High ductility of a metal film adherent on a polymer substrate
High ductility of a metal film adherent on a polymer substrate
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DOI:
10.1063/1.2108110
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发表时间:
2005-10-17
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4
通讯作者:
Vlassak, JJ
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作者:
Xiang, Y;Li, T;Vlassak, JJ
In recent development of deformable electronics, it has been noticed that thin metal films often rupture at small tensile strains. Here we report experiments with Cu films deposited on polymeric substrates and show that the rupture strains of the metal films are sensitive to their adhesion to the substrates. Well-bonded Cu films can sustain strains up to 10% without appreciable cracks and up to 30% with discontinuous microcracks. By contrast, poorly bonded Cu films form channel cracks at strains about 2%. The cracks form by a mixture of strain localization and intergranular fracture. The films rupture at large strains when the localization is retarded by the adherent substrates. (C) 2005 American Institute of Physics.