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Determination of the Fracture Toughness of the Niobium/Sapphire Interface
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 February 2011
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In this work, the effect of composition and crystal orientation relationship on theinterface fracture toughness of niobium/sapphire system was studied. Interfaces were synthesized by either physical vapor deposition or ion beam assisted deposition. Silver was deposited to weaken the interface and crystal orientation was used to strengthen it. Several techniques were used to assess the interface fracture toughness, including microscratch, nanoindentation, microwedge scratch, and delamination of patterned lines. Results showed a general trend in which the interface fracture toughness decreased with the amount of silver. Ion bombardment during film deposition significantly increased the interface fracture toughness through a combination of interface mixing and a controlled orientation relationship.
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