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Chang, Yanhong [Verfasser], Dierk [Akademischer Betreuer] Raabe, and Sandra [Akademischer Betreuer] Korte-Kerzel. "Characterization of H/D in Ti and its alloys with atom probe tomography / Yanhong Chang ; Dierk Raabe, Sandra Korte-Kerzel." Aachen : Universitätsbibliothek der RWTH Aachen, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1195238029/34.
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Mühlbacher, Marlene. "High-resolution characterization of TiN diffusion barrier layers." Licentiate thesis, Linköpings universitet, Tunnfilmsfysik, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-120394.
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Titanium nitride (TiN) films are widely applied as diffusion barrier layers in microelectronic devices. The continued miniaturization of such devices not only poses new challenges to material systems design, but also puts high demands on characterization techniques. To gain understanding of diffusion processes that can eventually lead to failure of the barrier layer and thus of the whole device, it is essential to develop routines to chemically and structurally investigate these layers down to the atomic scale. In the present study, model TiN diffusion barriers with a Cu overlayer acting as the diffusion source were grown by reactive magnetron sputtering on MgO(001) and thermally oxidized Si(001) substrates. Cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy (XTEM) of the pristine samples revealed epitaxial, single-crystalline growth of TiN on MgO(001), while the polycrystalline TiN grown on Si(001) exhibited a [001]-oriented columnar microstructure. Various annealing treatments were carried out to induce diffusion of Cu into the TiN layer. Subsequently, XTEM images were recorded with a high-angle annular dark field detector, which provides strong elemental contrast, to illuminate the correlation between the structure and the barrier efficiency of the single- and polycrystalline TiN layers. Particular regions of interest were investigated more closely by energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) mapping. These investigations are completed by atom probe tomography (APT) studies, which provide a three-dimensional insight into the elemental distribution at the near-interface region with atomic chemical resolution and high sensitivity. In case of the single-crystalline barrier, a uniform Cu-enriched diffusion layer of 12 nm could be detected at the interface after an annealing treatment at 1000 °C for 12 h. This excellent barrier performance can be attributed to the lack of fast diffusion paths such as grain boundaries. Moreover, density-functional theory calculations predict a stoichiometry-dependent atomic diffusion mechanism of Cu in bulk TiN, with Cu diffusing on the N-sublattice for the experimental N/Ti ratio. In comparison, the polycrystalline TiN layers exhibited grain boundaries reaching from the Cu-TiN interface to the substrate, thus providing direct diffusion paths for Cu. However, the microstructure of these columnar layers was still dense without open porosity or voids, so that the onset of grain boundary diffusion could only be found after annealing at 900 °C for 1 h. The present study shows how to combine two high resolution state-of-the-art methods, TEM and APT, to characterize model TiN diffusion barriers. It is shown how to correlate the microstructure with the performance of the barrier layer by two-dimensional EDX mapping and three-dimensional APT. Highly effective Cu-diffusion barrier function is thus demonstrated for single-crystal TiN(001) (up to 1000 °C) and dense polycrystalline TiN (900 °C).
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Hwang, Junyeon Kaufman M. J. "Characterization and mechanical properties of nanoscale precipitates in modified Al-Si-Cu alloys using transmission electron microscopy and 3D atom probe tomography." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2007. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-3661.
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Hwang, Junyeon. "Characterization and Mechanical Properties of Nanoscale Precipitates in Modified Al-Si-Cu Alloys Using Transmission Electron Microscopy and 3D Atom Probe Tomography." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2007. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3661/.
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Among the commercial aluminum alloys, aluminum 319 (Al-7wt%Si-4wt%Cu) type alloys are popularly used in automobile engine parts. These alloys have good casting characteristics and excellent mechanical properties resulting from a suitable heat treatment. To get a high strength in the 319 type alloys, grain refining, reducing the porosity, solid solution hardening, and precipitation hardening are preferred. All experimental variables such as solidification condition, composition, and heat treatment are influence on the precipitation behavior; however, precipitation hardening is the most significant because excess alloying elements from supersaturated solid solution form fine particles which act as obstacles to dislocation movement. The challenges of the 319 type alloys arise due to small size of precipitate and complex aging response caused by multi components. It is important to determine the chemical composition, crystal structure, and orientation relationship as well as precipitate morphology in order to understand the precipitation behavior and strengthening mechanism. In this study, the mechanical properties and microstructure were investigated using transmission electron microscopy and three dimensional atom probe tomography. The Mn and Mg effects on the microstructure and mechanical properties are discussed with crystallographic study on the iron intermetallic phases. The microstructural evolution and nucleation study on the precipitates in the low-Si 319 type aluminum alloys are also presented with sample preparation and analysis condition of TEM and 3DAP tomography.
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Yu, Xinghua. "Characterization and Modeling of Heat Affected Zone Microstucture in a Blast Resistant Steel." The Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1262201157.
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Withrow, Travis P. "Computational Modeling of Atom Probe Tomography." The Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1525763934302517.
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Engberg, David. "Atom Probe Tomography of TiSiN Thin Films." Licentiate thesis, Linköpings universitet, Tunnfilmsfysik, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-122724.
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This thesis concerns the wear resistant coating TiSiN and the development of the analysis technique atom probe tomography (APT) applied to this materials system. The technique delivers compositional information through time-of-flight mass spectrometry, with sub-nanometer precision in 3D for a small volume of the sample. It is thus a powerful technique for imaging the local distribution of elements in micro and nanostructures. To gain the full benefits of the technique for the materials system in question, I have developed a method that combines APT with isotopic substitution, here demonstrated by substitution of natN with 15N. This alters the time-of-flight of ions with of one or more N and will thereby enable the differentiation of the otherwise inseparable isotopes 14N and 28Si. Signs of small-scale fluctuations in the data led the development of an algorithm needed to properly visualize these fluctuations. A method to identify the best sampling parameter for visualization of small-scale compositional fluctuations was added to an algorithm originally designed to find the best sampling parameters for measuring and visualizing strong compositional variations. With the identified sampling parameters, the nano-scale compositional fluctuations of Si in the metal/metalloid sub-lattice could be visualized. The existence and size of these fluctuations were corroborated by radial distribution functions, a technique independent of the previously determined sampling parameter. The radial distribution function algorithm was also developed further to ease in the interpretation. The number of curves could thereby be reduced by showing elements, rather than single and molecular ions (of which there were several different kinds). The improvement of the algorithm also allowed interpretation of signs regarding the stoichiometry of SiNy. With a combination of analytical transmission electron microscopy and APT we show Si segregation on the nanometer scale in arc-deposited Ti0.92Si0.0815N and Ti0.81Si0.1915N thin films. APT composition maps and proximity histograms generated from Ti-rich domains show that the TiN contain at least ~2 at. % Si for Ti0.92Si0.08N and ~5 at. % Si for Ti0.81Si0.19N, thus confirming the formation of solid solutions. The formation of relatively pure SiNy domains in the Ti0.81Si0.19N films is tied to pockets between microstructured, columnar features in the film. Finer SiNy enrichments seen in APT possibly correspond to tissue layers around TiN crystallites, thus effectively hindering growth of TiN crystallites, causing TiN renucleation and thus explaining the featherlike nanostructure within the columns of these films.
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Yang, Qifeng. "Atom probe tomography research on catalytic alloys and nanoparticles." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2018. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:f3acdf37-3d23-4893-a4de-12e81712157a.
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Catalyst is a key component in the chemical industry, with more than 90% of total chemical products reliant on their use. However, the working mechanisms are in many cases still not fully understood. For heterogeneous catalysts, in which the reactions normally occur on solid phase materials, a better understanding of the catalytic surfaces, and how they evolve under reactive environments is recognised as the next step forward in the field. This work presents a study utilising atom probe tomography (APT), combined with an in-situ reaction cell, to understand the initial oxidation processes of catalytic NiFe and NiCo model alloy systems. In order to improve reliability of results, a protocol was developed to clean the sample surfaces by field ion evaporation, eliminate sample surface contamination before in-situ oxidation was then performed. APT was successfully applied to these alloys to characterise oxide development as a function of exposure time and temperature. APT also demonstrated surface enrichment induced by oxide formation remained after reduction of the alloy. The successful application of APT on the model alloys led to the next goal which was to associate the data to real catalytic particles. To achieve this, work was extended into the field of nanoparticle catalysts. Nanoparticles with similar compositions to the model alloys were fabricated by chemical synthesis and were examined initially by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The main goal of this phase was to investigate the surface segregation behaviour of the particles, identifying common behaviours with the model alloys. However, the presence of residual complex chemical environments around the particles following synthesis made APT analysis difficult. Therefore, an alternative method of particle fabrication was explored to better control the resulting materials for easier application of atom probe for nanoparticle analyses. Metallic nanoparticles of Ag, AuCu, AuNi, and AuNiMo were made by an inert gas condensation method, deposited on suitable support materials and were subsequently analysed by APT, facilitated by an improved sample preparation method. Surface segregation on individual nanoparticles was detected. Together with other complementary surface-probing techniques, a complete understanding of these particles from micrometre down to the level of individual particles was achieved. The potential for APT is highlighted to play a key role in this approach to realise a complete understanding of the chemical order, microstructure in multimetallic nanoparticles designed for catalysis.
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Bennett, Samantha. "Nitride semiconductors studied by atom probe tomography and correlative techniques." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2011. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/236685.
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Optoelectronic devices fabricated from nitride semiconductors include blue and green light emitting diodes (LEDs) and laser diodes (LDs). To design efficient devices, the structure and composition of the constituent materials must be well-characterised. Traditional microscopy techniques used to examine nitride semiconductors include transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and atomic force microscopy (AFM). This thesis describes the study of nitride semiconductor materials using these traditional methods, as well as atom probe tomography (APT), a technique more usually applied to metals that provides three-dimensional (3D) compositional information at the atomic scale. By using both APT and correlative microscopy techniques, a more complete understanding of the material can be gained, which can potentially lead to higher-efficiency, longer-lasting devices. Defects, such as threading dislocations (TDs), can harm device performance. An AFM-based technique was used to show that TDs affect the local electrical properties of nitride materials. To investigate any compositional changes around the TD, APT studies of TDs were attempted, and evidence for oxygen enrichment near the TD was observed. The dopant level in nitride devices also affects their optoelectronic properties, and the combination of APT and TEM was used to show that Mg dopants were preferentially incorporated into pyramidal inversion domains, with a Mg content two orders of magnitude above the background level. Much debate has been focused on the microstructural origin of charge carrier localisation in InGaN. Alloy inhomogeneities have often been suggested to provide this localisation, yet APT has revealed InGaN quantum wells to be a statistically random alloy. Electron beam irradiation in the TEM caused damage to the InGaN, however, and a statistically significant deviation from a random alloy distribution was then observed by APT. The alloy homogeneity of InAlN was also studied, and this alloy system provided a unique opportunity to study gallium implantation damage to the APT sample caused during sample preparation by the focused ion beam (FIB). The combination of APT with traditional microscopy techniques made it possible to achieve a thorough understanding of a wide variety of nitride semiconductor materials.
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Chen, Yi-Sheng. "Characterisation of hydrogen trapping in steel by atom probe tomography." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2017. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:9d8ee66f-176d-4ac1-aad6-ccb33efc924d.
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Hydrogen embrittlement (HE), which results in an unpredictable failure of metals, has been a major limitation in the design of critical components for a wide range of engineering applications, given the near-ubiquitous presence of hydrogen in their service environments. However, the exact mechanisms that underpin HE failure remain poorly understood. It is known that hydrogen, when free to diffuse in these materials, can tend to concentrate at a crack tip front. In turn, this facilitates crack propagation. Hence one of the proposed strategies for mitigating HE is to limit the content of freely diffusing hydrogen within the metal atomic lattice via the introduction of microstructural hydrogen traps. Further, it is empirically known that the introduction of finely-dispersed distribution of nano-sized carbide hydrogen traps in ferritic steel matrix can improve resilience to HE. This resilience has been attributed to the effective hydrogen trapping of the carbides. However, conclusive atomic-scale experimental evidence is still lacking as to the manner by which these features can impede the movement of the hydrogen. This lack of insight limits the further progress for the optimisation of the microstructural design of this type of HE-resistant steel. In order to further understand the hydrogen trapping phenomenon of the nano-sized carbide in steel, an appropriate characterisation method is required. Atom probe tomography (APT) has been known for its powerful combination of high 3D spatial and chemical resolution for the analysis of very fine precipitates. Furthermore, previous studies have shown that the application of isotopic hydrogen (2H) loading techniques, combined with APT, facilitates the hydrogen signal associated to fine carbides to be unambiguously identified. However, the considerable experimental requirements as utilised by these previous studies, particularly the instrumental capability necessary for retention of the trapped hydrogen in the needle-shaped APT specimen, limits the study being reproduced or extended. In this APT study, a model ferritic steel with finely dispersed V-Mo-Nb carbides of 10-20 nm is investigated. Initially, existing specialised instrumentation formed the basis of a cryogenic specimen chain under vacuum, so as to retain loaded hydrogen after an electrolytic charging treatment for APT analysis. This work confirms the importance of cryogenic treatment for the retention of trapped hydrogen in APT specimen. The quality of the obtained experimental data allows a quantitative analysis on the hydrogen trapping mechanism. Thus, it is conclusively determined that interior of the carbides studied in this steel acts as the hydrogen trapping site as opposed to the carbide/matrix interface as commonly expected. This result supports the theoretical investigations proposing that the hydrogen trapping within the carbide interior is enabled by a network of carbon vacancies. Based on the established importance of the specimen cold chain in these APT experiments, this work then successfully develops a simplified approach to cryo-transfer which requires no instrumental modification. In this approach there is no requirement for the charged specimen to be transferred under vacuum conditions. The issue of environmental-induced ice contamination on the cryogenic sample surface in air transfer is resolved by its sublimation in APT vacuum chamber. Furthermore, the temperature of the transferred sample is able to be determined independently by both monitoring changes to vacuum pressure in the buffer chamber and also the thermal response of the APT sample stage in the analysis chamber. This simplified approach has the potential to open up a range of hydrogen trapping studies to any commercial atom probe instrument. Finally, as an example of the use of this simplified cryo-transfer technique, targeted studies for determining the source of hydrogen adsorption during electropolishing and electrolytic loading process are demonstrated. This research provides a critical verification of hydrogen trapping mechanism of fine carbides as well as an achievable experimental protocol for the observation of the trapping of individual hydrogen atoms in alloy microstructures. The methods developed here have the potential to underpin a wide range of possible experiments which address the HE problem, particularly for the design of new mitigation strategies to prevent this critical issue.
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Oberdorfer, Christian [Verfasser], and Guido [Akademischer Betreuer] Schmitz. "Numeric simulation of atom probe tomography / Christian Oberdorfer ; Betreuer: Guido Schmitz." Münster : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Münster, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1138282715/34.
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Montalvo, Delgado Stephanie Dannett. "Development and application of atom probe tomography to complex zircon grains." Thesis, Curtin University, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/81227.
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Atom probe tomography (APT) is used to characterise the nanoscale geochemistry of complex zircon grains from different environments. New applications of APT to meteoritic, shocked and hydrothermal zircon grains are developed. The results of this project provide a new understanding of trace element modification of zircon and provides a framework for future investigations of the nanoscale geochemical and geochronological analysis of other minerals.
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Innocenti, Nicolas. "Interaction of femtosecond laser pulses with nanoscaleSi-tips for atom probe tomography." Thesis, University of Liège, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-51018.
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The atom probe is an analysis technique based on the emission of ionized species from a needle-shaped sample (apex radius < 100 nm) under the influence of a very strong electric field ( 10-50 V/nm). A DC-voltage is applied on the sample in order to generate a field slightly below the one necessary to remove atoms (in the form of ions) from its surface. An ultrashort (femtosecond) laser pulse is used to trigger the emission. The evaporated ions are accelerated in the electric field and projected onto a position sensitive detector where a magnified image of the surface is formed (magnication from 10^6 to 10^7). Time of flight mass spectrometry is used to chemically identify the evaporated atoms. The technique thus allows to analyze the composition of a 3D volume with sub-nanometer resolution. Imec conducts research in order to introduce the 3D characterization with quasi-atomic resolution capabilities of the technique to the semiconductor industry. It became quickly apparent that a detailed understanding of the laser interaction with the nanoscale samples is crucial in order to interpret the analysis results. In this work, we briefly introduce the principles of the technique and review some of its applications. We then summarize some of the currently unexplained experimental observations, taken from the literature or from experiments conducted at Imec. Based on those observations, we introduce a thermally assisted model of field evaporation that includes the electromagnetic nature of light and the semiconducting character of silicon. The optical absorption of the nanoscale sample is computed by numerical simulations using the FDTD algorithm. The temperature evolution at the tip apex is obtained by solving a coupled thermal conduction-carrier recombinations problem and the shape of the mass spectrum is deduced. We discuss the model and confront its results to experimental data. We show that the model qualitatively explains many experimental aspects of the characterization of silicon by means of an atom probe analysis. Nevertheless, we show that at this stage the model lacks quantitative accuracy and we suggest several ways to improve it.atom probe, LA-WATAP, field evaporation, femtosecond laser pulse interaction with nanoscale silicon objects, Sommerfeld's half plane problem, FDTD - Yee's scheme.
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Zhang, Yi. "Three dimensional atom probe tomography of nanoscale thin films, interfaces and particles." [Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University], 2009.
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Zhou, Jing. "An Atom-Probe Tomography Study of Phase Separation in Fe-Cr Based Steels." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Metallografi, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-150796.
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Stainless steels are very important engineering materials in a variety of applications such as in the food industry and nuclear power plants due to their combination of good mechanical properties and high corrosion resistance. However, ferrite-containing stainless steels are sensitive to the so-called ‘475°C embrittlement’, which is induced by phase separation of the ferrite phase, where it decomposes into Fe-rich ferrite (α) and Cr-rich ferrite (α'). The phase separation is accompanied with a severe loss of toughness. Therefore, the upper service temperature of ferrite-containing stainless steels in industrial applications has been limited to around 250°. In the present work, Fe-Cr based steels were mainly investigated by atom probe tomography. A new method based on the radial distribution function (RDF) was proposed to quantitatively evaluate both the wavelength and amplitude of phase separation in Fe-Cr alloys from the atom probe tomography data. Moreover, a simplified equation was derived to calculate the amplitude of phase separation. The wavelength and amplitude was compared with evaluations using the auto-correlation function (ACF) and Langer-Bar-on-Miller (LBM) method, respectively. The results show that the commonly used LBM method underestimates the amplitude of phase separation and the wavelengths obtained by RDF shows a good exponential relation with aging time which is expected from the theory. The RDF is also an effective method in detecting the phenomena of clustering and elemental partitioning. Furthermore, atom probe tomography and the developed quantitative analysis method have been applied to investigate the influence of different factors on the phase separation in Fe-Cr based alloys by the help of mainly mechanical property tests and atom probe tomography analysis. The study shows that: (1) the external tensile stress during aging enhances the phase separation in ferrite. (2) Phase separation in weld bead metals decomposes more rapidly than both the heat-affected-zone metals and the base metals mainly due to the high density of dislocations in the welding bead metals which could facilitate the diffusion. (3) The results show that Ni and Mn can enhance the phase separation comparing to the binary Fe-Cr alloy whereas Cu forms clusters during aging. (4) Initial clustering of Cr atoms was found after homogenization. Two factors, namely, clustering of Cr above the miscibility gap and clustering during quenching was suggested as the two responsible mechanisms. (5) The homogenization temperatures significantly influence the evolution of phase separation in Fe-46.5at.%Cr.QC 20140910
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Muller, Michael. "Performance, optimisation and applications of pulsed laser atom probe tomography for compound semiconductor analysis." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.540147.
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Luo, Ting. "Study of the mechanisms of silicide formation by isotope diffusion and atom probe tomography." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018AIXM0413.
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Avec la réduction de taille des composants microélectroniques, le monosiliciure de nickel (NiSi) a été largement utilisé dans les transistors CMOS (Complementary-Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor) en tant que contacts pour les sources, drains et grilles. Cependant, NiSi se dégrade lors du recuit à haute température. Il apparait essentiel d'étudier la séquence de formation de phases et la stabilité du monosilicide en présence d’éléments d'alliage. Les réactions à l'état solide entre des films de Ni allié en W et/ou Pt et un substrat de Si ont été étudiées principalement par diffraction des rayons X (DRX) in-situ et sonde atomique tomographique (SAT). L'analyse combinatoire de la réaction entre des films Ni avec différents composition gradients et le Si a permis de comprendre la séquence de formation. Les concentrations des éléments d'alliage (W et Pt) ont un impact significatif sur la séquence de formation des siliciures de Ni et sur la cinétique de formation des phases. Le mécanisme d'agglomération des films minces de NiSi a également été étudié au cours de cette thèse. Un film de Ni pur de 15 nm a été déposé sur un substrat de Si enrichi de multicouches de Si isotopique. Des analyses SAT ont été effectuées sur l'échantillon de Ni/Si (isotope) après un recuit à 600°C. En observant la distribution des isotopes de Si, un mécanisme d'agglomération de NiSi a été proposé selon que les isotopes de Si restent sous forme de multicouches ou qu'ils se mélangent. Cette étude rendue possible grâce à la capacité unique de la SAT d'observer les isotopes en 3D et à l'échelle atomique apporte une meilleure compréhension de l'agglomération de films minces poly-cristallin d'intermétalliqueWith the downscaling of microelectronic devices, NiSi has been widely used in complementary-metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) transistors as contact on source, drain and gate. However, NiSi suffers from degradation upon annealing at high temperatures. Adding alloying elements is an effective method to increase the stability of nickel monosilicide but the formation sequence of Ni silicides is substantially modified. Therefore, the studies of the phase formation sequence and the stability of monosilicide are of great importance.The solid-state reactions between Ni films alloyed with W and/or Pt and Si substrates were studied mainly by in-situ X-ray diffraction (XRD) and atom probe tomography (APT) using combinatorial analysis of co-deposited gradient films. The phase sequence was monitored by in-situ XRD and APT was used to examine the silicides and reveal the redistribution of alloying elements. The content of alloying elements (W and Pt) has a large impact on the phase sequence of Ni silicides and the kinetics of phase formation. The basic agglomeration mechanism of NiSi thin films was studied. A 15nm pure Ni film was deposited on a Si substrate enriched with isotope multilayers. APT analyses were performed on the sample of Ni/Si (isotope) after an annealing at 600°C. By observing the distribution of Si isotopes (30Si, 29Si and 28Si), whether they maintain a multilayer structure or are mixed together, a mechanism of the agglomeration of NiSi was proposed. This was possible because of the unique capability of APT to observe isotopes in 3D at the atomic scale and it allows a better understanding and to control of the agglomeration of poly-crystalline compound thin films
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Bouchikhaoui, Houari [Verfasser], and Guido [Akademischer Betreuer] Schmitz. "Nanoanalysis by atom probe tomography of tunnel magnetoresistive (TMR) structures / Houari Bouchikhaoui ; Betreuer: Guido Schmitz." Münster : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Münster, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1141577747/34.
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Mazumder, Baishakhi. "Physics of the field evaporation of poor conducting materials in the Laser assisted Atom Probe Tomography." Rouen, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010ROUES039.
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La sonde atomique assistée par laser est une technique de nano analyse 3D qui donne des informations à l'échelle atomique avec une résolution spatiale nanométrique. Les phénomènes physiques sous-jacents les mécanismes d'évaporation de ces matériaux mauvais conducteurs sont très complexes en raison de la structure électronique de ces types de matériaux. Ce travail porte sur l'étude de l'évaporation de matériaux mauvais conducteurs à partir de semi-conducteurs (Si, SiC, GaAs et InP) jusqu'aux oxydes (MgO, TiO2 et HfO2). Les atomes de la surface de l'échantillon préparé sous forme de pointe sont ionisés par un champ électrique permanent et l'interaction avec un faisceau laser femtoseconde. Cette interaction augmente la température de la pointe localement, permettant l'évaporation des atomes de surface. Des analyses ont été effectuées en variant les différents paramètres laser (longueur d'onde, énergie, etc. ) pour comprendre les mécanismes d'évaporation sous-jacents. Des modèles ont été développés pour interpréter nos résultats expérimentaux. L'influence de la longueur d'onde et de l'énergie du laser sur les mécanismes d'évaporation de semi-conducteurs et d'oxydes a été déterminée en tenant compte de l'influence de l'absorption optique, de l'effet de flexion des bandes, etc. Des études systématiques, déterminant les conditions d'analyse pour l'évaporation de matériaux mauvais conducteurs ont été effectuées afin d'aider les chercheurs travaillant dans des domaines connexes. Plus précisément l'un des ingrédients clés qui a été ajouté est l'absorption optique de surface et l'évaluation ultérieure du couplage électrons-phonons conduisant à des effets thermiques. La présente thèse marque une étape dans la compréhension de l'évaporation par effet de champ assisté par laser fs, par des résultats expérimentaux et par leur interprétationThe laser assisted atom probe tomography is a 3D nanoanalysing technique which gives information in the atomistic scale with sub nanometre spatial resolution. The physical phenomena underlying the field evaporation of poor conductive material is very complex due to the electronic structure of these types of materials. This work deals with the field evaporation study of poor conductive materials starting from semiconductors (Si, SiC, GaAs and InP= to insulating oxides (MgO, TiO2, and HfO2). The surface atoms from the tip shaped specimen are ionized by a standing electric field and the interaction of a femto-laser beam with the tip. The laser tip interaction increases the tip temperature locally, enabling the evaporation of surface atoms. Analyses are done varying different laser parameters (wavelength, energy, etc. ) to understand the underlying evaporation mechanism. Representative models have been developed to support our experimental results. The influence of wavelength and laser energy on the evaporation mechanisms of semiconductors and oxides are determined taking into account the influernce of optical absorption, band bending effect, etc. Various complex and diversified physical phenomena were observed ands understood during this study. Systematic studies, determining the analytical conditions for field evaporation of non conducting materials are evaluated to help future researchers working in related fields. Specifically one of the key factors is the surface optical absorption and the subsequent evaluation of the electron phonon coupling leading to thermal effects. The present thesis is a modest attempt to understand the field evaporation behaviour under femtosecond laser pulse and the physics involved in this framework by experimental results and corresponding interpretation
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Dagan, Michal. "3D field ion microscopy and atom probe tomography techniques for the atomic scale characterisation of radiation damage in tungsten." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2016. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:a575ff83-9101-499e-a54d-23d59f0d4d16.
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In this work, new reconstruction and analysis methods were developed for 3D field ion microscopy (FIM) data, motivated by the goal of atomic scale characterisation of radiation damage for fusion applications. A comparative FIM/ atom probe tomography (APT) study of radiation damage in self-implanted tungsten revealed FIM advantages in atomistic crystallographic characterisation, able to identify dislocations, large vacancy clusters, and single vacancies. While the latter is beyond the detection capabilities of APT, larger damage features were observed indirectly in APT data via trajectory aberrations and solute segregation. An automated 3DFIM reconstruction approach was developed to maintain reliable, atomistic, 3D insights into the atomic arrangements and vacancies distribution in ion-implanted tungsten. The new method was utilized for the automated âatom-by-atom' reconstruction of thousands of tungsten atoms yielding highly accurate reconstructions of atomically resolved poles but also applied to larger microstructural features such as carbides and a grain boundary, extending across larger portions of the sample. Additional tools were developed to overcome reconstruction challenges arising from the presence of crystal defects and the intrinsic distortion of FIM data. Those were employed for the automated 3D mapping of vacancies in ion-implanted tungsten, analysing their distribution in a volume extending across 50nm into the depth of the sample. The new FIM reconstruction also opened the door for more advanced analyses on FIM data. It was applied to the preliminary studies of the distortion of the reconstructed planes, found to depend on crystallographic orientation, with an increased variance in atomic positions measured in a radial direction to the centre of the poles. Additional analyses followed the subtle displacements in atomic coordinates on consecutive FIM images, to find them affected by the evaporation of atoms from the same plane. The displacements were found to increase with size as the distance to the evaporated atom decreased, and are likely to be the result of a convolution between image gas effects, surface atoms relaxation, and charge re-distribution. These measurements show potential to probe the dynamic nature of the FIM experiment and possibly resolve contributions from the different processes effecting the final image. Finally, APT characterisation was performed on bulk and pre-sharpened needles to determine the effect of sample's geometry on the resulting implantation profiles, and the extent to which pre-sharpened needles could be employed in radiation damage studies. While the ions depth profiles in needles were not found within a good match to SRIM simulations, the damage profiles exhibited closer agreement. Further, the concentration of implanted ions in bulk samples was found significantly higher than in the respective needle implanted samples, with excessive loss found for the light ion implantation.
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Huyan, Fei. "A study of "475°C embrittlement" in Fe-20Cr and Fe-20Cr-X (X=Ni, Cu, Mn) alloys." Thesis, KTH, Metallografi, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-118155.
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The “475°C embrittlement” occurring in ferritic and duplex stainless steel is considered to be detrimental and it limits the application of ferritic and duplex stainless steel at elevated temperatures, i.e., above about 300°C . In this study, the effect from alloying elements Ni, Cu and Mn on 475°C embrittlement was examined based on microhardness measurement and Charpy V-notch tests as well as atom probe tomography (APT). It was found that, after aging for 10h, 3% Ni accelerates the ferrite decomposition dramatically, 5% Mn has minor effect and no effect of 1.5% Cu was seen. The hardness increase tested at 450°C and 500°C was consistent with the observations from APT. The embrittlement based on room temperature Charpy tests was observed mainly during the first 10h. The embrittlement in Fe-20Cr-3Ni alloy was attributed to ferrite decomposition, while the other three alloys may be influenced by other phenomenon as well. A clustering effect of Cu has been observed in Fe-20Cr-1.5Cu and it was supposed to contribute to the mechanical changes.
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DeGeorge, Vincent G. "Chemical Partitioning and Resultant Effects on Structure and Electrical Properties in Co-Containing Magnetic Amorphous Nanocomposites for Electric Motors." Research Showcase @ CMU, 2017. http://repository.cmu.edu/dissertations/885.
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chemical partitioning of Cobalt-containing soft magnetic amorphous and nanocomposite materials has been investigated with particular focus on its consequences on these materials’ nanostructure and electrical resistivity. Theory, models, experiment, and discussion in this regard are presented on this class of materials generally, and are detailed in particular on alloys of composition, (Fe65Co35)79.5+xB13Si2Nb4-xCu1.5, for X={0- 4at%}, and Co-based, Co76+YFe4Mn4-YB14Si2Nb4, for Y={0-4at%}. The context of this work is within the ongoing efforts to integrate soft magnetic metal amorphous and nanocomposite materials into electric motor applications by leveraging material properties with motor topology in order to increase the electrical efficiency and decrease the size, the usage of rare-earth permanent magnets, and the power losses of electric motors. A mass balance model derived from consideration of the partitioning of glass forming elements relates local composition to crystal state in these alloys. The ‘polymorphic burst’ onset mechanism and a Time-Temperature- Transformation diagram for secondary crystallization are also presented in relation to the partitioning of glass forming elements. Further, the intrinsic electrical resistivity of the material is related to the formation of virtual bound states due to dilute amounts of the glass forming elements. And lastly, a multiphase resistivity model for the effective composite resistivity that accounts for the amorphous, crystalline, and glass former-rich amorphous regions, each with distinct intrinsic resistivity, is also presented. The presented models are validated experimentally on the Co-containing alloys by Atom Probe Tomography performed through collaboration with Pacific Northwestern National Laboratory.
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Zschiesche, Hannes. "Formation and segregation in cobalt silicide and manganese germanide thin films : correlative study by electron microscopy and atom probe tomography." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Aix-Marseille, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019AIXM0219.
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Dans cette thèse, des formations des germaniures de manganèse et des disiliciures de cobalt en couche minces ont été étudié comme la structure et chimie. Dans le système Mn-Ge, deux nouvelles relations entre des grains du Mn5Ge3 et (111)Ge ont été identifiées. De plus, il a été montré que la pureté du Mn5Ge3 dans les couches déposées par pulvérisation cathodique magnétron dépend du mécanisme de croissance. Une diffusion réactive donne du Mn5Ge3 presque pure tandis qu’une réaction non-diffusive donne du Mn5Ge3 qui contient la plupart des impuretés de la pulvérisation cathodique magnétron. Dans CoSi2 qui a été formé d’une configuration Co/Ti/Si, une ségrégation du Ti a été détectée dans les joints de grains du CoSi2. En outre, la distribution du Ti ségrégé a été caractérisée d’être inhomogènes. Pour étudier la ségrégation dans les joints de grains systématiquement, une méthode a été développé qui permet de corréler des investigations structurelle et chimie à l’échelle atomique sur un et le même échantillon dans les joints de grains sélectionnes. Finalement, une méthode a été proposée pour quantifier une ségrégation dans les points tripleGermanide and silicide thin films have application in different field such as thermoelectricity, magnetism and/or microelectronics. This PhD thesis study the formation, structure and chemistry of Mn5Ge3 thin films, which is interesting due to its ferromagnetic property for possible spintronic devices, and of CoSi2 thin films, which are used as contact materials. Two new epitaxial relationships between Mn5Ge3 grains and (111)Ge have been identified. The chemical purity of Mn5Ge3 has been related to the deposition by magnetron sputtering: Mn5Ge3 thin films grown by reactive-diffusion are relatively pure while the significant incorporation of impurities in Mn5Ge3 grown by non-diffusive reaction is beneficial for the ferromagnetic property. Ti segregation to CoSi2 grain boundaries has been quantified in CoSi2 grown from a Co/Ti/Si thin film. Additionally, an inhomogeneous distribution of Ti at CoSi2 grain boundary has been related to the defect density. A method has been developed for correlative structural and chemical investigations at the atomic scale on selected interfaces. Finally, a method to quantify the triple junction segregation has been proposed
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Weber, Juliane Verfasser], Dirk [Akademischer Betreuer] Bosbach, and Georg [Akademischer Betreuer] [Roth. "Fundamental insights into the radium uptake into barite by atom probe tomography and electron microscopy / Juliane Weber ; Dirk Bosbach, Georg Roth." Aachen : Universitätsbibliothek der RWTH Aachen, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1157122507/34.
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Weber, Juliane [Verfasser], Dirk Akademischer Betreuer] Bosbach, and Georg [Akademischer Betreuer] [Roth. "Fundamental insights into the radium uptake into barite by atom probe tomography and electron microscopy / Juliane Weber ; Dirk Bosbach, Georg Roth." Aachen : Universitätsbibliothek der RWTH Aachen, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1157122507/34.
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Zelenty, Jennifer Evelyn. "Effects of nickel and manganese on the embrittlement of low-copper pressure vessel steels." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2016. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:28b9151f-1644-470b-abc7-48ff82bcffdd.
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Solute clustering is known to play a significant role in the embrittlement of reactor pressure vessel (RPV) steels. When precipitates form they impede the movement of dislocations, causing an increase in hardness and a shift in the ductile-brittle transition temperature. Over time this can cause the steel to become brittle and more susceptible to fracture. Thus, understanding precipitate formation is of great importance to the nuclear industry. The first part of this thesis aims to isolate and better understand the thermal aging component of embrittlement in low copper, model RPV steels. Currently, relatively little is known about the effects of Ni and Mn in a low copper environment. Therefore, it is of interest to determine if Ni and Mn form precipitates under these conditions. To this end, hardness measurements and atom probe tomography were utilized to link the mechanical properties to the microstructure. After 11,690 hours of thermal aging a statistically significant decrease in hardening was observed. Consistent with hardness measurements, no precipitates were present within the matrix of the thermally aged RPV steels. The local chemistry method was then applied to investigate the very early stages of solute clustering. Association was found to be statistically significant in both the thermally aged and as-received model RPV steels. Therefore, no apparent trends regarding the changes in solute association between the as-received and thermally aged RPV steels were identified. Small, non-random clusters were observed at heterogeneous nucleation sites, such as carbide/matrix interfaces and grain boundaries, within the thermally aged material. The clusters found at the carbide/matrix interfaces were all rich in Mn and approximately 90-150 atoms in size. The clusters located along the observed low-angle grain boundary, however, were significantly larger (on the order of hundreds of atoms) and rich in Ni. Lastly, copper-rich precipitates (CRPs) and Mn- and Ni-rich precipitates (MNPs) were observed within the cementite phase of a high copper and low copper RPV steel, respectively, following long term thermal aging. APT was used to characterize these precipitates and obtain more detailed chemical information. The presence of such precipitates indicates that a range of precipitation can take place within the cementite phase of thermally aged RPV steels. The second part of this thesis aims to investigate the effects of ion irradiation on the microstructure of low copper RPV steels via APT. These steels were ion irradiated with 6.4 MeV Fe3+ ions with a dose rate of 1.5 x 10-4 dpa/s at 290°C. MNPs were observed in all five of the RPV steels analyzed. These precipitates were found to have nucleated within the matrix as well as at dislocations and grain boundaries. Using the maximum separation method these MNPs were extracted and characterized. Precipitate composition, size, volume fraction, and number density were determined for each of the five samples. Lastly, several grain boundaries were characterized. Several emerging trends were observed within the samples: Ni content within the precipitates did not vary significantly once a threshold between 30-50% was reached; bulk Mn content appeared to dictate Si and Mn content within the precipitates; and samples low in bulk Ni content were characterized by a higher number density of smaller precipitates. Additionally, by regressing precipitate volume fraction against the interaction of Ni and Mn, a linear relationship was found to be statistically significant.
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Lotharukpong, Chalothorn. "Defect characterisation in multi-crystalline silicon." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:a803fada-2296-41c3-9d96-864c186957a2.
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Electron beam induced current (EBIC) and atom probe tomography (APT) were used in this study to determine electrical activities and impurity compositions at extended defects in multicrystalline silicon (mc-Si) samples. The results provide, for the first time, information regarding the chemical species present at defects whose electrical activity has previously been measured. A new APT specimen fabrication process was developed with the ability to select a specific defect for APT analysis. Development of the APT specimen fabrication process proceeded by first selecting and optimising the preferential etching for nano-scale defect delineation. Three etchants were evaluated, namely Secco, Sirtl and Dash, from which the Secco etch was selected. Three parameters were optimised to produce etch pits with geometries that meet the requirements imposed by APT specimen fabrication methods. The optimum parameters were 0.05M potassium dichromate concentration, 20°C etch temperature, and 30sec etch time. In the second stage, marking techniques were developed in order for the defects to be located throughout the APT specimen fabrication process. However, it became apparent that the conventional APT specimen fabrication method could not be used to fabricate APT specimens containing selected defects in a mc-Si sample. This led to the development of a novel APT specimen fabrication approach which allowed APT specimens to be fabricated, reproducibly, containing grain boundaries and isolated dislocations. In order to evaluate accurately iron contamination in mc-Si, four atom probe parameters were optimised to maximise detection sensitivity: the evaporation rate, the laser beam energy, the pulse repetition rate and the specimen temperature. The optimisation process can be divided in to two parts. In the first part, a matrix of pre-sharpened single-crystal silicon specimens was subjected to a variety of experimental parameters. The optimised parameters were determined to be 0.3% evaporation rate, 0.5nJ beam energy, 160kHz repetition rate and 55K specimen temperature. The second part was to determine the iron detection efficiency –the percentage of detected Fe ions that can be correctly identified as Fe– and sensitivity using these parameters to analyse a specially prepared iron calibration specimen. The values were determined to be a detection efficiency of about 35% and sensitivity of 54ppm or 2.70x1018 atom/cm3. The APT specimen fabrication process and the optimised APT analysis parameters were used to analyse four extended defects in mc-Si samples subjected to three different processing conditions, namely gold-contaminated, as-grown and phosphorus diffusion gettering (PDG). The important aspects of the analysis are listed below: • Gold was not detected at the grain boundary and its associated dislocations in the gold-contaminated specimen. The binding enthalpy of gold to such defects is thus less than 0.63eV. • Iron was not detected in any specimen. • Copper was observed at the grain boundary in the as-grown specimen in the form of individual atoms as well as clusters with diameters ranging between 4nm and 9nm. The electrical activity of the grain boundary was about 58%. • Nickel and carbon were detected at the grain boundary in the post-PDG specimen with the former having platelet structures with diameters and thicknesses ranging between 4nm-7nm and 2nm-4nm, respectively. The recombination strength of the defect was about 22%. • Two nickel clusters were found at the isolated dislocation in the post-PDG specimen. The clusters were spherical with an average diameter of 10nm. The distance between the two clusters was 35nm. The recombination strength of the defect was about 4%.
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Meher, Subhashish. "Comparative Coarsening Kinetics of Gamma Prime Precipitates in Nickel and Cobalt Base Superalloys." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2014. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc699871/.
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The increasing technological need to push service conditions of structural materials to higher temperatures has motivated the development of several alloy systems. Among them, superalloys are an excellent candidate for high temperature applications because of their ability to form coherent ordered precipitates, which enable the retention of high strength close to their melting temperature. The accelerated kinetics of solute diffusion, with or without an added component of mechanical stress, leads to coarsening of the precipitates, and results in microstructural degradation, limiting the durability of the materials. Hence, the coarsening of precipitates has been a classical research problem for these alloys in service. The prolonged hunt for an alternative of nickel base superalloys with superior traits has gained hope after the recent discovery of Co-Al-W based alloys, which readily form high temperature g precipitates, similar to Ni base superalloys. In the present study, coarsening behavior of g precipitates in Co-10Al-10W (at. %) has been carried out at 800°C and 900°C. This study has, for the first time, obtained critical coarsening parameters in cobalt-base alloys. Apart from this, it has incorporated atomic scale compositional information across the g/g interfaces into classical Cahn-Hilliard model for a better model of coarsening kinetics. The coarsening study of g precipitates in Ni-14Al-7 Cr (at. %) has shown the importance of temporal evolution of the compositional width of the g/g interfaces to the coarsening kinetics of g precipitates. This study has introduced a novel, reproducible characterization method of crystallographic study of ordered phase by coupling of orientation microscopy with atom probe tomography (APT). Along with the detailed analysis of field evaporation behaviors of Ni and Co superalloys in APT, the present study determines the site occupancy of various solutes within ordered g precipitates in both Ni and Co superalloys. This study has explained the role of structural and compositional gradients across the precipitates (g)/matrix (g) interfaces on the coarsening behavior of coherent precipitates in both Ni and Co-base superalloys. The observation of two interfacial widths, one corresponding to a structural order-disorder transition, and the other to the compositional transition across the interface, raises fundamental questions regarding the definition of the interfacial width in such systems. The comparative interface analysis in Co and Ni superalloy shows significant differences, which gives insights to the coarsening behaviors of g precipitates in these alloys. Hence, the principal goal of this work is to compare and contrast the Co and Ni superalloys and also, to accommodate atomic scale information related to transitions across interfaces to coarsening models for a better practical applicability of coarsening laws to various alloys.
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Naber, Christoph [Verfasser], Jürgen [Akademischer Betreuer] Neubauer, and Jürgen [Gutachter] Neubauer. "Hydration kinetics of tricalcium silicate: A dataset for reaction rate calculations and nanoscale analysis employing atom probe tomography / Christoph Naber ; Gutachter: Jürgen Neubauer ; Betreuer: Jürgen Neubauer." Erlangen : Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 2019. http://d-nb.info/1176809806/34.
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Wang, Danqi. "LOW-TEMPERATURE GAS-PHASE CARBURIZING AND NITRIDING OF 17-7 PH STAINLESS STEEL." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1386165240.
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Lambeets, Sten. "Hydrogénation catalytique du CO2 sur le rhodium :étude des processus en surface et sous-surface par techniques d’émission de champ." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/263477.
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Ce travail de thèse propose une investigation des dynamiques régissant la réactiond’hydrogénation du dioxyde de carbone sur une nanoparticule modèle de rhodium àl’échelle moléculaire. Cette recherche s’inscrit dans le contexte de la valorisation du CO2 parla voie catalytique. Une meilleure compréhension de la relation entre la structurecristallographique de la surface et les mécanismes réactionnels permettrait, à terme,d’améliorer l’optimisation des matériaux catalytiques. Dans ce but, la réaction est étudiée àl’échelle moléculaire sur une nanoparticule modèle de rhodium. Sa surface est observée àl’aide de l’ensemble des techniques d’émission de champ :la microscopie d’émission dechamp (FEM), la microscopie ionique à effet de champ (FIM), la sonde atomique unidimensionnelle(1DAP) et la sonde atomique tomographique (APT). Afin d’identifier lesdifférents phénomènes observés, ces derniers sont comparés à d’autres systèmes réactifsimpliquant l’O2, le N2O et le CO, sur du rhodium, du platine et un alliage de platine rhodium(10% en masse de rhodium).Dans ce travail nous avons observé et caractérisé l’adsorption dissociative du CO2 sur lerhodium et sa réaction avec l’hydrogène. À l’aide d’études comparatives avec les autressystèmes, des phénomènes réactifs ont été identifiés. Les traitements des donnéesrecueillies indiquent qu’à 700 K, les gaz CO2 et H2 réagissent via un processus en surface etforment les produits CO(g) et H2O(g). Cette réaction est connue sous le nom de « réaction dugaz à l’eau inverse ». Cette réaction s’accompagne de transformations observables par FEM.La présence d’atomes d’oxygène adsorbés provoque une augmentation du travail de sortiedes électrons de la plupart des facettes cristallographiques de la surface de rhodium, ce quise traduit par un assombrissement global de l’image FEM. Cependant, certaines régionsparticulières correspondant aux facettes {113} présentent une tendance inverse. Grâce audéveloppement d’une nouvelle méthodologie adaptant la sonde atomique tomographique àl’étude de processus dynamiques, il a été possible de relier les observations faites par FEM àla diffusion d’atomes d’oxygène sous la surface. Cette diffusion n’est pas homogène etdépend de la structure cristallographique des facettes. L’oxygène, formé à la suite d’uneadsorption dissociative sur les facettes du type {012}, ne pénètre le coeur de phase qu’autravers de certaines régions telles que les {113}, les {011} et les {111}. La construction desdiagrammes d’adsorption du CO2 et les diagrammes de phase cinétique du systèmeH2+O2/Rh ont permis de mettre en évidence les mouvements des atomes d’oxygène entre lasurface et la sous-surface. Finalement ces observations ont été étendues à d’autresmatériaux :Le platine et l’alliage PtRh. L’accumulation d’atomes d’oxygène sur et sous lasurface peut donc être observée en temps réel et à l’échelle moléculaire.Doctorat en Sciences
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Shima, Kohei, Yuan Tu, Bin Han, Hisashi Takamizawa, Hideharu Shimizu, Yasuo Shimizu, Takeshi Momose, Koji Inoue, Yasuyoshi Nagai, and Yukihiro Shimogaki. "Characterization and Process Development of CVD/ALD-based Cu(Mn)/Co(W) Interconnect System." Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-qucosa-207279.
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A new materials system of a single layered Co(W) barrier/liner coupled with a Cu(Mn) alloy seed was investigated. Atom probe tomography visualized the sub-nanoscale structure of Cu(Mn)/Co(W) system, and thereby revealed Cu diffusion behavior of Co(W). Grain boundaries of Co were found to be the diffusion path, and successfully stuffed by W. Mn in Cu(Mn) also segregated to stuff the grain boundaries of Co. Combination of these two additives enabled high barrier property against Cu diffusion of Cu(Mn)/Co(W). Foreseeing tiny and high-aspect-ratio Cu interconnect features, Cu(Mn)/Co(W) was fabricated by ALD/CVD processes. To maximize the performance, minor impurities of the film incorporated from the ligand of the precursors were controlled by precursor selection. Thin, conformal, and smooth films were finally demonstrated onto a trench substrate.
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Xiong, Wei. "Thermodynamic and Kinetic Investigation of the Fe-Cr-Ni System Driven by Engineering Applications." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Termodynamisk modellering, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-96707.
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This work is a thermodynamic and kinetic study of the Fe-Cr-Ni system as the core of stainless steels. The Fe-Cr, Fe-Ni and Cr-Ni systems were studied intensively using both computational and experimental techniques, including CALPHAD (CALculation of PHAse Diagrams), phase field simulation, ab initio modeling, calorimetry, and atom probe tomography. The purpose of this thesis is to reveal the complexity of the phase transformations in the Fe-Cr-Ni system via the integrated techniques. Due to the importance of the binary Fe-Cr system, it was fully reassessed using the CALPHAD technique by incorporating an updated description of the lattice stability for Fe down to zero kelvin. The improved thermodynamic description was later adopted in a phase field simulation for studying the spinodal decomposition in a series of Fe-Cr binary alloys. Using atom probe tomography and phase field simulation, a new approach to analyze the composition amplitude of the spinodal decomposition was proposed by constructing an amplitude density spectrum. The magnetic phase diagram of the Fe-Ni system was reconstructed according to the results from both ab initio calculations and reported experiments. Based on the Inden-Hillert-Jarl magnetic model, the thermodynamic reassessment of the Fe-Ni system demonstrated the importance of magnetism in thermodynamic and kinetic investigations. Following this, the current magnetic model adopted in the CALPHAD community was further improved. Case studies were performed showing the advantages of the improved magnetic model. Additionally, the phase equilibria of the Fe-Cr-Ni ternary were discussed briefly showing the need of thermodynamic and kinetic studies at low temperatures. The “low temperature CALPHAD” concept was proposed and elucidated in this work showing the importance of low temperature thermodynamics and kinetics for designing the new generation of stainless steels.QC 20120612
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Zhou, Jing. "Experimental study of phase separation in Fe-Cr based alloys." Licentiate thesis, KTH, Metallografi, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-119230.
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Duplex stainless steels (DSSs) are important engineering materials due to their combination of good mechanical properties and corrosion resistance. However, as a consequence of their ferrite content, DSSs are sensitive to the so-called ‘475°C embrittlement’, which is induced by phase separation, namely, the ferrite decomposed into Fe-rich ferrite (α) and Cr-rich ferrite (α'), respectively. The phase separation is accompanied with a severe loss of toughness. Thus, the ‘475°C embrittlement’ phenomenon limits DSSs’ upper service temperature to around 250°C. In the present work, Fe-Cr binary model alloys and commercial DSSs from weldments were investigated for the study of phase separation in ferrite. Different techniques were employed to study the phase separation in model alloys and commercial DSSs, including atom probe tomography, transmission electron microscopy and micro-hardness test. Three different model alloys, Fe-25Cr, Fe-30Cr and Fe-35Cr (wt. %) were analyzed by atom probe tomography after different aging times. A new method based on radial distribution function was developed to evaluate the wavelength and amplitude of phase separation in these Fe-Cr binary alloys. The results were compared with the wavelengths obtained from 1D auto-correlation function and amplitudes from Langer-Bar-On-Miller method. It was found that the wavelengths from 1D auto-correlation function cannot reflect the 3D nano-scaled structures as accurate as those obtained by radial distribution function. Furthermore, the Langer-Bar-On-Miller method underestimates the amplitudes of phase separation. Commercial DSSs of SAF2205, 2304, 2507 and 25.10.4L were employed to investigate the connections between phase separation and mechanical properties from different microstructures (base metal, heat-affected-zone and welding bead) in welding. Moreover, the effect of external tensile stress during aging on phase separation of ferrite was also investigated. It was found that atom probe tomography is very useful for the analysis of phase separation in ferrite and the radial distribution function (RDF) is an effective method to compare the extent of phase separation at the very early stages. RDF is even more sensitive than frequency diagrams. In addition, the results indicate that the mechanical properties are highly connected with the phase separation in ferrite and other phenomena, such as Ni-Mn-Si-Cu clusters, that can also deteriorate the mechanical properties.QC 20130308
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Johnson, Lars. "Nanostructuring and Age Hardening in TiSCN, ZrAlN, and TiAlN Thin Films." Licentiate thesis, Linköpings universitet, Tunnfilmsfysik, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-56221.
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This thesis explores nanostructuring in TiSiCN, ZrAlN, and TiAlN thin films deposited by cathodic arc evaporation onto cemented carbide substrates, with intended applications for cutting tools. The three systems were found to exhibit age hardening upon annealing, by different mechanisms, into the superhard regime (≥30 GPa), as determined by a combination of electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, atom probe tomography, erda, and nanoindentation tech- niques. TiSiCN forms nanocomposite films during growth by virtue of Si segregation to the surface of TiCN nanocrystallites while simultaneously pro- moting renucleation. Thus, the common columnar microstructure of TiCN and low-Si-content (≤5 at. %) TiSiN-films is replaced by a “feather-like” nanos- tructure in high-Si-content (≥10 at. %) TiSiCN films. The presence of C promotes the formation of this structure, and results in an accelerated age hardening beginning at temperatures as low as 700 °C. The thermal stability of the TiSiCN films is, however, decreased compared to the TiSiN system by the loss of Si and interdiffusion of substrate species; C was found to ex- acerbate these processes, which became active at 900 °C. The ZrAlN system forms a two-phase nanostructure during growth consisting of cubic ZrAlN and wurtzite ZrAlN. Upon annealing to 1100 °C, the c-Zr(Al)N portion of the films recovers and semicoherent brick-like w-(Zr)AlN structures are formed. Age hardening by 36 % was obtained before overageing sets in at 1200 °C. As-deposited and annealed solid solution Ti0.33Al0.67N thin films were characterized for the first time by atom probe tomography. The as-deposited film was found to be at the very initial stage of spinodal decomposition, which continued during annealing of the film at 900 °C for 2 h. N preferentially segregates to Al-rich domains in the annealed sample, causing a compositional variation between Ti-rich and Al-rich domains, to maintain the stoichiometry for the developing AlN phase. That effect also compensates for some of the coherency strain formed between cubic domains of TiN and AlN. Finally, a possible Kirkendall effect caused by an imbalance in the metal interdiffusion during the spinodal decomposition was discovered.
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Gwalani, Bharat. "Developing Precipitation Hardenable High Entropy Alloys." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2017. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1011755/.
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High entropy alloys (HEAs) is a concept wherein alloys are constructed with five or more elements mixed in equal proportions; these are also known as multi-principle elements (MPEs) or complex concentrated alloys (CCAs). This PhD thesis dissertation presents research conducted to develop precipitation-hardenable high entropy alloys using a much-studied fcc-based equi-atomic quaternary alloy (CoCrFeNi). Minor additions of aluminium make the alloy amenable for precipitating ordered intermetallic phases in an fcc matrix. Aluminum also affects grain growth kinetics and Hall-Petch hardenability.
The use of a combinatorial approach for assessing composition-microstructure-property relationships in high entropy alloys, or more broadly in complex concentrated alloys; using laser deposited compositionally graded AlxCrCuFeNi2 (0 < x < 1.5) complex concentrated alloys as a candidate system. The composition gradient has been achieved from CrCuFeNi2 to Al1.5CrCuFeNi2 over a length of ~25 mm, deposited using the laser engineered net shaping process from a blend of elemental powders. With increasing Al content, there was a gradual change from an fcc-based microstructure (including the ordered L12 phase) to a bcc-based microstructure (including the ordered B2 phase), accompanied with a progressive increase in microhardness. Based on this combinatorial assessment, two promising fcc-based precipitation strengthened systems have been identified; Al0.3CuCrFeNi2 and Al0.3CoCrFeNi, and both compositions were subsequently thermo-mechanically processed via conventional techniques. The phase stability and mechanical properties of these alloys have been investigated and will be presented. Additionally, the activation energy for grain growth as a function of Al content in these complex alloys has also been investigated.
Change in fcc grain growth kinetic was studied as a function of aluminum; the apparent activation energy for grain growth increases by about three times going from Al0.1CoCrFeNi (3% Al (at%)) to Al0.3CoCrFeNi. (7% Al (at%)). Furthermore, Al addition leads to the precipitation of highly refined ordered L12 (γ′) and B2 precipitates in Al0.3CoCrFeNi. A detailed investigation of precipitation of the ordered phases in Al0.3CoCrFeNi and their thermal stability is done using atom probe tomography (APT), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and Synchrotron X-ray in situ and ex situ analyses.
The alloy strengthened via grain boundary strengthening following the Hall-Petch relationship offers a large increment of strength with small variation in grain size. Tensile strength of the Al0.3CoFeNi is increased by 50% on precipitation fine-scale γ′ precipitates. Furthermore, precipitation of bcc based ordered phase B2 in Al0.3CoCrFeNi can further strengthen the alloy. Fine-tuning the microstructure by thermo-mechanical treatments achieved a wide range of mechanical properties in the same alloy. The Al0.3CoCrFeNi HEA exhibited ultimate tensile strength (UTS) of ~250 MPa and ductility of ~65%; a UTS of ~1100 MPa and ductility of ~30%; and a UTS of 1850 MPa and a ductility of 5% after various thermo-mechanical treatments. Grain sizes, precipitates type and size scales manipulated in the alloy result in different strength ductility combinations. Henceforth, the alloy presents a fertile ground for development by grain boundary strengthening and precipitation strengthening, and offers very high activation energy of grain growth aptly suitable for high-temperature applications.
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Seelam, Uma Maheswara. "STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SPUTTER-DEPOSITED SS304+XAL (X = 0, 4, 7 AND 10 WT.%) COATINGS AND MECHANICALLY MILLED TI, ZR AND." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2010. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/3527.
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Study of the metastable phases obtained by non-equilibrium processing techniques has come a long way during the past five decades. New metastable phases have often given new perspectives to the research on synthesis of novel materials systems. Metastable materials produced by two non-equilibrium processing methods were studied for this dissertation- 304-type austenitic stainless steel (SS304 or Fe-18Cr-8Ni)+aluminum coatings produced by plasma enhanced magnetron sputter-deposition (PEMS) and nanocrystalline Ti, Zr and Hf powders processed by mechanical milling (MM). The objective of the study was to understand the crystallographic and microstructural aspects of these materials. Four SS304+Al coatings with a nominal Al percentages of 0, 4, 7 and 10 wt.% in the coatings were deposited on an SS304 substrate by PEMS using SS304 and Al targets. The as-deposited coatings were characterized by x-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and three-dimensional atom probe microscopy (3DAP). Surface morphology and chemical analysis were studied by SEM. Phase identification was carried out by XRD and TEM. The microstructural features of all the coatings, as observed in the TEM, consisted of columnar grains with the columnar grain width (a measure of grain size) increasing with an increase in the Al content. The coatings had grains with average grain sizes of about 100, 290, 320 and 980 nm, respectively for 0, 4, 7 and 10 wt.% Al. The observed grain structures and increase in grain size were related to substrate temperature during deposition. XRD results indicated that the Al-free coating consisted of the non-equilibrium ferrite and sigma phases. In the 4Al, 7Al and 10Al coatings, equilibrium ferrite and B2 phases were observed but no sigma phase was found. In 10Al coating, we were able to demonstrate experimentally using 3DAP studies that NiAl phase formation is preferred over the FeAl phase at nano scale. During mechanical milling of the hexagonal close packed (HCP) metals Hf, Ti and Zr powders, unknown nanocrystalline phases with face centered cubic (FCC) structure were found. The FCC phases could be either allotropes of the respective metals or impurity stabilized phases. However, upon MM under high purity conditions, it was revealed that the FCC phases were impurity stabilized. The decrease in crystallite size down to nanometer levels, an increase in atomic volume, lattice strain, and possible contamination were the factors responsible for the transformation.Ph.D.
Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering;
Engineering and Computer Science
Materials Science & Engr PhD
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Di, russo Enrico. "Etude de biais de mesure de composition par SAT dans les matériaux semi-conducteurs." Thesis, Normandie, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018NORMR065/document.
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La Sonde Atomique Tomographique (SAT) assistée par laser (La-APT) est un outil puissant pour étudier la distribution atomique 3D des espèces chimiques dans une grande variété de matériaux semi-conducteurs. Cependant, des biais de composition importants affectent les analyses de sondes atomiques révélant une composition non stœchiométrique. Dans cette thèse, une étude systématique de certains semi-conducteurs binaires (GaN, GaAs, ZnO) et ternaires (AlGaN, MgZnO) a été menée afin de: (i) obtenir une description cohérente des biais de composition en APT; (ii) identifier les mécanismes physiques à l'origine de ces biais; (iii) évaluer les conditions expérimentales pour lesquelles l'analyse compositionnelle est fiable. Afin d’interpréter les résultats, l’hypothèse de l’évaporation préférentielle d’espèces métalliques (Ga, Al, Zn, Mg) à haut champ et d’émission de molécules neutres non métalliques (N2, O2) à champ bas a été proposée. Un autre objectif important de cette thèse est orienté vers la physique des matériaux. L’étude de la composition et la morphologie de certains dispositifs d’intérêt technologique, tels que les systèmes à multi-puits quantiques, est très important. Dans cette perspective, la connaissance du champ de composition 3D et de la morphologie de ces systèmes est essentielle car ces caractéristiques déterminent leurs propriétés optiques et électriques. Pour ce faire, une approche par microscopie corrélative peut être adoptée. Cette approche a été appliquée avec succès à l'étude des multi-puits quantiques ZnO/MgZnO conçus pour les lasers à cascade quantique. Les propriétés structurales, compositionnelles et optiques ont été étudiées en effectuant la tomographie par électrons (ET) - micro-photoluminescence (µ-PL) corrélative sur les mêmes échantillons de sonde atomique. Les analyses complémentaires APT et ET donnent une image claire de la structure et de la composition du système étudié, révélant d'importants phénomènes de décomposition dans l'alliage MgZnO. En particulier, La SAT s’est révélé une technique unique pour une évaluation directe de la composition locale. De plus, la µ-PL apparait extrêmement utile pour obtenir des informations relatives à la composition, en lien avec les résultats de La-APT. Enfin, nous présentons une nouvelle approche in-situ corrélative dans laquelle les mesures APT et µ-PL sont exécutées simultanément. Grâce au développement d'une sonde atomique tomographique spécialement conçue, on démontre que la µ-PL peut être mesurée avec succès sur une pointe de sonde atomique Zn :/MgZnO pendant nos analyse. Ceci est extrêmement attrayant car cela permet de corréler strictement le signal de photoluminescence avec les volumes explorés à l'échelle nanométrique. En principe, émission depuis des d'émetteurs de lumière quantiques uniques (c'est-à-dire un seul QW ou QD) peut être révélée. La nouvelle approche présentée peut être étendue à un large éventail de matériaux, ouvrant de nouvelles perspectives pour les études corrélativesLaser-assisted Atom Probe Tomography (La-APT) is a powerful tool for investigating the 3D atomic distribution of the chemical species in a wide variety of semiconductor materials. However, important compositional biases affect atom probe analyses revealing a non-stoichiometric composition. In the thesis a systematic study of selected binary (GaN, GaAs, ZnO) and ternary (AlGaN, MgZnO) semiconductors of high technological interest was developed in order to: (i) obtain a coherent description of the compositional biases in APT; (ii) identify the physical mechanisms leading to these biases; (iii) assess the experimental conditions for which the compositional analysis is reliable. In order to interpret the results, the hypothesis of preferential evaporation of metallic species (Ga, Al, Zn, Mg) at high field and emission of neutral non-metallic molecules (N2, O2) at low field has been proposed. Another important aim of this thesis is materials physics-oriented. It is indeed of utmost importance to study both composition and morphology of some devices of technological interest, such as in multi-quantum-well systems. In this perspective, the knowledge of 3D composition field and morphology is essential because these features determine the optical and electrical properties of the systems. In order to do it, a correlative microscopy approach can be adopted. This approach was successfully applied to the study of ZnO/MgZnO multi-quantum wells designed for quantum cascade lasers. Structural, compositional and optical properties were investigated performing correlative La-APT - Electron Tomography (ET) - micro-PhotoLuminescence (µ-PL) on the same atom probe tip specimens. The complementary APT and ET analyses yield a clear picture of the structure and composition of the system investigated, revealing important decomposition phenomena in the MgZnO alloy. In particular, La-APT proved to be a unique technique for a direct assessment of local composition. Moreover, µ-PL also proved to be extremely useful in order to get information related the composition, supporting La-APT results. Finally, a new correlative in-situ approach in which La-APT and µ-PL are simultaneously performed is presented. Thanks to the development of a specially designed tomographic atom probe, it is shown that µ-PL can be successfully performed on a single Zno/MgZnO atom probe tip during La-APT. This is extremely attractive and challenging because allows to strictly correlating the variation photoluminescence signal with nano-metric scale volumes of the tip evaporated during APT. In principle, the emission of single quantum light emitters (i.e. single QW or QD) can be revealed. The new approach presented can be extended to a wide range of materials, opening new perspectives for correlative studies of single atom probe tips
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El, Kousseifi Mike. "Ni silicide contacts : Diffusion and reaction in nanometric films and nanowires." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014AIXM4349.
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Cette thèse porte sur l'étude des phénomènes qui se produisent lors de la réaction métal-silicium (siliciuration) en couches minces et dans des nanofils. En effet, les phénomènes tels que la germination, la croissance latérale, la croissance normale et la diffusion doivent être compris pour réaliser les contacts des futurs dispositifs de la microélectronique. La comparaison entre la siliciuration en couches minces et dans les nanofils est l'un des principaux aspects de ce travail. La distribution atomique en 3D des éléments chimiques dans les différentes siliciures de Ni a été obtenue par sonde atomique tomographique (SAT). Pour permettre l'analyse par SAT de différents types des nanofils à base de silicium, plusieurs méthodes originales de préparation des échantillons par faisceau d'ions focalisés ont été développées et testées. D'autre part, des mesures in situ et en temps réel de diffusion réactive par diffraction de rayons X ont permis de mettre en évidence l'importance de la germination dans la formation des phases et de déterminer les cinétiques de formation des siliciures de Ni allié en Pt, notamment des régimes de réaction aux interfaces et de croissance latérale. La forme caractéristique associée à la croissance latérale a été déterminée par des analyses ex situ de microscopie électronique en transmission et comparée aux modèles existants. La détermination par SAT de l'espèce qui diffuse majoritairement donne aussi des indications sur les mécanismes de formation des phases et de relaxation des contraintes dans les siliciuresThis thesis focuses on the phenomena that occur during the reaction between metal and silicon (silicide) on thin films and nanowires. Indeed, phenomena such as nucleation, lateral growth, normal growth and diffusion must be understood to make contacts for future microelectronic devices. The comparison between the silicide formation on thin films and nanowires is one of the main aspects of this work. Atomic distribution in 3D for the elements in different Ni silicide phase was obtained by atom probe tomography (APT). To enable the analysis of different types of silicon nanowires by APT, several original methods for sample preparation by focused ion beam has been developed and tested. On the other hand, in situ and real-time analysis by X-ray diffraction during the reactive diffusion helped to highlight the importance of the nucleation of a phase and to determine the kinetics of formation of Ni(Pt) silicides, including the reaction on the interfaces and the lateral growth. The characteristic shape associated with the lateral growth was determined by ex-situ transmission electron microscopy analyzes and was compared with the existing theoretical models. Moreover, the determination of the fastest diffusing species by APT provided information on the mechanisms of phase formation and stress relaxation in the silicide
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Amichi, Lynda. "Etude du dopage de type p dans des nanostructures de GaN par corrélation entre sonde atomique tomographique et holographie électronique hors axe optique." Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE), 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018GREAY088/document.
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La thèse porte sur l’étude du dopage de type p, à base de Mg, dans des nanostructures de GaN, dans le but de relier la distribution spatiale du dopant à son activité électrique grâce à la corrélation entre sonde atomique tomographique (APT) et holographie électronique hors axe optique réalisée dans un microscope électronique en transmission (TEM). L'APT est une technique de caractérisation qui repose sur l'évaporation par effet de champ des atomes de surface d'un échantillon, permettant l'analyse en termes de morphologie et de composition, en trois dimensions et à l'échelle atomique. L'holographie électronique hors axe optique fournit des cartographies du potentiel électrostatique introduit par les dopants actifs électriquement. Dans un premier temps, les conditions expérimentales ont dues être optimisées pour chacune des techniques, incluant la préparation des échantillons, les conditions de mesure ainsi que le traitement des données, de façon à obtenir des données fiables et les plus quantitatives possibles. Une analyse soigneuse et détaillée des artefacts et des erreurs qu’ils introduisent est rapportée. Il a en particulier été montré que réaliser les expériences d’holographie in-situ à haute température (400 °C) grâce à un porte-objet chauffant permettait d’augmenter très significativement le signal lié au dopage et ainsi accroitre la sensibilité de la mesure. Dans un deuxième temps, ces deux méthodes d’analyse ont été corrélées pour étudier d’une part l’influence de la température de croissance en MOCVD, d’autre part celle de la concentration nominale en dopants dans des nanostructures dédiées GaN. Nous avons pu confirmer grâce à l’APT l’existence de précipités riches en Mg dès que la concentration nominale excède environ 3E19 cm-3, dont la densité augmente avec la concentration nominale et diminue avec la température de croissance. Leur présence diminue la concentration en dopants potentiellement actifs situés dans la matrice en dehors de ces précipités. Néanmoins, les résultats obtenus par holographie, appuyés par des simulations numériques, indiquent que ces précipités n’auraient pas un rôle prépondérant dans la variation du potentiel électrostatique en fonction de la concentration nominale en dopants même pour des concentrations en Mg qui s’élèvent à 2E20cm-3The aim of the thesis is to develop a methodology for the investigation of Mg which acts as p-type doping in GaN. We relate the spatial distribution of the dopants with their electrical activity which is achieved by coupling two complementary approaches, Atom Probe Tomography (APT) and Off-axis electron holography. These measurements have also been combined with high-resolution electron microscopy (HR-(S)TEM) for the structural characterization. APT is a unique characterization technique, based on the field effect evaporation of individual atoms of a needle shape sample, allowing the analysis of nano-devices both in terms of morphology and composition in three dimensions at the atomic scale. Off-axis electron holography uses an electron biprism to form an interference pattern from which the electrostatic potential arising from the active dopants can be determined. In this work the experimental procedure has been optimized for both techniques including specimen preparation, the microscope parameters and data treatment to recover accurate information about the position and activity of the dopants. For the holography measurements, a careful analysis of the artifacts that are present in these specimen has been performed to understand the effects of specimen preparation and charging under electron irradiation. We have performed these experiments at high temperature in-situ in the TEM (400 °C) as this increases the ionized dopant concentrations and reduces the artifacts that are present in our measurements. Having developed the methodology, these two techniques are then used to study the effect of temperature and dopant concentrations on the growth of Mg-doped GaN by MOCVD. We have been able to show by APT the existence of precipitates of Mg which are present from a concentration of 3E19 cm-3 whose size and density depends on the growth temperature and the total nominal dopant concentration. Their presence reduces the concentration of dopants that are potentially active in the specimens. However, the measurements of active dopants by holography combined with simulations suggest that the presence of these precipitates do not dominate the electrical properties of the material and that even in very highly doped specimens up to 2E20cm-3 the total active dopant concentrations are still higher than expected from previously published studies. The correlation between these techniques will provide valuable information to improve the Mg activation GaN which is currently a big issue for device manufacture
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Rouland, Solene. "Etude expérimentale des cinétiques de diffusion et de la ségrégation induite sous irradiation d'alliages modèles et industriel austénitiques." Thesis, Normandie, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020NORMR050.
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L’implication de la ségrégation induite par l’irradiation (SIR) dans la majorité des mécanismes de dégradation des composants du cœur des réacteurs nucléaires en aciers inoxydables austénitiques est avérée. Aux températures de fonctionnement des réacteurs actuels et possibles prototypes du futur, les éléments chimiques des pièces métalliques des structures internes se redistribuent de manière hétérogène en ségrégeant sur les défauts préexistants et nouvellement créés par l’irradiation. L’intensité des enrichissements ou des appauvrissements locaux dépendent, entre autres, de la nature de l'élément et du défaut concerné. Si les différents mécanismes de ségrégation sont aujourd’hui bien identifiés, leur cinétique et leur degré d’implication respectifs sont encore peu renseignés. En effet, les modèles théoriques actuels de la SIR souffrent d'un manque de données expérimentales. Ces deux aspects sont le moteur de cette étude. Dans un premier temps, les cinétiques d'interdiffusion après vieillissement thermique et sous irradiation ont été déterminées dans des alliages modèles du système Fe-Ni-Cr. L'effet de l'irradiation sur la diffusion a été étudié à 440°C. A cette température les coefficients de diffusion sont faibles et les méthodes classiques d'étude de la diffusion ne permettent pas d'y accéder dans un délai raisonnable. La mise en œuvre expérimentale de la méthode des multicouches à période nanométrique dans des alliages binaires et ternaires a montré, dans ce cas, des résultats encourageants. Toutefois, des divergences entre les résultats expérimentaux et les prévisions théoriques ont révélé la nécessité d'optimiser ces deux approches. Dans le cadre de cette étude, des recommandations ont été formulées pour tenir compte de l’impact de la microstructure et du choix des conditions de vieillissement sur les cinétiques effectives mesurées. Les expériences réalisées sur des alliages modèles offrent l’intérêt de pouvoir être directement confrontées à la simulation. Néanmoins, les aciers de l’industrie nucléaire contiennent une grande variété d'éléments d'alliage minoritaires et d'impuretés qui jouent un rôle clé sur le comportement des éléments impliqués dans la SIR. Ainsi, dans un second temps, une étude de la SIR sur différents défauts intragranulaires d'un acier inoxydable austénitique optimisé, un 316L(N) a été réalisée. Pour cela, des techniques couplées et corrélées à l'échelle nanométrique (Sonde Atomique Tomgraphique et Miscroscopie Electronique en Transmission) ont été mises en place. La complémentarité des techniques a rendu possible l'association des enrichissements locaux observés à la cristallographie des défauts concernés. Des tendances singulières de SIR ont été observées selon l'élément et la nature du défaut impliqués. Une teneur plus élevée en azote et en niobium dans la composition nominale de l'acier a entrainé la précipitation de phase Z primaire. La stabilité de cette phase sous irradiation dans les aciers inoxydables austénitiques a pour la première fois pu être étudiéeRadiation induced segregation (RIS) is a process identified to be involved in most of the degradation mechanisms of austenitic stainless steels core components of nuclear reactors. During irradiation within the operating temperature range of present and possible prototypes of future reactors, chemical elements of reactor internal metallic components redistribute heterogeneously and segregate on the pre-existent and newly created defects. Local enrichments or depletions levels depend, inter alia, on the element and nature of the defect affected. While mechanisms involved in RIS have already been identified, their kinetics and mutual weigh are still poorly known. Indeed, current theorical models of RIS suffer from a lack of experimental data. These two aspects motivated this study. First, by the determination of interdiffusion kinetics after thermal ageing and under irradiation on model alloys in the Fe-Ni-Cr system. Irradiation effect on diffusion have been studied at 440°C. At this temperature, conventional methods to study diffusion fail to give access to such slow kinetics under reasonable time. Experimental implementation of the nanolayers method on binary and ternary alloys gave, in this case, encouraging results. However, discrepancies between experiments and predictions revealed the need of optimizations on both sides. In the framework of this study, recommendations have been established to account for the effect of the microstructure and the selected ageing conditions on measured effective kinetics. Experiments on model alloys have the great interest to be directly confronted to simulation. Nevertheless, nuclear steels contain a large variety of minor alloying elements and impurities which have shown to play a key role on RIS behaviour. Thus, in a second part, RIS study on various bulk defects of an optimized nuclear austenitic stainless steel, a 316L(N) has been performed. Consequently, nanoscale coupled and correlated techniques (Atom Probe Tomography and Transmission Eelectron Microscopy) have been implemented. Techniques complementarity offered the possibility to associate enrichments to defect crystallography and revealed singular tendencies of RIS depending on the element and the defect involved. Furthermore, a higher nitrogen and niobium content in the steel nominal composition formed primary Z-phase, its stability under irradiation had also been for the first time studied in austenitic stainless steels
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Azzam, Ahmad. "Microstructure et cinétique de précipitation dans des superalliages modèles CoAlW." Thesis, Normandie, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018NORMR130/document.
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Les superalliages sont des matériaux clés en aéronautique. Ces matériaux sont utilisés pour la fabrication des pièces des parties chaudes des turboréacteurs d’avion. Les recherches pour une alternative des superalliages à base de Ni avec des caractéristiques supérieurs, ont abouti en 2006 à la découverte d’une nouvelle génération de superalliage à base de cobalt basée sur le système Co-Al-W avec une microstructure γ/γ' similaire aux superalliages à base nickel. Trois nuances d’alliages avec différent ratio Al/W ont été étudiées dans ce travail. L’objectif de ce travail a été dans un premier temps d’étudier l’évolution de la microstructure à 900 °C et de comprendre les mécanismes de transformation et de dissolution de la phase γ'. Pour cela des études en MEB et en MET ont été menées sur des échantillons recuits à 900 °C pendant divers temps. Nous avons montré que la phase γ' est une phase métastable et qu’elle se dissout au profit des phases Co3W et CoAl. Nous avons mis en évidence un mécanisme de dissolution par fractionnement des précipités γ' suivant les plan denses (111) et de fautesd’empilement donnant naissance à la phase D019. Dans un second temps nous avons étudié la cinétique de précipitation dans des alliages faiblement sursaturés. Les stades de germination, de croissance et de la coalescence ont été étudiés en se focalisant sur l’évolution temporelle de la composition des phases γ et γ ׳. Les données expérimentales ont été confrontées aux toutes dernières théories de germination, croissance et coalescence développées pour les alliages multicomposants non dilués, et qui prédisent l’évolution temporelle des compositions des phases γ et γ ׳. Ainsi, nous avons montré que l’évolution temporelle des paramètres cinétiques tels que la taille moyenne et la densité de particules durant la coalescence sont assez prochesde celles prévues par la théorie de coalescence de LSW. Grâce à la sonde atomique tomographique nous avons montré que la composition en W des phases γ et γ' décroit dans le temps. La décroissance de la teneur en W en particulier dans la phase γ' est observée pour la première fois dans ces alliages et elle est due aux effets de capillarité et de couplage des fluxde diffusion. Un très bon accord avec les nouvelles théories de germination, croissance et coalescence dans les ulticomposants a été démontré. Enfin à partir des modèles théoriques et de la base thermodynamique du système ternaire CoAlW nous avons déterminé l’énergie interfaciale dont les valeurs calculées sont comprises entre 30 et 48 mJ/m2Superalloys are key material in aerospace industry. These materials are used to manufacturing the high temperature part of aeroengines. Currently Ni-based superalloys are the most widely used materials for high temperature applications. Researches for a new generation of superalloys with better properties have lead in 2006 to the discovery of a new stable L12 ordered, Co3(Al,W) phase embedded in the disordered γ-Co solid-solution matrix. This work aims to study the evolution of the microstructure at 900 °C and understanding the mechanism of dissolution and transformation of the γ' phase. Three different alloys with different Al/W ratios are studied here. TEM and MEB analyses are carried out on samples aged at 900 °C forvarious time. We show that γ' is a metastable phase and it dissolves in favor of B2-CoAl and D019-Co3W phases. Moreover, we highlight a mechanism of dissolution by fragmentation along the {111} close packed planes and stacking faults giving rise to D019 phase. We also study the kinetics of precipitation in the low supersaturated alloys.The early stages of precipitation of the γ' phase in a model Co based superalloy have been investigated at 900 °C using electron microscopy and atom probe tomography in the low supersaturated alloys. Nucleation, growth and coarsening stages have been studied with a focus on the temporal evolution of the precipitate composition in the light of recent theoretical developments on phase separation in multicomponent alloys. The experimental data have been confronted to the theories of nucleation and coarsening recently developed for such alloys, which are valid for non-ideal and non-dilute systems, and predict the temporal evolution of both the matrix and precipitate compositions. The rate constant for the mean size evolution of the particles, as derived from experiments, has been compared to the one predicted by the mentioned coarsening theory that accounts for a more accurate description of the thermodynamics of the phases, as compared with more classical approaches. From this comparison the γ/γ' interfacialenergy was derived and found to range between 30 and 48 mJ/m2. The exponents for the temporal evolution of average particles size, number of particles per unit volume were found identical to those for binary alloys during the coarsening regime, as expected, and the temporal evolutions of compositions in both γ and γ' phases were found to evolve as predictedby theory. Indeed, the W content in the particles, measured from atom probe tomography (APT) experiments, was found to significantly decrease with time and the observed evolution is remarkably well described by the theory and therefore is shown to originate from the competition between diffusion and capillarity
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Bonef, Bastien. "Analyses d'hétérostructures de semiconducteurs II-VI par sonde atomique tomographique et microscopie électronique en transmission." Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE), 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015GREAY083/document.
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Ce travail de thèse aborde la problématique de caractérisation structurale à l'échelle atomique d'hétérostructures à base de semiconducteurs II-VI. La sonde atomique tomographique et la microscopie électronique en transmission sont utilisées de façon couplées pour obtenir la structure et la composition des interfaces dans les super-réseaux de ZnTe/CdSe afin d'améliorer leurs processus de croissance. La structure et la distribution des atomes de Cr dans le semiconducteur magnétique (Cd,Cr)Te sont aussi présentées.La sonde atomique tomographique permet d'obtenir des données quantitatives à partir de l'évaporation des semi-conducteurs ZnTe et CdSe lorsque les paramètres expérimentaux sont optimisés. Le spectre de masse à partir duquel les compositions sont extraites doit d'abord être correctement interprétés car il dépend des conditions d'évaporation. Grâce à différentes études expérimentales, il a été observé que pour détecter un mélange stœchiométrique de cations et d'anions dans les semi-conducteurs ZnTe et CdSe, il est nécessaire d'appliquer une faible tension à la pointe et des énergies d'impulsions lasers proche de 2.5 nJ à une longueur d'onde de 515 nm (vert). Régler les rapports de charge entre cation Zn++/Zn+ autour de 0.06 et Cd++/Cd+ autour de 0.35 lors de l'évaporation de différentes pointes et dans différentes sondes atomiques permet d'atteindre une composition correcte des deux couches ZnTe et CdSe. Les paramètres déterminés expérimentalement permettent de réduire la perte de détection des ions liés à leurs différents champs d'évaporations. En revanche, il est préférable de privilégier une évaporation à laser minimale à 343 nm (UV) pour optimiser la résolution spatiale de la sonde et la reconstruction 3D pour ces deux semi-conducteurs. Pour l'analyse des super-réseaux par sonde atomique, il est donc primordiale de d'abord définir l'objectif de l'expérience (précision de composition ou de reconstruction) pour pouvoir choisir les bons paramètres d'analyse.L'étude structurale des super-réseaux de ZnTe/CdSe a révélé que les interfaces sont constituées de liaisons ZnSe. La nature des interfaces a été obtenue par imagerie en contraste chimique en haute résolution, par profils de concentrations obtenus par la méthode des zêta-facteurs en EDX et par la présence d'ions moléculaires ZnSe dans le spectre de masse en sonde atomique. L'étude structurale de nombreux échantillons a prouvé la capacité des atomes de Zn et de Se à former des liaisons au détriment des liaisons CdTe. Les conditions de croissance ont été successivement améliorées pour tenir compte de ces observations et afin de forcer la formation d'interfaces de type CdTe. Malgré les précautions prises, la présence de ZnSe semble inévitable et les options encore envisagées pour obtenir ces interfaces sont réduites.La sonde atomique couplée à l'analyse chimique EDX a révélé la présence d'agglomération des atomes de Cr sous forme de zone riche large de quelques nanomètres dans le semi-conducteur magnétique dilué CdCrTe. Ces deux techniques ne permettent pas de déterminer la composition précise de ces agglomérations riches en Cr mais leurs formes semblent évoluer avec l'augmentation de la teneur en Cr dans différents échantillonsThis PhD work addresses the problem of atomic scale structural characterization of II-VI based heterostructures. The correlative use of atom probe tomography and transmission electron microscopy reveals the structure and composition of interfaces in ZnTe/CdSe superlattices to improve their growth condition. The atomic structure and the atomic Cr distribution are also revealed in (Cd,Cr)Te diluted magnetic semiconductor.When experimental parameters set in the atom probe are optimized, quantitative data can be obtain on both ZnTe and CdSe semiconductors with this technique. Compositions are obtained with the mass spectrum and it has to be correctly indexed. Experimental studies reveal that with the application of a low voltage on the tip and a moderate laser power around 2.5 nJ with a green laser (515 nm), the measured composition in ZnTe and CdSe are close to the stoichiometry between cations and anions. Setting the cations ratio Zn++/Zn+ around 0.06 et Cd++/Cd+ around 0.35 during the evaporation of the field is a reliable way to reach the optimum evaporation condition for different tips and in different atom probes. Those parameters are responsible for lowering the loss in the detection of the ions due to their different evaporation field. However, the application of a low laser power in UV (343 nm) will enhance the spatial resolution of the atom probe and the 3D reconstruction of both semiconductors. Before the evaporation of the superlattices, it is therefore compulsory to define the objectives of the experiment first.Structural studies of ZnTe/CdSe superlattices reveal that interfaces are composed of ZnSe. Their chemistry is obtain by high resolution Z-contrast images, composition profiles obtain by the zeta-factor method in EDX and by the presence of ZnSe molecular ions in the atom probe tomography mass spectrum. Many samples are investigated to highlight the ability of Zn and Se to bind together instead of Cd and Te. Growth condition are improved by taking this information into account and to force the formation of CdTe based interfaces. Despite the growth precaution, ZnSe bonds seem inevitable and it lowers the possibility to finally obtain CdTe interfaces.Atom probe tomography studies correlated with EDX chemical mapping reveal the gathering of Cr in rich region off a few nanometers in the diluted magnetic semiconductor CdCrTe. Both techniques are not reliable to get the composition of this Cr riche regions but they reveal a change in their shapes with the increase of Cr concentration in different samples
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Colignon, Yann. "Etude par sonde atomique tomographique de la décomposition spinodale dans le système Fe-Cr en couches minces." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015AIXM4359.
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Les cinétiques de décomposition dues à la présence d'une lacune de miscibilité dans le système Fe-Cr sont généralement étudiées dans des alliages Fe-Cr massifs pour lesquels la décomposition se déroule en 3 dimensions. Nous avons étudié les cinétiques de décomposition spinodale dans des couches minces Fe-Cr. Ces couches minces comportent une oscillation de composition de Cr dont le vecteur d'onde est perpendiculaire à la surface de l'échantillon. La décomposition de l'alliage a alors pour conséquence d'augmenter l'amplitude de l'oscillation au cours d'un recuit et donc d'engendrer une décomposition selon une seule dimension. Des échantillons comportant des oscillations de différentes longueurs d'onde ont ainsi été conçus. Des recuits à 500°C sur ces échantillons ont été analysés par sonde atomique tomographique. Ces résultats ont ensuite été comparés à des simulations AKMC et en champ moyen. Des recuits à 500°C d'un échantillon comportant une oscillation de composition d'une longueur d'onde de 22nm ont montré une diminution inattendue de l'amplitude de l'oscillation. Des recuits à 500°C d'un échantillon comportant une oscillation de composition d'une longueur d'onde de 6nm ont montré plusieurs comportements de l'oscillation de composition. En effet, l'oscillation s'est amplifiée par endroits alors qu'elle s'amortie ou encore évolue peu à d'autres. La présence d'O et de joints grains dans les couches minces peuvent rendre compte de ces différents comportementsDecomposition kinetics due to the presence of a miscibility gap in the Fe-Cr system are generally studied in Fe-Cr bulk alloys for which the decomposition occurs in three dimensions. We studied the spinodal decomposition kinetics in Fe-Cr thins films. These thin films have a Cr composition oscillation whose wave vector is perpendicular to the sample surface. The decomposition of the alloy lead an increase of the oscillation amplitude during annealing and thus generate a decomposition in a single dimension. Samples having different oscillation wavelengths have been designed. Annealing treatments at 500°C of these samples were analyzed by atom probe tomography. These results were then compared to AKMC and mean field simulations. Annealing treatments at 500°C of a sample having a composition oscillation with a 22nm wavelength showed an unexpected decrease in oscillation amplitude. Annealing treatments at 500°C of a sample having a composition oscillation with a 6nm wavelength showed several behavior of the composition oscillation. Indeed, the oscillation amplifies by places while damps or changes very little in other places. The presence of O and grain boundaries in thin films may explain these different behaviors
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Couturier, Laurent. "Caractérisation des évolutions microstructurales de l'acier inoxydable martensitique à durcissement structural 15-5PH au cours du vieillissement thermique." Thesis, Grenoble, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014GRENI045/document.
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L’acier inoxydable martensitique durci par précipitation 15-5PH est utilisé dans le domaine del’aéronautique comme matériau constitutif des pièces liant les réacteurs aux ailes, il est ainsi soumisen utilisation à des températures de l’ordre de 300°C, ce qui entraine sa fragilisation. Cettefragilisation des aciers inoxydables dans ce domaine de températures est causée par la démixtion dufer et du chrome, principaux constituants de la matrice, par décomposition spinodale. De plus, lamicrostructure complexe du 15-5PH contient également des précipités de cuivre assurant ledurcissement initial de l’alliage, de l’austénite de réversion, connue dans ce type d’aciers pourapporter un regain de ductilité, apparaissant lors du traitement de précipitation du cuivre et de laphase G apparaissant au cours du vieillissement. L’évolution de ces phases pourrait égalemententrainer une modification des propriétés mécaniques de l’alliage. Pour observer les différentesévolutions de la microstructure nous avons utilisé une combinaison de techniques apportant desinformations complémentaires afin d’en obtenir une caractérisation la plus complète possible. Nousavons ainsi pu montrer que les modifications de propriétés sont causées par la décompositionspinodale de la matrice. L’évolution de ses caractéristiques microstructurales a pu être décrite pardes lois phénoménologiques, fonctions de la durée et de la température de vieillissement. Nousavons également pu fournir une méthode permettant la mesure indirecte de l’avancée duvieillissement du 15-5PH, validée par les observations microstructurales, ainsi qu’un modèlephénoménologique permettant de prévoir la dureté de l’alliage.Mots clés : acier martensitique, décomposition spinodale, vieillissement, diffusion aux petits angles,sonde atomique tomographique, calorimétrie différentielle à balayageThe precipitation hardened martensitic stainless steel grade 15-5PH is used in the airplane industryas constitutive material of parts joining reactors to wings. Due to its application it is subjected totemperatures around 300°C leading to its embrittlement. Stainless steels embrittlement in thistemperature range is due to iron-chromium unmixing by spinodal decomposition. In addition, the 15-5PH grade has a complex microstructure comprising copper precipitates responsible for the initialhardening of the alloy, reversed austenite, known in this kind of steels to improve the toughness,which appears during the precipitation thermal treatment and G phase that precipitates duringaging. The evolutions of these microstructure components could also lead to some modifications ofthe material mechanical properties. In order to study the microstructure evolutions we use acombination of characterization techniques aiming at their most complete description. We show thatthe mechanical properties evolution is controlled by the spinodal decomposition of the matrix whoseevolution we are able to depict by simple phenomenological laws. We propose an indirect methodfor the measurement of aging kinetics of the 15-5PH steel, which we have correlated to directmeasurements, and a phenomenological law allowing the prediction of the alloy hardness based onits thermal history
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Demoulin, Rémi. "Etude structurale et cartographie du dopage dans des oxydes nanostructurés à base de sillicium." Thesis, Normandie, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019NORMR086/document.
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La modification des propriétés optiques et électriques du silicium apportée par la réduction en taille, notamment due aux effets de confinement quantique des porteurs de charges, est aujourd'hui bien connue et a permis le développement de nouveaux systèmes en optoélectronique. Comme dans le cas du silicium massif, le dopage devrait permettre d'optimiser les propriétés du silicium nanostructuré. Cependant, les caractéristiques du dopage dans le silicium nanostructuré sont encore mal comprises et de nombreux questionnements, concernant la localisation des impuretés ainsi que leur état d'activation, restent en suspens. De plus, l'environnement des impuretés semble avoir une influence majeure sur l'ensemble des propriétés. Cette thèse vise à mieux comprendre les caractéristiques structurales du dopage à l'échelle atomique en fonction de la nature de l'impureté, de la matrice hôte et de la technique d'élaboration. Pour cela, nous avons étudié deux types de système en sonde atomique tomographique. Le premier concerne un dopage aux ions de terres rares dans les silicates d'hafnium. Nous avons mis en évidence que la formation de nano-grains de HfO2 cristallisés sous la forme cubique permet un transfert d'énergie efficace vers les ions praséodyme. Le second porte sur les dopages de type n et p de nanocristaux de silicium insérés dans la silice. Nous avons démontré l'introduction des impuretés de type n (As, P) au cœur des nanocristaux, indépendamment de la technique d'élaboration, permettant de réaliser des forts dopages. Un comportement différent a été mis en évidence pour les impuretés de type p, avec l'accumulation de Bore aux interfaces entre les nanocristaux et la matriceThe change of silicon optical and electrical properties induced by size reduction, due to the quantum confinement of charged carriers, is a well-known effect and allowed to develop new optoelectronic devices. As in bulk silicon, doping should allow to optimize these properties in nanostructured silicon. However, the characteristics of doping of nanostructured silicon still misunderstood and many questions, concerning the location of impurities and their activation state, remain unanswered. Moreover, in these materials, the environment of impurities seems to inuence strongly all of their properties. The purpose of this thesis is to get a better understanding of structural characteristics of doping at the atomic scale in function of the nature of the impurity, the host matrix, and the elaboration technic. In this way, we have investigated two di_erent systems using atom probe tomography. The first concerns a rare earth doping of hafnium silicates. We have evidenced that the clustering of HfO2 nano-grains crystallized in their cubic form induced an efficient energy transfer with praseodymium ions. The second system concern the n and p type doping of silicon nanocrystals embedded in silica. We have demonstrated the important introduction of n type impurities (As, P) in the core of every nanocrystals, independently of the elaboration technic. This introduction of impurities should allow the formation of highly doped silicon nanocrystals. A different behavior has been observed in the case of p type doping, represented by the aggregation of Boron at the interface between the nanocrystals and the silica matrix
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Badyka, Romain. "Influence des éléments d'alliage sur la cinétique de vieillissement de la ferrite d'aciers inoxydables austéno-ferritiques moulés." Thesis, Normandie, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018NORMR072/document.
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Les aciers inoxydables austéno-ferritiques moulés sont utilisés pour certains composants ducircuit primaire des centrales nucléaires de génération II. Aux températures de service (285 °C -325 °C), des modifications de propriétés mécaniques sont observées. Elles sont imputables auxtransformations de phases au sein de la ferrite de ces aciers : la décomposition spinodale (DS) en phaseα (riche en Fe) et α’ (riche en Cr) et la précipitation de la phase G aux interfaces α/α'. S'il est admisque la composition de l’acier influe sur l’évolution des transformations de phase de la ferrite (lesaciers moins riches en Ni et Mo sont moins sensibles au vieillissement), aucune étude, à ce jour, n'apermis de mettre en évidence l'influence du Ni, Mo, Mn et des synergies éventuelles sur levieillissement des aciers ni de déterminer la contribution de la phase G à l'évolution des propriétésmécaniques. Dans cette étude, les cinétiques des transformations de phase de la ferrite d'aciers inoxydable austéno-ferritiques pauvres en Mo et riches en Mo ainsi que de celle d'alliages modèles decomposition ciblée ont été étudiées par sonde atomique tomographique (SAT) et par mesure demicrodureté. Les travaux ont répondu aux trois questions suivantes : - Quantification de la contribution des différentes phases au durcissement : L'utilisation conjointe de modèles de durcissement et des données obtenues par la sonde a montré que, contrairement à ce qui était dit dans la littérature, la phase G est le contributeur majoritaire au durcissement pour les aciers avec Mo. Ce n'est qu'aux temps longs, lorsque la coalescence des particules de phase G intervient et que la DS est plus développée que la contribution de la DS devient prépondérante. Ceci est dû à la forte densité de particules de phase G dans ces aciers. Dans le cas des aciers sans Mo qui contiennent dix fois moins de particules en début de cinétique, la phase G et la DS ont des contributions équivalentes. – Influence du Ni, Mo et Mn : L’étude d’alliage modèles de compositions ciblées a montré que seul le Ni accélère la décomposition spinodale et que le Mn a un rôle prépondérant dans la formation des particules de phase G aux interfaces α/α’. - Efficacité d'un traitement thermique de régénération à 550 °C: Une alternative au remplacement des composants les plus vieillis pourrait être un traitement thermique dit de régénération. Les recuits à 550 °C permettent de restaurer entièrement les aciers sans Mo et partiellement les aciers avec Mo. Ceci est dû au fait que les particules de phase G ne sont pas entièrement dissoutes dans le cas des aciers avec Mo, induisant un durcissement résiduel. Dans tous les cas, la DS est entièrement dissouteCast austenitic-ferritic stainless steels are used in primary circuit of 2nd generation nuclearpower plants. At operating temperature (285 °C - 325 °C), evolution of mechanical properties isobserved due to the phase transformations occurring within the ferrite: spinodal decomposition (SD)leading to the formation on a Fe rich phase (α) and a Cr rich phase (α ') and the precipitation of the G-phase at α/α' interfaces. This evolution of the mechanical properties can be prohibitive for thecomponents. If it is well known that the steel composition plays an important role on the evolution ofthe properties (steels less rich in Ni and Mo are less sensitive to aging), the role of solute elements asNi, Mo and Mn on the aging kinetics is not yet known so as the contribution of the G-phase on thehardening during the thermal aging. In this study, the aging kinetics of the ferrite of some austenitic-ferritic stainless steels with or without Mo and model alloys with tuned compositions have been studied by atom probe tomography (APT) and by micro hardness measurements. This works answered the three following questions: - Quantification of the contribution of both spinodal decomposition and G-phase precipitation on hardening of the ferrite: combination of hardening models and data obtained with APT permitted to show that G-phase precipitation is clearly the main contributor to ferrite hardness increase at early stage of ageing in Mo-bearing steels. This is due to the high number density of G-phase particles. In Mo-free steels which have ten times less G-phase particles, contributions of both spinodal decomposition and G-phase precipitation are similar. In both cases, when coarsening of G-phase particles occurs and SD is well developed, SD contribution becomes larger. - Influence of Ni, Mo and Mn on aging kinetics: The study of model alloys with tuned composition has shown that only Ni plays a role on SD by enhancing the decomposition. Mn is a key element for the precipitation of G-phase particles at α/α' interfaces. - Efficiency of regeneration heat treatment at 550 °C: an alternative to component replacement is to perform a heat treatment at higher temperature in order to restore the properties of the components. The heat treatments performed permitted to entirely restore the mechanical properties of Mo free steels and partially the properties of Mo bearing ones. This is due to the presence of undissolved G-phase particles in the case of Mo bearing alloys. In each case, SD was totally dissolved
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Diallo, Lindor. "Etude à l'échelle atomique de l'implantation du fer dans le carbure de silicium (SiC) : Elaboration d'un semiconducteur magnétique dilué à température ambiante." Thesis, Normandie, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019NORMR053.
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Ce travail de thèse porte sur l’étude du carbure de silicium, dopé avec du fer dans le but de réaliser un semi-conducteur magnétique dilué à température ambiante pour des applications à la spintronique. Le dopage en fer a été réalisé par implantation ionique de type multi-énergie (30 - 160 keV) à différentes fluences, conduisant à une concentration atomique constante de 2 % de 20 à 100 nm. Il a été suivi d’un recuit à haute température dans le but d’homogénéiser la concentration en dopants. Les implantations se sont déroulées à une température de 550 °C. L’optimisation des propriétés magnétiques et électroniques du SiC–Fe, de même que la compréhension des mécanismes physiques à l’origine du magnétisme induit, ont nécessité une caractérisation poussée de la microstructure des matériaux implantés. Les objectifs de ce travail ont été d’une part, de réaliser une étude à l’échelle atomique de la nanostructure en fonction des conditions d’implantations (température, fluence) et des traitements thermiques post-implantation, et d’autre part, de déterminer les propriétés magnétiques des matériaux implantés. Dans ce travail, nous avons montré par Sonde Atomique Tomographique, la présence de nanoparticules dont la taille moyenne augmente avec la température de recuit. La cartographie chimique des nanoparticules a permis de révéler l’existence de phases riches en Fe pour les échantillons recuits. L’étude magnétique (spectrométrie Mössbauer et Squid) a montré que la contribution ferromagnétique est due principalement aux nanoparticules magnétiques et/ ou aux atomes de fer magnétiques dilués dans la matrice. La corrélation entre les propriétés structurale et magnétique a permis de montrer que les atomes de fer dilués dans la matrice et substitués sur sites de silicium contribuent au signal ferromagnétique en dessous de 300 K. Nous avons donc montré dans ce travail, que la taille et la nature des phases présentes dans les nanoparticules dépendent des conditions d’implantation et des températures de recuit et qu’il est nécessaire de recuire les échantillons à haute température pour faire apparaître un ordre ferromagnétiqueThis PhD thesis focuses on the study of SiC, doped with Fe in order to elaborate a diluted magnetic semiconductor at room temperature for spintronic applications. The iron doping was carried out by ion implantation of multi-energy type (30-160 keV) at different fluences, leading to a 2% constant atomic concentration between 20 to 100 nm, followed by a high temperature annealing in the goal of homogenizing the dopant concentration. The implantation temperature during this process is 550 °C, in order to avoid amorphization. The optimization of the magnetic and electronic properties of SiC-Fe, as well as the understanding of the physical mechanisms at the origin of induced magnetism, require a thorough characterization of the microstructure of the implanted materials. The objectives of this work are, on the one hand, to carry out an atomic scale study of the nanostructure according to the implantation conditions (temperature, fluence) and the post-implantation annealing and the other hand, to characterize the magnetic properties of implanted materials. In this work, we have shown by atom probe tomographic, the existence of nanoparticles whose the average size increases with the annealing temperature. The chemical mapping of the nanoparticles shows the presence of the Fe-rich phases for the annealed samples. Magnetic study (Mössbauer spectrometry and Squid) shows the ferromagnetic contribution is due to the magnetic nanoparticles and/or the diluted Fe atoms in the matrix. The correlation between structural and magnetic properties allowed showing that diluted Fe atoms and substitute to Si sites contribute to the ferromagnetic contribution below 300 K. In coupling many characterization techniques in order to give a detailed description of the different studied samples, we have shown that the size and nature of the phase present in the nanoparticles depend on the implantation conditions and the annealing temperatures and consequently it is necessary to anneal our samples at high temperature to reveal ferromagnetic order
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Le, Nué Charline. "Étude de la relation microstructure/ténacité d'aciers maraging inoxydables." Thesis, Ecole nationale des Mines d'Albi-Carmaux, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017EMAC0003.
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L'acier maraging inoxydable MLX17, développé et élaboré par Aubert & Duval, est une nuance candidate pour des applications dans le domaine de l’aéronautique. Cette nuance possède un fort potentiel en termes de résistance mécanique qui dépasse celle des autres nuances inoxydables. Cependant, elle s’avère sensible à la vitesse de refroidissement après revenu, qui influence directement la ténacité. La recherche des origines scientifiques de la dégradation de la ténacité lorsque la vitesse de refroidissement après revenu diminue (refroidissement à l'air par rapport à un refroidissement à l'eau) constitue l’objectif majeur de cette thèse. Un suivi des modifications microstructurales de la nuance, selon différentes conditions de revenu a été réalisé. Une démarche intégrant différentes échelles d'observation (de l’échelle macroscopique jusqu'à l'échelle atomique) s’est imposée au vu de la complexité de la microstructure. Parallèlement, l’étude des propriétés mécaniques en traction et en résistance à la propagation brutale de fissure a été menée afin de s’attacher en permanence à corréler le comportement mécanique à l’évolution microstructurale observée pour les différentes conditions de revenu. Les analyses par dilatométrie et par sonde atomique tomographique ont permis de mettre en évidence la formation d’un complément de précipitation, à l'origine de la dégradation de la ténacité. Pour permettre une meilleure maîtrise du complément de précipitation et le rendre moins fragilisant, une modification des conditions de revenu a été proposée. Cette alternative a permis d'obtenir une amélioration du compromis résistance/ténacitéThe stainless maraging steel MLX17, produced and developed by Aubert & Duval, is a candidate for applications in the field of the aeronautics. This steel possesses a high potential in term of mechanical resistance that exceeds that of the other stainless steels. However, the fracture toughness of this grade proves to be sensitive to the cooling rate after aging, resulting of a dispersal of this property. The research of the scientific origins of the degradation of the fracture toughness by a decrease of the cooling rate (air cooling in comparison to water cooling) is the main objective of this thesis. The microstructure was observed for several aging conditions. An approach using various scales (from micrometric to atomic scale) was necessary because of the complexity of the microstructure. In parallel, the study of tensile mechanical properties and resistance to propagation of cracks was led. The aim was to correlate the mechanical behavior to the microstructural evolution observed for the aging conditions investigated. Microstructural analyses by dilatometry and atomic tomography probe have shown the formation of a complementary precipitation of the hardening phase, responsible of the fracture toughness deterioration. In order to have a better control of this additional precipitation and to make it less fragile, a modification of the aging conditions was proposed. This alternative enabled an improvement of the trade-offs between the high strength and the fracture toughness
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Akhatova, Alfiia. "Méthodologie instrumentale à l'échelle atomique pour une meilleure compréhension des mécanismes de ségrégation intergranulaire dans les aciers : application au phosphore." Thesis, Normandie, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017NORMR131/document.
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Il est bien connu que la ségrégation intergranulaire du phosphore peut diminuer la cohésion entre les grains, entraînant une fragilisation des aciers. Les aciers bainitiques faiblement alliés utilisés pour la construction des cuves des réacteurs à eau sous pression (REP) contiennent généralement une faible quantité de phosphore (dans la gamme de 100 ppm). L’exposition continue à une irradiation sous un faible flux de neutrons à une température moyenne (environ 300°C) conduit à une fragilisation de l’acier de l'acier de cuve. La ségrégation intergranulaire du phosphore peut potentiellement contribuer à cette fragilisation. Pour assurer la fiabilité des REP en fonctionnement, il est donc important de comprendre les effets des conditions de vieillissement (température, dose d’irradiation etc.), de la composition du matériau et du type de joint de grains (JG) sur l’intensité de la ségrégation intergranulaire du phosphore. La littérature montre que la ségrégation intergranulaire peut fortement varier entre différents joints de grains. Cependant, les études systématiques manquent dans ce champ d’étude.Dans le but d’obtenir une description précise et représentative des joints de grains d’un point de vue structural et chimique, ce travail combine différentes techniques. La principale technique utilisée est la Sonde Atomique Tomographique (SAT). Cette technique permet d’explorer en trois dimensions la distribution atomique d’une grande variété d’éléments dans les joints de grains. La géométrie des joints de grains est déterminée grace à la Diffraction de Kikuchi en Transmission (TKD) associée à une reconstruction de SAT. Pour avoir une meilleure compréhension des mécanismes de ségrégation, des modèles ségrégation d'équilibre et de ségrégation induite par l'irradiation ont été utilisésIt is well known that the intergranular segregation of phosphorus can diminish the cohesion between grains, resulting in steel embrittlement. Low alloyed bainitic steels used to build nuclear reactor pressure vessel (RPV) generally contain a small amount of phosphorus (in the range of 100 ppm). Continuous exposure to a low neutron dose rate irradiation at intermediate temperature (~300°C) results in radiation embrittlement of RPV steel. Since intergranular segregation of phosphorous can contribute to this embrittlement, for purpose of RPV reliability during operation, it is important to understand the effects of ageing conditions (temperature, irradiation dose etc.), material composition and grain boundary (GB) type on the intensity of phosphorus intergranular segregation. Regarding to literature sources, it was revealed that the intergranular segregation values may strongly vary among different GBs. However, there is a lack of systematic studies in this field.In order to get an accurate and representative description of GB from structural and chemical points of view, different techniques are combined in this work. Atom Probe Tomography technique is utilized as the main tool. This technique is able to explore the 3D atomic distribution of broad variety elements at GB. GB geometry is determined from Transmission Kikuchi Diffraction (TKD) map supplemented by APT reconstruction. To gain a better understanding of segregation mechanisms, models of thermally and radiation-induced segregation were employed