Schmidt, T.; Balk, T. J.; Dehm, G.; Arzt, E.: Influence of tantalum and silver interlayers on thermal stress evolution in copper thin films on silicon substrates. Scripta Materialia 50 (6), pp. 733 - 737 (2004)
Max Planck scientists design a process that merges metal extraction, alloying and processing into one single, eco-friendly step. Their results are now published in the journal Nature.
The aim of the work is to develop instrumentation, methodology and protocols to extract the dynamic strength and hardness of micro-/nano- scale materials at high strain rates using an in situ nanomechanical tester capable of indentation up to constant strain rates of up to 100000 s−1.