On-wafer time-dependent high reproducibility nano-force tensile testing

Wafer Level Packaging Using High Force Bonding of Alge

High Strain Rate Tensile Testing of Silver Nanowires: Rate-Dependent Brittle-to-Ductile Transition.

The characterization of nanomaterials under high strain rates is critical to understand their suitability for dynamic applications such as nanoresonators and nanoswitches. It is also of great theoretical importance to explore nanomechanics with dynamic and rate effects. Here, we report in situ scanning electron microscope (SEM) tensile testing of bicrystalline silver nanowires at strain rates u...

Wafer-Scale VLSI Testing

1 Introduction In the manufacturing of VLSI integrated circuits (ICs), it would be desirable that the ICs undergo an accurate test directly on the wafer, before they are cut and packaged. This would save the cost of bounding and packaging the faulty ICs, which may be a relatively large fraction. However, accurate testing on the wafer can hardly be supported by the consolidated technology of tes...

Tensile Testing of Carbon Steel in High Pressure Hydrogen

An infrastructure of new and existing pipelines and systems will be required to carry and to deliver hydrogen as an alternative energy source under the hydrogen economy. Carbon and low alloy steels of moderate strength are currently used in hydrogen delivery systems as well as in the existing natural gas systems. It is critical to understand the material response of these standard pipeline mate...

A nano-tensile tester for creep studies

Free-standing metallic thin films are increasingly used as structural components in MEMS. In commercial devices, long-term reliability is essential, which requires determining time-dependent mechanical properties of these films. The uniaxial tensile test is a preferred method due to uncomplicated determination of the stress and strain state. However, at the MEMS-scale this method is not straigh...