, Leoben 8700, Austria Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Max-Planck-Str.1, 40237 Düsseldorf, Germany
Daniel Toebbens
Affiliation:
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
Megan J. Cordill
Affiliation:
Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science, Austrian Academy of Sciences, and Department of Materials Physics, Montanuniversität Leoben, Jahnstrasse 12, Leoben 8700, Austria
*
*corresponding author: barbara.putz@stud.unileoben.ac.at
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Abstract

Thin metal films on compliant polymer substrates are of major interest for flexible electronic technologies. The suitability of a film system for flexible applications is based on the electro-mechanical performance of the metal film/polymer substrate couple. This study demonstrates how a 10 nm Cr interlayer deteriorates the electro-mechanical performance of 50 nm Au films on polyimide substrates by inducing the formation of cracks in the ductile layer. Combined in-situ measurements of the film lattice strains with x-ray diffraction and electrical resistance with four point probe of the Au-Cr and Au layers during uniaxial straining confirmed different electro-mechanical behaviours. For Au films with a Cr interlayer the film stress decreases rapidly as cracking initiates and reaches a plateau as the saturation crack spacing is reached. Crack formation and stress drop correspond to a rapid increase in the film resistance. Without the interlayer the Au film stress reaches a maximum around 2% engineering strain and remains constant throughout the experiment. The film resistance is unaffected by the applied elongation up to a maximum strain of 15%, giving no sign of cracking in the metal layer. The outstanding electro-mechanical performance of the gold film indicates that adhesion layers, like Cr, may not be necessary to improve the performance of ductile films on polymers.

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Authin filmpolymer
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MRS Advances , Volume 1 , Issue 12: Mechanical Behavior and Failure of Materials , 2016 , pp. 773 - 778
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2016 

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