Berkovich nanoindentation study of 16 nm Cu/Nb ARB nanolaminate: Effect of anisotropy on the surface pileup

Rahul Sahay*, Arief S. Budiman*, Christian Harito, Fergyanto E. Gunawan, Etienne Navarro, Stéphanie Escoubas, Thomas W. Cornelius, Izzat Aziz, Pooi See Lee, Olivier Thomas, Nagarajan Raghavan

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Abstract

Abstract: Nanoindentation is widely used to investigate elastic modulus, hardness and work hardening behaviour of nano- and micro-scale laminates. In this work, 16 nm accumulative roll bonding (ARB) Cu/Nb nanolaminate is used as a test material due to its interfacial anisotropy owing to the presence of contrasting interfaces along rolling (RD) and transverse direction (TD). Nanoindentation was performed along TD as well as RD of ARB Cu/Nb nanolaminate, and then scanning probe microscopy (SPM) data were collected to measure the pileup along RD and TD. Nanolaminate along RD was found to show higher surface pileup than TD which is attributed to crystallographic and interfacial anisotropy resulting in (a) higher yield strength (low plasticity) along TD in comparison to RD and (b) high interfacial sliding in the case of TD resulting in less co-deformation of layers in comparison to RD. The characterization of surface pileup is of significant importance for facilitating the study of anisotropic micro/nanolaminates. Graphic abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.]

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)495-499
Number of pages5
JournalMRS Advances
Volume6
Issue number19
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2021
Externally publishedYes

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ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • General Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering

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