Elastic-properties measurement at high temperatures through contact resonance atomic force microscopy

Francesco Marinello, Andrea Pezzuolo, Simone Carmignato, Enrico Savio, Leonardo De Chiffre, Luigi Sartori, Raffaele Cavalli

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    Abstract

    Miniaturization of products and need for further improvement of machines performance introduce new serious challenges in materials characterization. In particular non-destructive mechanical testing in the sub-micrometer scale is needed to better understand and improve micro-manufacturing operations. To this regard, some open issues are of particular interest: low depth of penetration, high lateral resolution and measurements at elevated temperatures. An interesting solution is given by acoustic microscopy techniques, which can be successfully implemented for advanced research in surface elasticity, allowing fast direct and non-destructive measurement of Young's modulus and related surface parameters.In this work an instrument set up for Contact Resonance Atomic Force Microscopy is proposed, where the sample with is coupled to a heating stage and a piezoelectric transducer directly vibrate the cantilever during scanning, in order to allow exploitation of high resolution measurements at relatively high temperatures. Such instrument set up was undergone a set of calibration experiments in order to allow not only qualitative but also quantitative characterization of surfaces. The work was completed with a feasibility study with mechanical and topography measurements at temperatures as high as 150°C, with lateral resolution lower than 100 nm.
    Original languageEnglish
    Article number020009
    JournalAIP Conference Proceedings
    Volume1667
    Number of pages7
    ISSN0094-243X
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2015
    EventNANOFORUM 2014 - Rome, Italy
    Duration: 22 Sept 201425 Sept 2014

    Conference

    ConferenceNANOFORUM 2014
    Country/TerritoryItaly
    CityRome
    Period22/09/201425/09/2014

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