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Influence of Ta-based Diffusion Barriers on the Microstructure of Copper Thin Films
Copper represents the most commonly used interconnect material in ultra large-scale integration (ULSI) technology. Given that the successful implementation of Cu requires the use of underlying diffusion barrie...
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A novel copper damascene technique for power loaded SAW structures
The damage of finger electrodes of surface acoustic wave (SAW) structures due to material transport (acoustomigration) forming voids and hillocks is strongly associated with the SAW stress field, the temperatu...
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In-Situ Electromigration Damage of Al Interconnect Lines and the Influence of Grain Orientation
In this work the authors want to report some experiments concerning unpassivated Al interconnect lines of 8 and 1.4 microns width which have been damaged by in-situ electromigration in the SEM (temperature 230...
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Fractal microstructures in hydrating cement paste
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Fracture chemistry of δ-Al2O3 (Saffil) fibres in an MgLi matrix environment
Fracture surfaces of δ-Al2O3 (Saffil) fibres embedded in an Mg-8 wt% Li matrix by the pressure infiltration process were investigated by in situ Auger electron spectroscopy to study the chemistry of embrittlement...
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Phase transformations of δAl2O3 (Saffil) fibres during their interaction with molten MgLi alloys
The phase transformation of δAl2O3 occurring in Saffil fibres during their infiltration with molten Mg-8 wt% Li alloy was studied by secondary ion mass spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and infrared spectroscopy me...
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Compatibility between PAN-based carbon fibres and Mg8Li alloy during the pressure infiltration process
The interaction of PAN-based T800H type carbon fibres, which had been coated with (i) pyrocarbon and (ii) pyrocarbon+SiC protective layers, was studied by means of SEM, energy-dispersive X-ray analysis and Aug...
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Simulation of disruption loads on first-wall high-temperature materials
The behaviour of carbon materials under thermal load in fusion reactors has been simulated by laser-pulse irradiation in a scanning electron microscope (SEM). In this way material damage, such as thermal shock...
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The δ-Al2O3 (Saffil) fibre degradation during infiltration with MgLi alloy
The chemical and phase transformations of δ-Al2O3 (Saffil) fibres during their infiltration with Mg-8 wt% Li were studied by scanning and transmission electron microscopy, Auger electron spectroscopy, secondary i...
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In situ production and defect characterization of laser PVD layers from YBaCuO HTSC targets inside a scanning electron microscope
In situ generation and defect characterization of YBa2Cu3O7−x layers are carried out inside a scanning electron microscope (SEM) to investigate the process of pulsed laser PVD. A Nd-glass laser with a wavelengt...
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In situ laser irradiation of WC-Co hard metals inside a scanning electron microscope
Cemented carbides with higher binder contents were irradiated with a CO2-pulse laser within a SEM to investigate the structural development in more detail. The decisive medium is the melting binder which dissolve...
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In situ laser irradiation of WC-Co hardmetals inside an SEM
Samples of WC-6% Co hardmetals were irradiated with a pulsed CO2 laser inside a scanning electron microscope in order to study the mechanisms and development of surface modification in microscopic detail. The pho...
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Investigation of laser irradiation of WC-Co cemented carbides inside a scanning electron microscope (LASEM)
A combination of scanning electron microscope and laser enables direct observation of structural modifications by a high-energy input. With this new device melting phenomena and fracture processes in a WC-6% C...
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Mechanical properties and structural regularities of deformation and fracture of amorphous iron — Nickel base alloys