Combinatorial refinement of thin-film microstructure, properties and process conditions : iterative nanoscale search for self-assembled TiAlN nanolamellae

Because of the tremendous variability of crystallite sizes and shapes in nano-materials, it is challenging to assess the corresponding size-property relationships and to identify microstructures with particular physical properties or even optimized functions. This task is especially difficult for na...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of applied crystallography. - 1998. - 49(2016), Pt 6 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 2217-2225
1. Verfasser: Zalesak, J (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Todt, J, Pitonak, R, Köpf, A, Weißenbacher, R, Sartory, B, Burghammer, M, Daniel, R, Keckes, J
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2016
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of applied crystallography
Schlagworte:Journal Article X-ray nanodiffraction combinatorial search nanomaterials thin films
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520 |a Because of the tremendous variability of crystallite sizes and shapes in nano-materials, it is challenging to assess the corresponding size-property relationships and to identify microstructures with particular physical properties or even optimized functions. This task is especially difficult for nanomaterials formed by self-organization, where the spontaneous evolution of microstructure and properties is coupled. In this work, two compositionally graded TiAlN films were (i) grown using chemical vapour deposition by applying a varying ratio of reacting gases and (ii) subsequently analysed using cross-sectional synchrotron X-ray nanodiffraction, electron microscopy and nanoindentation in order to evaluate the microstructure and hardness depth gradients. The results indicate the formation of self-organized hexagonal-cubic and cubic-cubic nanolamellae with varying compositions and thicknesses in the range of ∼3-15 nm across the film thicknesses, depending on the actual composition of the reactive gas mixtures. On the basis of the occurrence of the nanolamellae and their correlation with the local film hardness, progressively narrower ranges of the composition and hardness were refined in three steps. The third film was produced using an AlCl3/TiCl4 precursor ratio of ∼1.9, resulting in the formation of an optimized lamellar microstructure with ∼1.3 nm thick cubic Ti(Al)N and ∼12 nm thick cubic Al(Ti)N nanolamellae which exhibits a maximal hardness of ∼36 GPa and an indentation modulus of ∼522 GPa. The presented approach of an iterative nanoscale search based on the application of cross-sectional synchrotron X-ray nanodiffraction and cross-sectional nanoindentation allows one to refine the relationship between (i) varying deposition conditions, (ii) gradients of microstructure and (iii) gradients of mechanical properties in nanostructured materials prepared as thin films. This is done in a combinatorial way in order to screen a wide range of deposition conditions, while identifying those that result in the formation of a particular microstructure with optimized functional attributes 
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700 1 |a Pitonak, R  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
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700 1 |a Burghammer, M  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
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700 1 |a Keckes, J  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
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