Kinetics of Intrinsic Stress in Nanocrystalline Films
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| author | Vasco, Enrique Ramírez-Peral, María J. Jacas-Rodríguez, Alfredo Polop, Celia |
| author_facet | Vasco, Enrique Ramírez-Peral, María J. Jacas-Rodríguez, Alfredo Polop, Celia |
| contents | Conventional polycrystalline materials acquire high levels of intrinsic mechanical stress (ranging from MPa to a few GPa) during preparation and use, but this stress decays quickly (~minutes) to small residual values (~kPa) under standard resting conditions. Nanocrystalline materials reach similar or even higher levels of intrinsic stress, but surprisingly retain a significant portion of this stress over much longer time scales (~hours). This behavior directly contradicts current theoretical models that predict stress relaxation through diffusive currents. Diffusive currents, which flow mainly on the surfaces of grains, are expected to produce faster relaxation kinetics when the stress to be released is higher. In this work, we study the kinetics of intrinsic stress relaxation in nanocrystalline films and identify the limitations of this process as a preliminary step towards designing a strategy for high-stress stabilization in nanostructured systems. |
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| spellingShingle | Kinetics of Intrinsic Stress in Nanocrystalline Films Vasco, Enrique Ramírez-Peral, María J. Jacas-Rodríguez, Alfredo Polop, Celia Materials Science Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Conventional polycrystalline materials acquire high levels of intrinsic mechanical stress (ranging from MPa to a few GPa) during preparation and use, but this stress decays quickly (~minutes) to small residual values (~kPa) under standard resting conditions. Nanocrystalline materials reach similar or even higher levels of intrinsic stress, but surprisingly retain a significant portion of this stress over much longer time scales (~hours). This behavior directly contradicts current theoretical models that predict stress relaxation through diffusive currents. Diffusive currents, which flow mainly on the surfaces of grains, are expected to produce faster relaxation kinetics when the stress to be released is higher. In this work, we study the kinetics of intrinsic stress relaxation in nanocrystalline films and identify the limitations of this process as a preliminary step towards designing a strategy for high-stress stabilization in nanostructured systems. |
| title | Kinetics of Intrinsic Stress in Nanocrystalline Films |
| topic | Materials Science Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.01777 |