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Interfacial nano-mechanical properties of copper joints bonded with silver nanopaste near room temperature

  • Peng Peng*
  • , Peng He
  • , Guisheng Zou
  • , Lei Liu
  • , Y. Norman Zhou
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • University of Waterloo
  • Tsinghua University
  • Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Sintering of nanomaterials at low temperatures has been demonstrated as an alternative for flexible electronic packaging. Silver nanowires were synthesized via polyol method and used as filler material for bonding copper to copper near room temperature. The experimental results indicated that both silver-to-silver and copper-to-silver formed metallurgical bonds. The elastic modulus and nano-hardness of copper joints at the copper-silver interface were characterized using nanoindentation. A transition layer at the interface was observed and its thickness was determined. Sintered silver filler material showed good elasticity both inside and out of the transition layer.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1010-1014
Number of pages5
JournalMaterials Transactions
Volume56
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015

Keywords

  • Diffusion
  • Electronic packaging
  • Hardness
  • Interface
  • Mechanical properties

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