Mechanical modulation of reaction rates in electrocatalysis

Q Deng, M Smetanin, J Weissmüller - Journal of catalysis, 2014 - Elsevier
Many modern catalyst materials exploit a strained surface layer as the active component.
Here, we explore how the catalytic activity is affected by changes in the lattice parameter …

Voltage-induced strain control of the magnetic anisotropy in a Ni thin film on flexible substrate

F Zighem, D Faurie, S Mercone… - Journal of Applied …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
Voltage-induced magnetic anisotropy has been quantitatively studied in polycrystalline Ni
thin film deposited on flexible substrate using microstrip ferromagnetic resonance. This …

In situ x-ray diffraction analysis of 2D crack patterning in thin films

D Faurie, F Zighem, P Godard, G Parry, T Sadat… - Acta Materialia, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, the effect of the loading path on the multicracking of Nickel thin films on
Kapton® substrate was studied thanks to an experimental set-up combining controlled …

Comparative study of the mechanical properties of nanostructured thin films on stretchable substrates

S Djaziri, PO Renault, E Le Bourhis… - Journal of Applied …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Comparative studies of the mechanical behavior between copper, tungsten, and W/Cu
nanocomposite based on copper dispersoïd thin films were performed under in-situ …

Boundary condition effect on the evaluation of stress triaxiality fields

A Zaplatić, A Vrgoč, Z Tomičević, F Hild - International journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
A general framework is presented for evaluating stress triaxiality fields using five different
configurations of Dirichlet boundary conditions. The latter ones were measured via …

[HTML][HTML] Link between cracking mechanisms of trilayer films on flexible substrates and electro-mechanical reliability under biaxial loading

S Altaf Husain, P Kreiml, PO Renault… - Journal of Vacuum …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The propagation of cracks from a top layer in trilayer systems (Cr/Cu/Mo) on a polyimide
substrate is studied experimentally by in situ synchrotron x-ray diffraction under equi-biaxial …

Electrocapillary coupling at rough surfaces

Q Deng, DH Gosslar, M Smetanin… - Physical Chemistry …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
We investigate the impact of the surface roughness on the experimental value of the
electrocapillary coupling coefficient, ς. This quantity relates the response of electrode …

Yield surface of polycrystalline thin films as revealed by non-equibiaxial loadings at small deformation

S Djaziri, D Faurie, PO Renault, E Le Bourhis… - Acta materialia, 2013 - Elsevier
A biaxial device developed at DiffAbs beamline of the SOLEIL synchrotron facility has been
employed to determine the applied strains in film–substrate composites using both X-ray …

Stress analysis of film-on-substrate structure under tensile loads

LA Li, RJ Li, SB Wang, ZY Wang, T Li, CW Li - Mechanics of Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, the internal stress distribution of a film on substrate structure (FOSS) under
tensile loads has been analyzed. Based on force balance principles, analytical solutions are …

Load sharing phenomena in nanoscale Cu/Nb multilayers

MN Polyakov, J Lohmiller, PA Gruber… - Advanced …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Nanometallic multilayers (NMMs) consist of alternating layers of metals with thicknesses on
the order of nanometers. NMMs have displayed many attractive properties, such as high …