Strain path dependence of microstructure and annealing behavior in high purity tantalum

YH Liu, SF Liu, JL Zhu, C Deng, HY Fan, LF Cao… - Materials Science and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Unidirectional rolled (UR) and clock rolled (CR) high purity tantalum sheets were analyzed
with an emphasis on the microstructural difference in surface layers. Misorientation …

The orientation dependence of stored energy and the evolution of texture of through-thickness tantalum targets during heating

L Miao, A Wang, Z Li, M Qi, P Li - Materials Characterization, 2023 - Elsevier
In semiconductor integrated circuits, the orientation dependence of the stored energy and
texture distribution uniformity of sputtering tantalum targets are critical to the properties of the …

Largely alleviating the orientation dependence by sequentially changing strain paths

H Fan, S Liu, L Li, C Deng, Q Liu - Materials & Design, 2016 - Elsevier
Grains with γ-fiber texture (< 111> direction//normal direction (ND)) and θ-fiber texture (<
100> direction//ND) show different subdivision behaviors during unidirectional rolling, which …

Quantitative analysis: How annealing temperature influences recrystallization texture and grain shape in tantalum

H Fan, S Liu, C Deng, X Wu, L Cao, Q Liu - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The recrystallization behavior of tantalum was investigated under two different annealing
regimes, ie long-time annealing at low temperatures (LALT) and short-time annealing at …

Effects of asymmetrical rolling on through-thickness microstructure and texture of body-centered cubic (BCC) tantalum

N Lin, S Liu, Y Liu, H Fan, J Zhu, C Deng… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
In conventional symmetric rolling (SR), the microstructure and texture inhomogeneities
along the thickness are intractable problems for body-centered-cubic (BCC) metals with high …

Comparing the through-thickness gradient of the deformed and recrystallized microstructure in tantalum with unidirectional and clock rolling

J Zhu, S Liu, X Yuan, Q Liu - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
Controlling the microstructure homogeneity is crucial in achieving high quality tantalum (Ta)
sputtering targets used in integrated circuit fabrication. Unluckily, traditional rolling easily …

Microstructure and physical-mechanical properties evolution of pure tantalum processed with hard cyclic viscoplastic deformation

L Kommel, BO Shahreza, V Mikli - … Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard …, 2019 - Elsevier
The techniques of equal channel angular pressing and hard cyclic viscoplastic deformation
were used to make changes in the microstructure and physical-mechanical properties of …

The evolution of texture and microstructure uniformity in tantalum sheets during asymmetric cross rolling

J Zhu, S Liu, D Long, S Zhou, Y Zhu, D Orlov - Materials Characterization, 2020 - Elsevier
The evolution of texture and microstructure uniformity in tantalum (Ta) sheets for sputtering
target applications is analyzed in detail across the thickness during asymmetric cross rolling …

Pass number dependence of through-thickness microstructure homogeneity in tantalum sheets under the change of strain path

J Zhu, S Liu, D Long, D Orlov, Q Liu - Materials Characterization, 2020 - Elsevier
Microstructure and crystallographic texture are the key factors that determine the properties
of sputtering target used in integrated circuit fabrication. Multi-pass clock-rolling has been …

Effect of strain path change on the through-thickness microstructure during tantalum rolling

Y Liu, S Liu, N Lin, J Zhu, C Deng, Q Liu - International Journal of Refractory …, 2020 - Elsevier
High purity tantalum was respectively processed by unidirectional rolling (UR) and clock
rolling (CR), and the through-thickness microstructures were investigated by multiple …