Synthesis, microstructure, and mechanical properties of polycrystalline Cu nano-foam

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 3 - Trang 469-475 - 2018
Chang-Eun Kim1, Raheleh M. Rahimi1, Nia Hightower1, Ioannis Mastorakos2, David F. Bahr1
1School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA
2Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, USA

Tóm tắt

A polycrystalline Cu foam with sub-micron ligament sizes was formed by creating a non-woven fabric via electrospinning with a homogeneous mixture of polyvinyl alcohol(PVA)-and copper acetate(Cu(Ac)2). Thermogravimetric measurement of the electrospun fabric of the precursor solution is reported. Oxidizing the precursor fabric at 773K formed an oxide nano-foam; subsequent heating at 573K with a reducing gas transformed the CuO nano-foam to Cu with a similar ligament and meso-scale pore size morphology. A cross-section prepared by focused ion beam lift-out shows the polycrystalline structure with multi-scale porosity. The mechanical property of the Cu nano-foam is measured by nano-indentation. The load-depth curves and deduced mechanical properties suggest that additional intra-ligament pores lead to unique structure-property relations in this non-conventional form of metal.

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