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Substrate effect on the Young’s modulus measurement of TiO2 nanoribbons by nanoindentation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Xiaoxia Wu ,
Syed S. Amin  and
Terry T. Xu
Terry T. Xu*
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina 28223
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: ttxu@uncc.edu
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Abstract

The Young’s modulus of single crystalline rutile TiO2 nanoribbons was investigated using nanoindentation. During the experiments, the nanoribbons were laid on three different substrates, including 1 μm thick SiO2 layer on silicon (SiO2/Si), Si(100), and sapphire(0001). Experimental results show the substrates have significant effects on load-indenter displacement curves. To further understand the experimental findings, three-dimensional finite element modeling was carried out to simulate the indentation of nanoribbon-on-substrate systems using ABAQUS. The results show that the receding contact mechanics is a good approximation when describing the contact between the nanoribbon and the substrate. The results also demonstrate that the substrate effect must be carefully considered when performing nanoindentation on one-dimensional nanostructures. Otherwise, the Young’s modulus of the nanostructures could either be overestimated or underestimated. The Young’s modulus is about 360 GPa, comparable to that of bulk TiO2.

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NanoindentationNanoscaleSimulation
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 25 , Issue 5 , May 2010 , pp. 935 - 942
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2010

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