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Nanoindentation Study of Amorphous Metal Multilayered Thin Films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

J. B. Vella ,
R. C. Cammarata ,
T. P. Weihs ,
C. L. Chien ,
A. B. Mann  and
H. Kung
J. B. Vella
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218. USA.
R. C. Cammarata
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218. USA.
T. P. Weihs
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218. USA.
C. L. Chien
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218. USA
A. B. Mann
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218. USA.
H. Kung
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Technology Department, Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545. USA
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Abstract

Nanoindentation studies were preformed on amorphous metal, multilayered thin films containing alternating layers of Fe50Ti50 and Cu35Nb65 in order to investigate the mechanism for plastic deformation in metallic glass. Films with a total thickness of 1μm and bilayer repeat lengths ranging from 2 to 50 nm were magnetron sputter-deposited onto sapphire substrates. In contrast to many crystalline multilayered systems, where large hardness enhancements have been observed when the bilayer repeat length is reduced below about 10 nm, no significant hardness enhancement as a function of bilayer repeat length was observed in the Fe50Ti50/ Cu35Nb65 amorphous metal system. This result suggests that a dislocation–like mechanism for plastic deformation may not be appropriate for these amorphous metals.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 594: Symposium V – Thin Films - Stresses & Mechanical Properties VIII , 1999 , 25
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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