Room temperature mechanical thinning and imprinting of solid films

Graham L.W. Cross; Barry S. O'Connell; H. Ozgür Özer; John B. Pethica

doi:10.1021/nl0624566

Room temperature mechanical thinning and imprinting of solid films

Graham L.W. Cross^*, Barry S. O'Connell, H. Ozgür Özer, John B. Pethica

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Trinity College Dublin

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The mechanical patterning of thin films has received recent attention due to significant potential for efficient nanostructure fabrication. For solid films, mechanically thinning wide areas remains particularly challenging. In this work, we introduce a new plastic ratchet mechanism involving small amplitude (<10 nm), oscillatory shear motion of the forging die. This isothermal mechanism significantly extends mass transport across surfaces, broadening the scope of nanoscale processing for a potentially wide class of solid ductile materials.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	357-362
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nano Letters
Volume	7
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/nl0624566
Publication status	Published - Feb 2007
Externally published	Yes

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