Revealing nanomechanical deformation at the interface and degradation in all-thin-film inorganic electrochromic devices

D Dong, L Lou, KO Lopez, A Agarwal, S Bhansali - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Recently, progress in electrochromic (EC) devices has been made in optimizing electrode
and device configurations and performance. However, the ion insertion/de-insertion induced …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of annealing temperature on microstructure and mechanical response of sputter deposited Ti-Zr-Mo high temperature shape memory alloy thin films

BCG Marupalli, T Adhikary, BP Sahu, R Mitra… - Applied Surface Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
The shape memory thin films are most suitable candidates as actuators in MEMS
applications than other smart materials due to its ability to produce larger recovery strains at …

Influence of pre-strain on attributes of Ni-rich NiTi/Kapton polyimide bimorph for flexible mirrors

K Gangwar, S Jayachandran, A Sahu, A Singh… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract In this work, Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) based flexible mirrors were fabricated
using the E-beam evaporation technique with varying pre-strain on the Kapton polyimide …

Formation of a phase pure kesterite CZTSe thin films using multisource hybrid physical vapour deposition

OK Simya, BG Priyadarshini… - Materials Research …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Copper Zinc Tin Selenide (CZTSe) absorber films were obtained by growing CZT
films with simultaneous RF and DC magnetron sputtering followed by thermal evaporation of …

Interfacial reaction and phase formation in Pd/ZrO/Pd/TiO/Pd multilayer stack on silicon substrate: Investigated by ion beam techniques

ZM Khumalo, CT Thethwayo, CB Mtshali, M Msimanga… - Vacuum, 2023 - Elsevier
The influence of the annealing temperature on the stability of the multilayer stack
Pd/Zr/Pd/Ti/Pd thin films system, with both Zirconium (Zr) and Titanium (Ti) layers containing …

Analysis of structural stability of Ar ion-implanted Pd/Zr/Pd/Ti/Pd multilayer stack in hydrogen annealing environment

CT Thethwayo, CB Mtshali, ZM Khumalo, K Segola… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
The influence of 150 keV argon ions at fluences in the range of 1× 10 12–1× 10 16 ions/cm 2
on the stability of the multilayer stack Pd/Zr/Pd/Ti/Pd thin films system, deposited on Ti and Ti …

In situ nanoindentation method for characterizing tensile properties of AISI 1045 steel based on mesomechanical analysis

C Li, H Zhao, L Sun, X Yu - Advances in Mechanical …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
A novel method for characterizing the tensile properties of AISI 1045 steel is proposed by
combining the method of in situ nanoindentation test and the theory of mesomechanical …

Influence of processing conditions on the titanium/nickel contact metallization on a silicon wafer for thermal management

M Singh, LN Ramasubramanian, RN Singh - Thin Solid Films, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermal management of both digital and power electronics is becoming challenging with
device miniaturization and a need for delivering higher power. Diamond thin films and …

Influence of polyimide substrates on the composition, morphology, and crystalline nature of sputter-deposited NiTi thin films

J Charleston, A Agrawal, Y Zhao… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2023 - Elsevier
The development of flexible film/substrate composite systems has emerged as a promising
strategy to enhance the functionality of sub-micron NiTi (Nickel–Titanium) thin films. Among …

[HTML][HTML] Aging time correlation for near-equiatomic NiTi thin films deposited through direct current magnetron sputtering

BNK Reddy - Results in Physics, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, near-equiatomic NiTi thin films were deposited on silicon (1 0 0) substrates
through direct current magnetron sputtering using Ni and Ti elemental targets without …