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Residual Stress, Adhesion and Crystallization of Ion-Sputtered and Ibed Processed NiTi Films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

B. Walles ,
L. Chang  and
D. S. Grummon
B. Walles
Affiliation:
Department of Metallurgy, Mechanics and Materials Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
L. Chang
Affiliation:
Department of Metallurgy, Mechanics and Materials Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
D. S. Grummon
Affiliation:
Department of Metallurgy, Mechanics and Materials Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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Abstract

When conventional sputtering is used to deposit nickel-titanium thin films at temperatures below ∼623 - 723 Kelvins, the resultant structures are amorphous and the films must be annealed to form the requisite B2 parent ordering. This invites complications related to interface diffusion and chemical reaction with components of the substrate. For the present work, thin films of near-equiatomic NiTi were prepared on potassium chloride, (100) single-crystal silicon, and Si3N4 passivated silicon substrates by ion sputtering and by ion beam enhanced deposition (IBED). We have investigated residual stress levels produced by these processes, evaluated substrate adhesion levels, and explored the crystallization behavior of NiTi films grown under conditions of concurrent low-energy inert gas ion bombardment. Residual stresses of ionsputtered and IBED films were measured using profilometric techniques. Film crystallization behavior was studied by transmission electron microscopy of as-deposited films. Films produced by unassisted ion sputtering showed compressive residual stresses in the as-deposited amorphous state, which became highly tensile after annealing, leading to spontaneous cracking and delamination. Preliminary results from IBED experiments showed a reduction in the asdeposited stress, and improved adhesion. Under certain conditions, ion enhancement of the deposition process promoted film crystallization during deposition at moderate substrate temperature, producing a dispersion of extremely fine particles, indexed as Ni3Ti.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 246: Symposium M – Shape-Memory Materials and Phenomena--Fundamental Aspects and Applications , 1991 , 349
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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