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‘TO UNDERSTAND THE VERY LARGE, WE MUST UNDERSTAND THE VERY SMALL’
DEMOCRITUS (470-380 BC)
WHY NANOINDENTATION
• To engineer better materials, mechanical properties play a very critical role.
• Nanoscale engineering makes materials lighter, stronger, cheaper, more
recyclable.
Conventional Hardness testing Vs Nanoindentation
CONVENTIONAL NANOINDENTATION
1 HARDNESS TESTING 2 TESTING
BERKOVICH TIP
Total included angle: 142.3˚
with an half angle of 65.35˚
Average radius of curvature
between 100 and 200 nm
REQUIREMENTS OF NANOINDENTATION
outer electrode
springs
center electrode
outer electrode
indenter
The maximum value of mean contact
pressure obtained during loading is
called HARDNESS
Pmax
Ac
hc hmax
𝑃max
𝐻=
𝐴𝐶
The data obtained during unloading forms the
basis for contact area during Maximum load
Load, P
hf
0
0
Depth, h
Load, P
hf
0
0
Depth, h
S
Er =
2 Ac
LOAD DISPLACEMENT CURVE - ANALYSIS
OLIVER-PHARR METHOD- MORE
COMPLICATED, NON-LINEAR CURVE FIT,
MORE ACCURATE RESULTS
Depth, h
LOAD DISPLACEMENT CURVE HAS TWO
PARTS
LOADING
UNLOADING
NANOSCALE APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS
• Semiconductor Materials
• Through-silicon via, wafer on wafer
• Quality control & failure analysis ✓ Thin Films
• Energy ✓ Nanowires
• Battery components ✓ Bulk Metallic Glass
• Irradiated materials ✓ Polymer/CNT Composites
• Oil shale
✓ Piezo Materials
• Thin films for solar
✓ Low k dielectrics
• Protective coatings for oil & gas
• Automotive ✓ Graphene
• MEMS / NEMS
• Composites
• Particle / matrix
• Carbon Nanotubes
NG50 – Nanoindenter with in-situ SPM Imaging
Scanner
Transducer
Specimen Translator
Motorized Stage
Stage plates
Granite
Vibration Isolation
in-situ SPM Imaging
20 x 20 µm
In-Situ SPM
5 x 5 µm
Quantitativ
e Data
NG50 – Performs below mentioned tests
• NanoIndentation
• To characterize Nanoscratch
• Hardness, elastic modulus, stiffness
• Creep, stress relaxation
• Fracture toughness
• Nanoscartach
• To characterize
• Coefficient of friction Nanoindentation Nanowear
• Scratch resistance, critical load
• Thin film adhesion, delamination
• Nanowear 5 µm
• To characterize area
• ScanningWear
• Wear depth, wear resistance Indenter-
• Nanomachining, nanolithography based SPM
in-situ SPM Images
Friction Welded Sample – Nanoindentation Test
Figure 2. Topographical in-situ SPM image of the all four samples after tests
Automation feature
helps user to select
specific location as
circled in the Fig. 3 to
perform tests at
those specified
Fig. 1 SEM Image of HIF Fig. 2 SPM Image of HIF locations
Fig. 4 HIF sample SPM images with different scan size Fig. 5 Load –Displacement curves at different location
NANOINDENTATION TESTS & IMAGING
Figure 4 (a) Topographic (b) gradient in-situ SPM images of the Figure 5 (a) Topographic (b) gradient in-situ SPM images of the LS2
LGS
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