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A technique developed for studying the energy loss behavior of submicron to nanometer scale thin metal films on substrate is presented. The test microstructure was designed the triangular cantilever beam and fabricated by the standard CMOS processes, which can improve stress distribution non-uniform problem and the thickness regime of deposited metal thin film on its surface could reduce to several nanometers. In order to reduce the measure error and calculation complex due to the contact force, the driving system was used electrostatic force to making the paddle cantilever beam bend and the deflection of paddle cantilever beam due to the electrostatic force was measured by a capacitance change. The deflection of the paddle beam can be measured from the capacitance value. A force equilibrium calculate method (include sample compliance force, force due to the film, force due to the gravity and electrostatic force) could determine the stress and strain of the deposited films easily. The anelastic behavior and internal friction of 200~500 nm Al thin film were studied using the dynamic frequency response of the paddle structure generated by electrostatic force under vacuum pressure. The result show the measurement system used here can accurately measures the loss mechanism of thin film using dynamic response which give potential to study the grain boundary motion and dislocation motion in the nano-scale thin films.
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Hsu, FC., Tong, CJ., Lin, MT., Cheng, YC. (2011). Measurement of Energy Loss in Thin Films Using Microbeam Deflection Method. In: Proulx, T. (eds) Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials and Processes in Conventional and Multifunctional Materials, Volume 3. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0213-8_13
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