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Immobilization of Detonation Nanodiamonds on Macroscopic Surfaces
摘要： Detonation nanodiamonds (NDs) are a novel class of carbon-based nanomaterials, and have received a great deal of attention in biomedical applications, due to their high biocompatibility, facile surface functionalization, and commercialized synthetic fabrication. We were able to transfer the NDs from large-size agglomerate suspensions to homogenous coatings. ND suspensions have been used in various techniques to coat on commercially available substrates of pure Ti and Si. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) imaging and nanoindentation show that the densest and strongest coating of NDs was generated when using 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide and N-hydroxysuccinimide (EDC/NHS)-mediated coupling to macroscopic silanized surfaces. In the next step, the feasibility of DNA-mediated coupling of NDs on macroscopic surfaces is discussed using fluorescent microscopy and additional particle size distribution, as well as zeta potential measurements. This work compares different ND coating strategies and describes the straightforward technique of grafting single-stranded DNA onto carboxylated NDs via thioester bridges.
关键词： detonation nanodiamonds,bio-conjugation,fluorescent microscopy,de-agglomeration,nanoindentation
更新于2025-11-21 11:24:58
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Elastic Properties and Fracture Behaviors of Biaxially Deformed, Polymorphic MoTe <sub/>2</sub>
摘要： Biaxial deformation of suspended membranes widely exists and is used in nanoindentation to probe elastic properties of structurally isotropic two-dimensional (2D) materials. However, elastic properties and particularly fracture behaviors of anisotropic 2D materials remain largely unclarified in the case of biaxial deformation. MoTe2 is a polymorphic 2D material with both isotropic (2H) and anisotropic (1T’ and Td) phases, thereby an ideal system of single-stoichiometric materials to study these critical issues. Here we report the elastic properties and fracture behaviors of biaxially-deformed, polymorphic MoTe2, by combining temperature-variant nanoindentation and first-principles calculations. It is found that due to similar atomic bonding, the effective moduli of the three phases deviate by less than 15 %. However, the breaking strengths of distorted 1T’ and Td phases are only half the value of 2H phase due to their uneven distribution of bonding strengths. Fractures of both isotropic 2H and anisotropic 1T’ phases obey the theorem of minimum energy, forming triangular and linear fracture patterns, respectively, along the orientations parallel to Mo-Mo zigzag chains. Our findings not only provide a reference database for the elastic behaviors of versatile MoTe2 phases, but also illuminate a general strategy to the mechanical investigation of any isotropic and anisotropic 2D materials.
关键词： elastic properties,phase transition,MoTe2,nanoindentation
更新于2025-11-14 17:04:02
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A Mechanical and modelling study of magnetron sputtered Cerium-Titanium Oxide film coatings on Si (100)
摘要： Ce/Ti mixed metal oxide thin films have well known optoelectrical properties amongst several other physio-chemical properties. Changes in the structural and mechanical properties of magnetron sputtered Ce/Ti oxide thin films on Si (100) wafers with different Ce:Ti ratios are investigated experimentally and by modelling. X-ray Photoemission Spectroscopy (XPS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) confirm the primary phases as trigonal Ce2O3 and rutile form of TiO2 with SiO2 present in all prepared materials. FESEM imaging delivers information based on the variation of grain size, the mixed Ce/Ti oxides providing much smaller grain sizes in the thin film/substrate composite. Nanoindentation analysis concludes that the pure cerium oxide film has the highest hardness value (20.1 GPa), while the addition of excess titanium oxide decreases the hardness of the film coatings. High temperature in-situ XRD (up to 1000 °C) results indicate high thermal phase stability for all materials studied. The film with Ce:Ti = 68%:32% has a new additional minor oxide phase above 800 °C. Contact angle experiments suggest that the chemical composition of the surface is insignificant affecting the water contact angle. Results show a narrow band of 87.7o to 95.7o contact angle. The finite element modelling (FEM) modelling of Ce/Ti thin film coatings based on Si(100); Si(110); silica and steel substrates shows a variation in stress concentration.
关键词： in-situ X-ray diffraction,Finite element modelling,Nanoindentation,Cerium titanium oxides,Mechanical properties
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Investigation of nanomechanical and adhesion behavior for AlN coating and AlN/Fe2-3N composite coatings created by Active Screen Plasma Nitriding on Al 1050
摘要： This study investigated the effect of nitriding time and temperature on the mechanical properties of the composite AlN/Fe2-3N coating deposited on the pure aluminium substrate using the novel Active Screen Plasma Nitriding (ASPN) method. ASPN treatment was performed for 2, 5, 10, 15 h at temperatures of 450,500, and 550 (cid:1)C and Conventional Plasma Nitriding (CPN) treatment was carried out for 5 h at 500 (cid:1)C. All treatments were performed at the 10 KHz frequency with 80% duty cycle on the Al1050 substrate under 20%H2t80%N2 atmosphere. Phase and microstructure studies were performed using, respectively, the grazing incidence x-ray diffraction (GIXRD) system and the ?eld emission - scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) system equipped with energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) analyzer. The mechanical strength of the coating was evaluated by the roughness, nano-hardness, nano-scratch, and adhesion strength tests performed on coated and uncoated specimens. According to the results, the uncoated Al1050 specimen, the CPN-treated specimen, and the ASPN-treated specimen had a mean nano-hardness of 0.7 ± 0.1 GPa, 10.9 ± 0.6 GPa, and 9.6 ± 0.5 GPa, respectively. It was also found that the single-phase AlN coating has a better adhesion strength and scratch strength (LC3 ? 12 N) than the composite AlN/Fe2-3N coating (LC3 ? 10 N). Examination of scratch mechanisms in hard AlN and AlN t Fe2-3N coatings deposited on a soft aluminium substrate showed that the failures in these coatings are due to tensile-type Hertzian cracks. However, as the load increases, the substrate undergoes increasing deformation and failures shift to chipping and interfacial spallation.
关键词： Adhesion strength,Active screen plasma nitriding,Pure aluminium,Conventional plasma nitriding,Scratch resistance,Nanoindentation
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Effects of graphene coating on the plastic deformation of single crystal copper nano-cuboid under different nanoindentation modes
摘要： Molecular dynamic simulations of nanoindentation were performed to investigate the effects of graphene coatings on the plastic deformation of copper (Cu) under different indentation conditions. The results show that the graphene coating can dramatically strengthen the load bearing capability of Cu substrate for the displacement-controlled indentation, which is proportional to the number of graphene layers increasing from single to triple. And the load force also increases with the rising indentation speed, causing larger and rapider plastic deformation. For the load-controlled indentation, the graphene coating can protect the Cu substrate from being damaged by the external force. The protection capability of graphene increases as the layers growing to triple at the same loading. What's more, the larger load force can facilitate the increase in penetration depth at the equilibrium state. Our observation provide a better understanding of mechanism of plastic deformation under the effect of graphene covering.
关键词： Plastic deformation,Nanoindentation,Molecular dynamic simulations,Graphene coating
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Finite Element Analysis to the Constitutive Behavior of Sintered Silver Nanoparticles Under Nanoindentation
摘要： Finite element (FE) simulation is adopted as a fundamental tool to evaluate the mechanical reliability of packaging structures for electronic devices. Nevertheless, the determination of mechanical properties of sintered silver nanoparticles (AgNP) remains challenging as the traditional tensile test is difficult to be performed at a limited size. In the current study, spherical nanoindentation is utilized to measure the applied load-penetration depth responses of sintered AgNP reinforced by SiC microparticles at various weight ratios (0.0, 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 wt.%). To describe the elasto-plastic behavior of this heterogeneous material, FE analysis is performed to simulate the indentation behavior and determine the parameters in the modified power-law model by fitting the average applied load-penetration depth responses. To overcome the uniqueness problem, the Young’s modulus is directly determined by continuous stiffness measurement technique and the proposed constitutive model can provide a reasonably accurate mechanical estimation of sintered AgNP. The effect of SiC content on sintered AgNP is discussed by correlating the morphology observed by scanning electron microscope (SEM) and the constitutive parameters obtained from the FE simulations.
关键词： nanoindentation,finite element analysis.,constitutive model,SiC microparticle,Sintered silver nanoparticle
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Localized Deformation and Fracture Behaviors in InP Single Crystals by Indentation
摘要： The indentation-induced deformation mechanisms in InP(100) single crystals were investigated by using nanoindentation and cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy (XTEM) techniques. The results indicated that there were multiple “pop-in” events randomly distributed in the loading curves, which were conceived to arise primarily from the dislocation nucleation and propagation activities. An energetic estimation on the number of nanoindentation-induced dislocations associated with pop-in effects is discussed. Furthermore, the fracture patterns were performed by Vickers indentation. The fracture toughness and the fracture energy of InP(100) single crystals were calculated to be around 1.2 MPa·m1/2 and 14.1 J/m2, respectively.
关键词： InP(100) single crystal,nanoindentation,fracture toughness,transmission electron microscopy,Pop-in
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Effects of Microsphere Size on the Mechanical Properties of Photonic Crystals
摘要： Photonic crystal (PC) thin films that are self-assembled from different-sized silica microspheres were prepared for studying mechanical properties via nanoindentation at the submicron scale. We found that the silica photonic crystals (PCs) possessed a face-centered cubic (FCC) microstructure and their elastic modulus and hardness were in the range of ~1.81–4.92 GPa and 0.008–0.033 GPa, respectively. The calculated results proved that there were size-dependent properties in the silica PCs, in that the elastic modulus and hardness increased as the diameter decreased from 538 nm to 326 nm. After studying the total work and plastic work in the progressive deformation of silica PCs during the nanoindentation tests, we developed a two-stage deformation model to explain how the microsphere size affects the mechanical properties of PC thin films. The phenomenon of 'smaller is stronger' is mainly due to the energy consumption, which combines the effects of microstructure collapse, microsphere slide, and reduced porosity during the whole loading and unloading process. In addition, the results of numerical simulation matched the experimental data and reflected the energy change rules of PCs during the indentation process. Furthermore, the study affords useful guidance for constructing high-performance films with proper design and potential application in next-generation PC materials.
关键词： photonic crystals,deformation mechanism,nanoindentation,size-dependent
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29
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Impact of interfaces on the radiation response and underlying defect recovery mechanisms in nanostructured Cu-Fe-Ag
摘要： Newest developments in nuclear fission and fusion technology as well as planned long-distance space missions demand novel materials to withstand harsh, irradiative environments. Radiation-induced hardening and embrittlement are a concern that can lead to failure of materials deployed in these applications. Here the underlying mechanisms are accommodation and clustering of lattice defects created by the incident radiation particles. Interfaces, such as free surfaces, phase and grain boundaries, are known for trapping and annihilating defects and therefore preventing these radiation-induced defects from forming clusters. In this work, differently structured nanocomposite materials based on Cu-Fe-Ag were fabricated using a novel solid-state route, combining severe plastic deformation with thermal and electrochemical treatments. The influence of different interface types and spacings on radiation effects in these materials was investigated using nanoindentation. Interface-rich bulk nanocomposites showed a slight decrease in hardness after irradiation, whereas the properties of a nanoporous material remain mostly unchanged. An explanation for this different material behavior and its link to recovery mechanisms at interfaces is attempted in this work, paving a concept towards radiation resistant materials.
关键词： radiation resistant materials,severe plastic deformation,defect-interface interactions,nanostructured materials,nanoindentation
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Evolution of microstructures on stainless steel induced by ultra-short pulsed laser ablation
摘要： Ultra-short pulsed laser ablation of stainless steel is accompanied by the evolution of different microstructures. Depending on the fluence, accumulated energy and number of laser passes cones from impurities, laser induced periodic surface structures, cone-like protrusion (CLP), and thermal bumps evolve at the surface. These often unwanted morphologies can be induced or inhibited by carefully choosing the strategy and laser parameters. The investigated range reveals a small processing window for defined 515 nm sub 1 ps ablation leading to low surface roughness using circular polarization. Hitherto, the origin and dependencies of CLP are still not well understood and for the first time a precursor ripple structure reported. These precursor ripples reveal supra-wavelength periodicity with about 2 μm spacing and evolve earliest after the second layer of ablation. Potentially, low spatial frequency laser-induced periodic surface structure generated with the first laser pass with pulse and hatch overlap are the root cause of CLP evolution. Moreover, the CLP growth is grain orientation and strongly polarization state dependent. Preferentially, CLP start to evolve at the {110} planes of the face-centered cubic crystals of the inspected austenitic stainless steel and linear polarized laser radiation revealing a 1:1 aspect ratio of 10 μm. A nanoindentation study at the interface near region on cross-sections reveals robust mechanical properties of this CLP structure.
关键词： Laser machining,Laser induced periodic surface structures,Ultra-short laser pulses,Orthogonal processing,Nanoindentation,Self-assembled structures,Cone-like protrusions
更新于2025-09-23 15:19:57