[HTML][HTML] Stress in thin films and coatings: Current status, challenges, and prospects

G Abadias, E Chason, J Keckes… - Journal of Vacuum …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
The issue of stress in thin films and functional coatings is a persistent problem in materials
science and technology that has congregated many efforts, both from experimental and …

A molecular dynamics study on stress generation during thin film growth

X Zhou, X Yu, D Jacobson, GB Thompson - Applied Surface Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations have been employed to model the growth stresses of
body-centered cubic (BCC) metal thin films, with tungsten being the primary case study, as a …

Residual stress measurement on TiN thin films by combing nanoindentation and average X-ray strain (AXS) method

AN Wang, JH Huang, HW Hsiao, GP Yu… - Surface and Coatings …, 2015 - Elsevier
In our previous study, an average X-ray strain (AXS) method was proposed to improve the
measurement accuracy of X-ray residual stress (XRS) and X-ray elastic constants (XECs) by …

Molecular dynamics study of tension-compression asymmetry of nanocrystal α-Ti with stacking fault

M An, Q Deng, Y Li, H Song, M Su, J Cai - Materials & Design, 2017 - Elsevier
Molecular dynamics simulations are performed to investigate the effect of stacking fault (SF)
boundary, loading condition and temperature on the mechanical behaviour of …

Ultra-strong metal/high entropy alloy nanolaminates: Utilizing size constraining effects on phase transformation

Y Zhao, Y Wang, J Zhang, K Wu, G Liu, J Sun - Science China Materials, 2023 - Springer
In this work, the phase stability of non-equiatomic Fe50Mn30Co10Cr10 and
Fe50Mn30Co10Ni10 high entropy alloys (HEAs) under strong constraining conditions as …

Phase transformation-induced strength softening in Ti/Ta nanostructured multilayers: Coherent interface vs phase boundary

ZQ Hou, JY Zhang, J Li, YQ Wang, K Wu, G Liu… - Materials Science and …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this work, hcp-to-bcc Ti phase transformation was uncovered in Ti/Ta nanostructured
multilayers. The Ti nanolayers were fully transformed to bcc phase when the layer thickness …

Anomalous size dependent softening behaviors and related deformation mechanisms of Zr/Mo multilayers

Z Hou, S Wu, T Wang, P Wang, W Sun, D Yi - Materials Today …, 2024 - Elsevier
As a representative of hcp/bcc metallic multilayers, the correlation between microstructures
and mechanical properties of nanostructured Zr/Mo multilayers with were studied. Zr/Mo …

Influence of phase stability on the in situ growth stresses in Cu/Nb multilayered films

Q Guo, L Wan, X Yu, F Vogel, GB Thompson - Acta Materialia, 2017 - Elsevier
As the length scale of individual layers were reduced in a Cu/Nb multilayer, a face centered
cubic (fcc)-to-body centered cubic (bcc) and bcc-to-fcc transformations were noted for Cu …

Influence of Fe (Cr) miscibility on thin film grain size and stress

X Zhou, T Kaub, RL Martens, GB Thompson - Thin Solid Films, 2016 - Elsevier
During the post coalescence portion of thin film deposition, thin film stress is related to the
grain size and adatom mobility of the depositing material. Using a Fe (Cr) alloy thin film, the …

Modulation-dependent deformation behavior and strengthening response in nanostructured Ti/Zr multilayers

Z Hou, J Zhang, P Zhang, K Wu, J Li, Y Wang… - Applied Surface …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Nanostructured Ti/Zr multilayers, with different layer thicknesses h and modulation
ratios ŋ (ratio of the thickness between Zr and Ti layers), were deposited on Si (1 0 0) …