A hot-stage Atomic Force Microscope for the measurement of plastic deformation in metallic thin films during thermal cycling.

An Atomic Force Microscope is equipped with a hot-stage and a vacuum system in order to enable in-situ studies of plastic deformation and interfacial sliding of thin metallic films on Si substrates during thermal cycling. The apparatus can reach sample temperatures of lOO deg C while maintaining opt...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shultz, Thomas E.
Other Authors: Indranath Dutta.
Published: 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/10930