Determining the Elastic Modulus and Hardness of an Ultrathin Film on a Substrate Using Nanoindentation
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Li, Han, and Joost J. Vlassak. 2009. Determining the elastic modulus and hardness of an ultrathin film on a substrate using nanoindentation. Journal of Materials Research 24(3): 1114-1126.Abstract
A data analysis procedure has been developed to estimate the contact area in an elasto-plastic indentation of a thin film bonded to a substrate. The procedure can be used to derive the elastic modulus and hardness of the film from the indentation load, displacement, and contact stiffness data at indentation depths that are a significant fraction of the film thickness. The analysis is based on Yu’s elasticsolution for the contact of a rigid conical punch on a layered half-space and uses an approach similar to the Oliver-Pharr method for bulk materials. The methodology is demonstrated for both compliant films on stiff substrates and the reverse combination and shows improved accuracy over previous methods.
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