TY - JOUR A1 - Nasr Esfahani, M. A1 - Zare Pakzad, S. A1 - Li, T. A1 - Li, X. A1 - Tasdemir, Z. A1 - Wollschläger, Nicole A1 - Leblebici, Y. A1 - Erdem Alaca, B. T1 - Effect of Native Oxide on Stress in Silicon Nanowires: Implications for Nanoelectromechanical Systems N2 - Understanding the origins of intrinsic stress in Si nanowires (NWs) is crucial for their successful utilization as transducer building blocks in next-generation, miniaturized sensors based on anoelectromechanical systems (NEMS). With their small size leading to ultrahigh-resonance frequencies and extreme surface-to-volume ratios, silicon NWs raise new opportunities regarding sensitivity, precision, and speed in both physical and biochemical sensing. With silicon optoelectromechanical properties strongly dependent on the level of NW intrinsic stress, various studies have been devoted to the measurement of such stresses generated, for example, as a result of harsh fabrication processes. However, due to enormous NW surface area, even the native oxide that is conventionally considered as a benign surface condition can cause significant stresses. To address this issue, a combination of nanomechanical characterization and atomistic simulation approaches is developed. Relying only on low-temperature processes, the fabrication approach yields monolithic NWs with optimum boundary conditions, where NWs and support architecture are etched within the same silicon crystal. Resulting NWs are characterized by transmission electron microscopy and micro-Raman spectroscopy. The interpretation of results is carried out through molecular dynamics simulations with ReaxFF potential facilitating the incorporation of humidity and temperature, thereby providing a close replica of the actual oxidation environment - in contrast to previous dry oxidation or self-limiting thermal oxidation studies. As a result, consensus on significant intrinsic tensile stresses on the order of 100 MPa to 1 GPa was achieved as a function of NW critical dimension and aspect ratio. The understanding developed herein regarding the role of native oxide played in the generation of NW intrinsic stresses is important for the design and development of silicon-based NEMS. KW - Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) KW - Silicon nanowires KW - Native oxide KW - Intrinsic stress KW - Raman spectroscopy PY - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-560471 SN - 2574-0970 VL - 5 SP - 13276 EP - 13285 PB - ACS Publ. CY - Washington, DC AN - OPUS4-56047 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Nofz, Marianne A1 - Dörfel, Ilona A1 - Sojref, Regine A1 - Wollschläger, Nicole A1 - Mosquera Feijoo, Maria A1 - Schulz, Wencke A1 - Kranzmann, Axel T1 - Thin Sol-Gel Alumina Coating as Protection of a 9% Cr Steel Against Flue Gas Corrosion at 650 °C N2 - Samples of sol-gel alumina coated and uncoated P92 steel were exposed to flue gas at 650 °C for 300 h. As result of this treatment a 50 µm thick bi-layered oxide scale had formed on the surface of the uncoated sample. Below the scale a 40 µm thick inner oxidation zone was detected. In contrast, the porous, micron thick alumina coating enabled the formation of a chromium oxide scale with a thickness of some nanometers at the interface between steel substrate and coating. In this case high temperature corrosion of the steel was prevented so far. KW - Steel KW - Oxide coatings KW - High-temperature corrosion KW - TEM KW - SEM PY - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11085-017-9799-0 SN - 0030-770X SN - 1573-4889 VL - 89 IS - 3-4 SP - 453 EP - 470 PB - Springer AN - OPUS4-44472 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wollschläger, Nicole A1 - Nofz, Marianne A1 - Dörfel, Ilona A1 - Schulz, Wencke A1 - Sojref, Regine A1 - Kranzmann, Axel T1 - Exposition of sol-gel alumina-coated P92 steel to flue gas: Time-resolved microstructure evolution, defect tolerance, and repairing of the coating N2 - Technically relevant P92 steel (9% Cr) was coated with a micron-thick porous alumina layer prepared by sol-gel technique and treated with flue gas (60 CO2-30 H2O-2 O2-1 SO2-7 N2 (mole fraction in %)) at 650 ° to mimic an oxyfuelcombustion process. Local defects in the coating were marked using focused ion beam (FIB) technique and were inspected after exposition to hot flue gas atmosphere at 300, 800, and 1300 h, respectively. Local defects like agglomerated alumina sol particles tend to spall off from the coating uncovering the underlying dense chromia scale. Re-coating was found to restore the protection ability from oxidation when repeatedly treated with hot flue gas. Cracks and voids did not promote the local oxidation due to the formation of crystalline Mn/S/O species within and on top of the coating. The protective character of the steel-coating system is a result of (i) the fast formation of a dense chromia scale at the surface of sol-gel alumina-coated P92 steel bars in combination with (ii) the porous alumina coating acting as diffusion barrier, but also as diffusion partner in addition with (iii) fast Mn outward diffusion capturing the S species from flue gas. KW - Alumina coatings KW - Oxyfuel KW - Steel P92 KW - High temperature corrosion PY - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/maco.201709712 SN - 1521-4176 SN - 0947-5117 SN - 0043-2822 VL - 69 IS - 4 SP - 492 EP - 502 PB - Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH&Co. KGaA CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-45300 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Nützmann, Kathrin A1 - Wollschläger, Nicole A1 - Rockenhäuser, Christian A1 - Kranzmann, Axel A1 - Stephan-Scherb, Christiane T1 - Identification and 3D reconstruction of Cr5S6 precipitates along grain boundaries in Fe13Cr N2 - Metal sulfide grain boundary precipitates of a ferrous model alloy with 13 wt.% chromium formed at 650°C under a gas atmosphere containing 0.5% SO2 and 99.5% Ar were investigated after ageing for 3 h, 6 h, and 12 h. The precipitates formed along grain boundaries were identified as Cr5S6 using energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy in transmission electron microscopy and electron backscatter diffraction analysis. Serial focused ion beam slicing was conducted followed by three-dimensional reconstruction to determine the number, size, and penetration depth of the precipitates evolved at the different time steps. There was a linear increase in the number of precipitates with time, while their average size increased only for the initial aging time but became constant after 6 h. Based on these results, a model for grain boundary sulfidation of ferritic alloys is discussed. KW - Internal Sulfidation KW - Grain Boundary Corrosion KW - FIB Tomography PY - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-018-2940-y SN - 1047-4838 SN - 1543-1851 VL - 70 IS - 8 SP - 1478 EP - 1483 PB - Springer Science + Business Media CY - New York, NY AN - OPUS4-45090 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zare Pakzad, S. A1 - Nasr Esfahani, M. A1 - Tasdemir, Z. A1 - Wollschläger, Nicole A1 - Li, T. A1 - Li, X. A1 - Yilmaz, M. A1 - Leblebici, Y. A1 - Erdem Alaca, B. T1 - Nanomechanical Modeling of the Bending Response of Silicon Nanowires N2 - Understanding the mechanical behavior of silicon nanowires is essential for the implementation of advanced nanoscale devices. Although bending tests are predominantly used for this purpose, their findings should be properly interpreted through modeling. Various modeling approaches tend to ignore parts of the effective parameter set involved in the rather complex bending response. This oversimplification is the main reason behind the spread of the modulus of elasticity and strength data in the literature. Addressing this challenge, a surface-based nanomechanical model is introduced in this study. The proposed model considers two important factors that have so far remained neglected despite their significance: (i) intrinsic stresses composed of the initial residual stress and surface-induced residual stress and (ii) anisotropic implementation of surface stress and elasticity. The modeling study is consolidated with molecular dynamics-based study of the native oxide surface through reactive force fields and a series of nanoscale characterization work through in situ threepoint bending test and Raman spectroscopy. The treatment of the test data through a series of models with increasing complexity demonstrates a spread of 85 GPa for the modulus of elasticity and points to the origins of ambiguity regarding silicon nanowire properties, which are some of the most commonly employed nanoscale building blocks. A similar conclusion is reached for strength with variations of up to 3 GPa estimated by the aforementioned nanomechanical models. Precise consideration of the nanowire surface state is thus critical to comprehending the mechanical behavior of silicon nanowires accurately. Overall, this study highlights the need for a multiscale theoretical framework to fully understand the size-dependent mechanical behavior of silicon nanowires, with fortifying effects on the design and reliability assessment of future nanoelectromechanical systems. KW - Silicon nanowires KW - Native oxide KW - Surface stress KW - Surface elasticity KW - Mechanical behavior PY - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-581676 SP - 1 EP - 14 PB - ACS Publications AN - OPUS4-58167 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -