Combinatorial approach to the edge delamination test for thin film reliability—adaptability and variability |
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Authors: | Martin Y.M. Chiang Rui Song Alfred J. Crosby Alamgir Karim Chwan K. Chiang Eric J. Amis |
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Affiliation: | Polymer Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA |
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Abstract: | We have demonstrated the adaptability and variability of a newly developed combinatorial edge delamination test. This was accomplished through studying the effect of substrate surface energy on the adhesion of thin films. In this combinatorial approach, a library (a single specimen) was fabricated with a polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) film on a silicon substrate. The film has thickness gradient in one direction and the substrate has an orthogonal surface energy gradient. The thickness gradient was produced with a flow coating technique, and the surface energy gradient was controlled by partial oxidation of an alkylsilane layer on a silicon wafer. Applying a constant temperature to the specimen, interfacial debonding events were observed and a distribution of failure was constructed. Our results demonstrate the proposed combinatorial methodology for rapidly and efficiently evaluating the adhesion of general film/substrate systems as a function of many controllable parameters. In addition, this methodology can be used to predict the reliability distributions of the adhesion for practical parameters. |
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Keywords: | Combinatorial methods Thin film reliability Adhesion Surface energy Contact angle |
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