Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Anup Kumar Mandia, Bhaskaran Muralidharan, Jung-Hae Choi, Seung-Cheol Lee, Satadeep Bhattacharjee
Summary: The module calculates the mobility and conductivity of semiconducting materials using Rode's algorithm with good agreement to experimental results, and shows favorable improvement compared to the RTA method.
COMPUTER PHYSICS COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Katharina C. L. Bauerfeind, Joachim Laun, Marvin Frisch, Ralph Kraehnert, Thomas Bredow
Summary: State-of-the-art catalysts for the acidic oxygen evolution reaction are mainly based on mixed oxides of titanium and iridium or ruthenium. In this study, the stability and electronic properties of substituted rutile-phase titania were theoretically examined, with tantalum and niobium identified as the most promising candidates to improve the electronic properties of titania. Experimentally, favorable and unfavorable elements were synthesized with 25% foreign metal concentration.
JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Songge Yang, Guangchen Liu, Yu Zhong
Summary: The stability and electronic properties of five compounds in the LK-99 family were investigated through experimental and theoretical calculations. The results show the presence of isolated flat bands near the Fermi level in Cu-substituted LK-99 compounds, and significant lattice changes were observed. Despite higher electronic conductivity, the Cu-substituted LK-99 compounds still fall short of the conductivity levels observed in metals or advanced oxide conductors.
MATERIALS TODAY COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Artem. V. V. Tarasov, Tatiana. P. P. Makarova, Dmitry. A. A. Estyunin, Alexander. V. V. Eryzhenkov, Ilya. I. I. Klimovskikh, Vladimir. A. A. Golyashov, Konstantin. A. A. Kokh, Oleg. E. E. Tereshchenko, Alexander. M. M. Shikin
Summary: The antiferromagnetic ordering of MnBi2Te4, which remains invariant under the combination of time-reversal and primitive-lattice translation symmetries, endows it with topologically nontrivial nature and fundamental phenomena. Additionally, controlling the electronic and magnetic properties of this system can offer new ways for its application in devices. In this study, we theoretically modeled the changes in electronic structure resulting from the partial substitution of Mn with Sn in (Mn1-xSnx)Bi2Te4 compound using both Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker (KKR) Green's function method and the supercell approach with impurity in DFT methods. The calculated band structures were also compared with experimental measurements. We propose that the complex hybridization of Te-p(z) and Bi-p(z) orbitals with Sn and Mn orbitals leads to a nonlinear dependence of the band gap on the Sn content in Mn positions, potentially indicating topological phase transitions in the system.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
K. S. Tolstov, B. V. Politov, V. P. Zhukov, E. V. Chulkov, V. L. Kozhevnikov
Summary: Computational modeling in density functional theory was used to simulate the electronic spectra and calculate the structural and energy characteristics of the perovskite oxides Sr2Mg1-xNixMoO6-delta, revealing the impact of oxygen deficiency on electronic properties and the beneficial effects of nickel doping in reducing chemical expansion.
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Xue Dong, Yu-qian Liu, Xin-bo Liu, Sudip Pan, Zhong-hua Cui, Gabriel Merino
Summary: A new class of beryllium-boron clusters called beryllo-borospherenes are theoretically described in this paper. The addition of beryllium to the B-12 motif leads to significant structural modifications. Beryllium atoms form strong bonds with boron clusters through strong electrostatic and covalent interactions.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2022)
Article
Physics, Applied
R. Mahesh, P. Venugopal Reddy
Summary: The superconducting properties of alkaline doped Iron based superconductors (L=Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs) compounds were investigated using the ab-initio method. The studies were focused on the electronic band structure, Fermi surface and superconducting properties of these materials. It was found that the density of states values at the Fermi level increase continuously with increasing ionic radius of the dopant ion.
JOURNAL OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND NOVEL MAGNETISM
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Alexandra Carvalho, Suchit Negi, Antonio H. Castro Neto
Summary: This approach utilizes non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations to calculate the ionic mobility of solid ion conductors, such as solid electrolytes, from first-principles. It provides quantitative estimates for the ionic mobility by applying an electric field and measuring the dynamic response of mobile ions in finite slabs of the material. Compared to diffusion calculations and experimental results, this method shows good accuracy for predicting the ionic mobility, while being computationally efficient and accounting for ion-ion correlations.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Andrew C. Burgess, Edward Linscott, David D. O'Regan
Summary: A DFT+U-type corrective functional is proposed to enforce the flat plane condition on localized subspaces, eliminating the need for deriving from the Hubbard model. The functional shows low relative errors in total energy for dissociated s-block dimers and the challenging dissociated H+5 ring system. In comparison, bare PBE and PBE+U yield much higher energetic errors.
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
F. Djali, T. Ouahrani, S. Hiadsi, M. R. Boufatah
Summary: This study presents the first attempt to investigate the thermoelectric properties of FeZrTe half-Heusler alloy through theoretical calculations. The phonon dispersion and crystal structures are obtained using density functional theory and finite displacement method. The results show that FeZrTe alloy is mechanically and dynamically stable in its type I structure, and has a semiconducting character with a band gap of 1.4 eV. The variations of thermoelectric properties with carrier concentration and temperature have been studied, indicating the potential for constructing an n-p couple for a thermoelectric device.
JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Soumen Bhattacharyya, James F. Harrison
Summary: The theoretical investigation of the TiC molecule, consistent with recent experimental findings, reveals the complex bonding between Ti and C atoms involving double-pi and half-sigma bonds. The dipole moment and bonding of electronic states are significantly influenced by the 4s-4p occupation.
CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS
(2021)
Review
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Tongyu Gao, Junhang Tian, Yuanhong Liu, Ronghui Liu, Weidong Zhuang
Summary: Phosphor-converted white-light-emitting diodes (pc-wLEDs) with garnet phosphors have gained significant attention for their high efficiency and long lifetime. The modification and calculation of garnet phosphors, including Ce3+-doped YAG:Ce3+, have shown promising results in improving structure and luminescence properties. First-principles calculations have also played a crucial role in analyzing and predicting the performance of garnet phosphors in pc-wLEDs.
DALTON TRANSACTIONS
(2021)
Article
Physics, Applied
Yongchao Rao, C. Y. Zhao, Shenghong Ju
Summary: In this study, the thermal and electrical transport properties of diamond-cubic and metastable R8 phases of Si are comparatively studied. The results show that the metastable Si has lower lattice thermal conductivity and excellent electrical conductivity, leading to higher thermoelectric performance in n-type doping.
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Eleonora Pavoni, Elaheh Mohebbi, Davide Mencarelli, Pierluigi Stipa, Emiliano Laudadio, Luca Pierantoni
Summary: This study focuses on investigating and comparing different polymorphs and doping percentages of HfO2 systems. Density functional theory methods are used to optimize the geometry and study the optical properties of the systems. The effects of doping Y elements are analyzed and compared with experimental data. The results show that Y doping affects the formation energy and optical properties of HfO2 polymorphs. With a doping percentage not exceeding 12%, a stabilization of the cubic phase fraction and an increase of the dielectric constant are observed.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Xuan Chu, David Santos-Carballal, Nora H. de Leeuw
Summary: This study investigated the properties of CuWO4 surfaces under the conditions of photocatalytic water splitting and carbon dioxide reduction processes through density functional theory calculations, finding that the (010) and (110) surfaces are the most stable. The results provide a comprehensive understanding of CuWO4 surfaces in important photocatalytic applications.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
(2023)
Article
Electrochemistry
Ralph Nicolai Nasara, Wen Ma, Shota Tsujimoto, Yuta Inoue, Yuko Yokoyama, Yasuyuki Kondo, Kohei Miyazaki, Yuto Miyahara, Tomokazu Fukutsuka, Shih-kang Lin, Takeshi Abe
Summary: By coating a thin-film Li4Ti5O12 layer on a hard carbon ideal model electrode, this study successfully improved the performance and stability of hard carbon powder, reduced initial reversible capacity loss, and enhanced impedance stability.
ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
(2021)
Article
Electrochemistry
Yuhang Ju, Ralph Nicolai Nasara, Changhee Lee, Yuto Miyahara, Takeshi Abe, Kohei Miyazaki
Summary: The reaction kinetics of electrochemical lithiation/delithiation in a composite of black phosphorus and cup-stacked carbon nanotube (BP-CSCNT) were investigated. It was found that the charge transfer in BP-CSCNT composite electrodes is exceptionally fast, suggesting a lower activation energy compared to other insertion materials.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Hiroshi Nishikawa, Yuki Hirata, Chih-han Yang, Shih-kang Lin
Summary: This study investigates the effects of adding Zn and In to Sn-45Bi alloy on the interface and shear strengths of Cu/Cu joints. The results show that the addition of Zn and In eliminates the coarsening of Bi near the interface of the joints. Furthermore, the SBZI alloy demonstrates the highest long-term reliability among all the joints examined.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Wan-Yu Huang, Yu-chen Liu, Shih-kang Lin, Wei-Hsin Chen
Summary: In this study, a potential nitrate-based phase change material (PCM) was designed using a combinatorial approach, with high heat storage capacity, high heat exchange efficiency, and high thermal stability, making it promising for waste heat recovery applications.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Chih-han Yang, Yu-chen Liu, Yuki Hirata, Hiroshi Nishikawa, Shih-kang Lin
Summary: In this study, optimal alloys were proposed and characterized in terms of microstructure, thermal, and mechanical properties based on high-throughput phase diagram modeling and experimental analyses of Sn-Bi-Ag-In and Sn-Bi-Ag-Zn quaternary systems. The designed Sn-Bi-Ag-In alloy exhibits superior mechanical properties and shows potential as a low-temperature interconnection material.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF WELDING AND JOINING
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Che-An Lin, Shih-Kang Lin
Summary: Interfacial stability is a key issue in the development of all-solid-state batteries, particularly for ceramics-based ones. The challenges include poor contacts between electrode and electrolyte materials, as well as the chemical and electrochemical stability of the electrolyte materials. Various experimental and computational approaches have been proposed to analyze and improve the interfacial stability of ASSB.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Shao-yu Yen, Yu-chen Liu, Shun-hsiang Chu, Che-wei Chang, Shih-kang Lin, Ming-Hung Tsai
Summary: The Al10Co19Cr16Fe20Ni35 high entropy alloy was fabricated and characterized using transmission electron microscopy and CALPHAD method. The microstructure consisted of a face-centered cubic (fcc) phase matrix with B2 precipitates. The designed alloy showed a product of ultimate tensile strength and elongation of 38 GPa.%, which was among the highest in the Al-Co-Cr-Fe-Ni systems. The precipitation strengthening mechanism was evaluated using the Ashby-Orowan model. The high strength and high elongation in the designed alloy resulted from the B2 precipitate-strengthened fcc microstructure.
Article
Electrochemistry
Aleksey A. Nikiforov, Dmitrii K. Kuznetsov, Ralph N. Nasara, Kaviarasan Govindarajan, Shih-kang Lin, Dmitry V. Pelegov
Summary: This study investigates the laser-induced degradation processes of Mn-doped lithium titanate particles and proposes a model for their degradation mechanism. The results suggest that the preferred route of LTO alteration is the formation of amorphous phases rather than crystalline decomposition products, which is significant for developing nondestructive characterization tools and understanding other degradation processes.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Lung-Hsin Tu, Ngoc Thanh Thuy Tran, Shih-Kang Lin, Chih-Huang Lai
Summary: In this study, a band-grading structure is demonstrated by combining Ag-front and Ga-back grading in selenized (Ag,Cu)(In,Ga)Se-2 (ACIGSe) absorbers with a properly designed precursor structure, which effectively improves the open-circuit voltage and reduces interface recombination. The use of K-doped CuGa precursor material addresses the issue of reduced carrier density caused by Ag addition. The resulting ACIGSe solar cell achieves an efficiency of over 19%, the highest efficiency by post-selenization with an elemental Se source.
ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Ngoc Thanh Thuy Tran, Che-an Lin, Shih-kang Lin
Summary: In this study, systematic first-principles calculations were performed to reveal the structural, oxidation, and phase stability of Ni-rich NMC during delithiation. The competing phases of Ni-rich NMC at various states of charge were reported for the first time. Compounds with spinel and rock salt structures formed during delithiation, and oxygen evolution occurred at highly delithiated states, contributing to capacity fading and surface crack formation. The thermodynamic foundation of doping and oxidation state gradient-based core-shell strategies for resolving the instability and enhancing the capacity retention of Ni-rich NMC layered oxides was also outlined.
ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Shao-yu Yen, Hideyuki Murakami, Shih-kang Lin
Summary: Superalloys are widely used in power plants and turbine engines due to their superior mechanical performance and oxidation resistance at high temperatures. Refractory high-entropy superalloys (RSAs) have attracted attention as potential candidates for novel alloy development due to their multi-principal refractory element-based composition. A coherent precipitate-strengthened Al-Co-Cr-Mo-Ti RSA with a desired microstructure was designed, fabricated, and characterized. The developed coherent bcc/B2 RSA exhibits high hardness-to-density ratio.
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Ceramics
Che-an Lin, Martin Ihrig, Kuan-chen Kung, Hsiang-ching Chen, Walter Sebastian Scheld, Ruijie Ye, Martin Finsterbusch, Olivier Guillon, Shih-kang Lin
Summary: Ceramic solid-state Li batteries offer promising electrochemical properties, but device integration is hindered by high sintering temperatures. Advanced sintering techniques can overcome thermal stability challenges by lowering the sintering temperature. However, low-temperature sintering leads to surface impurities.
JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Tzu-Chun Huang, Kuan-Wen Cheng, Che-An Lin, Yu-Chieh Fu, Shih-Kang Lin, Yu-Ze Chen
Summary: This study reports the synthesis of VTe2 by a hydrothermal method and demonstrates its potential as a cathode material for AZIBs. The morphology of VTe2 can be controlled by adjusting the pH value. Nanosheet VTe2 shows excellent battery performance and offers a promising approach for electrode design in metal-ion batteries.
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY & FUELS
(2022)
Article
Electrochemistry
Kaviarasan Govindarajan, Ralph Nicolai Nasara, Shih-kang Lin
Summary: Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are important energy storage devices in electric vehicles (EVs). Li4Ti5O12 (LTO) is a promising material for LIBs due to its high rate capability, cyclability, and safety compared to graphite-based anodes. However, a major concern in LTO-based LIBs is gassing caused by the interfacial reaction between LTO and organic electrolyte solutions. This study investigates the effect of carbon coating on LTO to mitigate gassing behavior and finds that carbon coating coverage is likely responsible for the discrepancies observed in previous studies.
BATTERIES & SUPERCAPS
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Y. Liu, K. Zweiacker, C. Liu, J. T. McKeown, J. M. K. Wiezorek
Summary: The evolution of rapid solidification microstructure and solidification interface velocity of hypereutectic Al-20at.%Cu alloy after laser melting has been studied experimentally. It was found that the formation of microstructure was dominated by eutectic, alpha-cell, and banded morphology grains, and the growth modes changed with increasing interface velocity.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Bharat Gwalani, Julian Escobar, Miao Song, Jonova Thomas, Joshua Silverstein, Andrew Chihpin Chuang, Dileep Singh, Michael P. Brady, Yukinori Yamamoto, Thomas R. Watkins, Arun Devaraj
Summary: Castable alumina forming austenitic alloys exhibit superior creep life and oxidation resistance at high temperatures. This study reveals the mechanism behind the enhanced creep performance of these alloys by suppressing primary carbide formation and offers a promising alloy design strategy for high-temperature applications.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Jian Song, Qi Zhang, Songsong Yao, Kunming Yang, Houyu Ma, Jiamiao Ni, Boan Zhong, Yue Liu, Jian Wang, Tongxiang Fan
Summary: Recent studies have shown that achieving an atomically flat surface for metals can greatly improve their oxidation resistance and enhance their electronic-optical applications. Researchers have explored the use of graphene as a covering layer to achieve atomically flat surfaces. They found that high-temperature deposited graphene on copper surfaces formed mono-atomic steps, while annealed copper and transferred graphene on copper interfaces formed multi-atomic steps.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Jennifer A. Glerum, Jon-Erik Mogonye, David C. Dunand
Summary: Elemental powders of Al, Ti, Sc, and Zr are blended and processed via laser powder-bed fusion to create binary and ternary alloys. The microstructural analysis and mechanical testing show that the addition of Ti results in the formation of primary precipitates, while the addition of Sc and Zr leads to the formation of fine grain bands. The Al-0.25Ti-0.25Zr alloy exhibits comparable strain rates to Al-0.5Zr at low stresses, but significantly higher strain rates at higher stresses during compressive creep testing. Finite element modeling suggests that the connectivity of coarse and fine grain regions is a critical factor affecting the creep resistance of the alloys.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
P. Jannotti, B. C. Hornbuckle, J. T. Lloyd, N. Lorenzo, M. Aniska, T. L. Luckenbaugh, A. J. Roberts, A. Giri, K. A. Darling
Summary: This work characterizes the thermo-mechanical behavior of bulk nanocrystalline Cu-Ta alloys under extreme conditions. The experiments reveal that the alloys exhibit unique mechanical properties, behaving differently from conventional nanocrystalline Cu. They do not undergo grain coarsening during extrusion and exhibit behavior similar to coarse-grained Cu.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Yiqing Wei, Jingwei Li, Daliang Zhang, Bin Zhang, Zizhen Zhou, Guang Han, Guoyu Wang, Carmelo Prestipino, Pierric Lemoine, Emmanuel Guilmeau, Xu Lu, Xiaoyuan Zhou
Summary: This study proposes a new strategy to modify microstructure by phase regulation, which can simultaneously enhance carrier mobility and reduce lattice thermal conductivity. The addition of Cu in layered SnSe2 induces a phase transition that leads to increased grain size and reduced stacking fault density, resulting in improved carrier mobility and lower lattice thermal conductivity.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Jia Chen, Zhengyu Zhang, Eitan Hershkovitz, Jonathan Poplawsky, Raja Shekar Bhupal Dandu, Chang-Yu Hung, Wenbo Wang, Yi Yao, Lin Li, Hongliang Xin, Honggyu Kim, Wenjun Cai
Summary: In this study, the structural origin of the pH-dependent repassivation mechanisms in multi-principal element alloys (MPEA) was investigated using surface characterization and computational simulations. It was found that selective oxidation in acidic to neutral solutions leads to enhanced nickel enrichment on the surface, resulting in reduced repassivation capability and corrosion resistance.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
X. Y. Xu, C. P. Huang, H. Y. Wang, Y. Z. Li, M. X. Huang
Summary: The limited slip systems of magnesium (Mg) and its alloys hinder their wide applications. By conducting tensile straining experiments, researchers discovered a rate-dependent transition in the dislocation mechanisms of Mg alloys. At high strain rates, glissile dislocations dominate, while easy-glide dislocations dominate at low strain rates. Abundant glissile dislocations do not necessarily improve ductility.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
M. S. Szczerba, M. J. Szczerba
Summary: Inverse temperature dependences of the detwinning stress were observed in face-centered cubic deformation twins in Cu-8at.%Al alloy. The detwinning stress increased with temperature when the pi detwinning mode was involved, but decreased when the pi/3 mode was involved. The dual effect of temperature on the detwinning stress was due to the reduction of internal stresses pre-existing within the deformation twins. The complete reduction of internal stresses at about 530 degrees C led to the equivalence of the critical stresses of different detwinning modes and a decrease in the yield stress anisotropy of the twin/matrix structure.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Taowen Dong, Tingting Qin, Wei Zhang, Yaowen Zhang, Zhuoran Feng, Yuxiang Gao, Zhongyu Pan, Zixiang Xia, Yan Wang, Chunming Yang, Peng Wang, Weitao Zheng
Summary: The interaction between the electrode and the electric double layer (EDL) significantly influences the energy storage mechanism. By studying the popular alpha-Fe2O3 electrode and the EDL interaction, we find that the energy storage mechanism of the electrode can be controlled by modulating the EDL.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Matthew R. Barnett, Jun Wang, Sitarama R. Kada, Alban de Vaucorbeil, Andrew Stevenson, Marc Fivel, Peter A. Lynch
Summary: The elastic-plastic transition in magnesium alloy Mg-4.5Zn exhibits bursts of deformation, which are characterized by sudden changes in grain orientation. These bursts occur in a coordinated manner among nearby grains, with the highest burst rate observed at the onset of full plasticity. The most significant burst events are associated with twinning, supported by the observation of twinned structures using electron microscopy. The bursts are often preceded and followed by a stasis in peak movement, indicating a certain "birth size" for twins upon formation and subsequent growth at a later stage.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Vaidehi Menon, Sambit Das, Vikram Gavini, Liang Qi
Summary: Understanding solute segregation thermodynamics is crucial for investigating grain boundary properties. The spectral approach and thermodynamic integration methods can be used to predict solute segregation behavior at grain boundaries and compare with experimental observations, thus aiding in alloy design and performance control.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Feiyu Qin, Lei Hu, Yingcai Zhu, Yuki Sakai, Shogo Kawaguchi, Akihiko Machida, Tetsu Watanuki, Yue-Wen Fang, Jun Sun, Xiangdong Ding, Masaki Azuma
Summary: This study reports on the negative and zero thermal expansion properties of Cd2Re2O7 and Cd1.95Ni0.05Re2O7 materials, along with their ultra-low thermal conductivity. Through investigations of their structures and phonon calculations, the synergistic effect of local structure distortion and soft phonons is revealed as the key to achieving these distinctive properties.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Thomas Beerli, Christian C. Roth, Dirk Mohr
Summary: A novel testing system for miniature specimens is designed to characterize the plastic response of materials for which conventional full-size specimens cannot be extracted. The system has an automated operation process, which reduces the damage to specimens caused by manual handling and improves the stability of the test results. The experiments show that the miniature specimens extracted from stainless steel and aluminum have high reproducibility, and the results are consistent with those of conventional-sized specimens. A correction procedure is provided to consider the influence of surface roughness and heat-affected zone caused by wire EDM.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Rani Mary Joy, Paulius Pobedinskas, Nina Baule, Shengyuan Bai, Daen Jannis, Nicolas Gauquelin, Marie-Amandine Pinault-Thaury, Francois Jomard, Kamatchi Jothiramalingam Sankaran, Rozita Rouzbahani, Fernando Lloret, Derese Desta, Jan D'Haen, Johan Verbeeck, Michael Frank Becker, Ken Haenen
Summary: This study investigates the influence of film microstructure and composition on the Young's modulus and residual stress in nanocrystalline diamond thin films. The results provide insights into the mechanical properties and intrinsic stress sources of these films, and demonstrate the potential for producing high-quality nanocrystalline diamond films under certain conditions.
