Professor Alex Volinsky

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By: Professor Alex Volinsky

Professor Alex Volinsky is an academic podcast where each episode covers one of the host's research publications in materials science.

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Ep 556: Hot Drawing the First Tube
#556
Today at 4:57 PM

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Hot Drawing of Fiber Metal Composite Tubes


Ep 555: Modeling the Furnace
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Today at 4:56 PM

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Mathematical Model of the Thermocompression Equipment Heating


Ep 554: Composite Tubes by Computer
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Today at 4:55 PM

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CAD/CAM System for Metal Matrix Fiber Composite Tubes Production


Ep 553: Predicting Copper Adhesion
#553
Today at 4:54 PM

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Quantitative Modeling and Measurement of Copper Thin Film Adhesion

https://doi.org/10.1557/proc-539-277


Ep 552: When Water Attacks Adhesion
#552
Today at 4:54 PM

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Environmental Effects on Cu/SiO2 and Cu/Ti/SiO2 Thin Film Adhesion


Ep 551: Testing Fine Lines, Big
#551
Today at 4:53 PM

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Macroscopic Modeling of Fine Lines Adhesion Tests

https://doi.org/10.1557/proc-563-297


Ep 550: Listening to Fracture
#550
Today at 4:52 PM

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Acoustic Emission Analysis of Fracture Events in Cu Films with W Overlayer

https://doi.org/10.1557/proc-563-275


Ep 549: Five Stages Under the Indenter
#549
Today at 4:51 PM

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Nanoindentation-Induced Defect-Interface Interactions: Phenomena, Methods and Limitations

https://doi.org/10.1016/s1359-6454(99)00270-0


Ep 548: The Stressed Superlayer
#548
Today at 4:51 PM

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Superlayer Residual Stress Effect on the Indentation Adhesion Measurements

https://doi.org/10.1557/proc-594-383


Ep 547: Annealing Gold-Chromium Films
#547
Today at 4:49 PM

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Annealing Effects on Interfacial Fracture of Gold-Chromium Films in Hybrid Microcircuits https://doi.org/10.1557/proc-586-195


Ep 546: Brittle to Ductile
#546
Today at 4:48 PM

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A Brittle to Ductile Transition (BDT) in Adhered Thin Films https://doi.org/10.1557/proc-594-351


Ep 545: Debonding Ductile Films
#545
Today at 4:47 PM

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Indentation-induced Debonding of Ductile Films https://doi.org/10.1557/proc-586-255


Ep 544: Ductile Layers, Tougher Joints
#544
Today at 4:47 PM

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The Role of Plasticity in Bimaterial Fracture with Ductile Interlayers https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-000-1006-1


Ep 543: Geometry and Plasticity
#543
Today at 4:46 PM

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The Role of Geometry and Plasticity in Thin, Ductile Film Adhesion


Ep 542: Plasma Rescue for Copper
#542
Today at 4:45 PM

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Adhesion Quantification of Post-CMP Copper to Amorphous SiN Passivation by Nanoindentation https://doi.org/10.1557/proc-649-q6.1


Ep 541: Electroplated Copper, Up Close
#541
Today at 4:44 PM

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Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Electroplated Cu Thin Films https://doi.org/10.1557/proc-649-q5.3


Ep 540: Modeling the Scratch Test
#540
Today at 4:43 PM

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Finite Element Analysis of the Precracked Line Scratch Test https://doi.org/10.1557/proc-657-ee5.9


Ep 539: Diffusion That Strengthens Gold
#539
Today at 4:42 PM

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Effects of Diffusion on Interfacial Fracture of Multilayer Hybrid Microcircuit Films, N.R. Moody, D. P. Adams


Ep 538: Screening Fragile Dielectrics
#538
Today at 4:42 PM

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Mechanical Properties, Adhesion, and Fracture Toughness of Low-K Dielectric Thin Films for Microelectronic Applications


Ep 537: Reading the Crack's Footprints
#537
Today at 4:40 PM

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Fiducial Marks as Measures of Thin Film Crack Arrest Toughness

https://doi.org/10.1016/s0013-7944(02)00003-6


Ep 536: Superlayers: The Final Report
#536
Today at 4:39 PM

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Thin Film Adhesion by Nanoindentation-induced Superlayers. Final Report

https://doi.org/10.2172/809372


Ep 535: Plastic Zones Under Pressure
#535
Today at 4:38 PM

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Substrate Effects on Indentation Plastic Zone Development in Thin Soft Films

https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2001.0434


Ep 534: Copper Stress on Barriers
#534
Today at 4:37 PM

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Residual Stress and Microstructure of Electroplated Cu Film on Different Barrier Layers

https://doi.org/10.1557/proc-695-l1.11.1


Ep 533: Gold Films That Stay Put
#533
Today at 4:36 PM

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Effects of Interface Structure on Gold Film Adhesion


Ep 532: Silicate Low-K Under the Indenter
#532
Today at 4:35 PM

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Nanoindentation of Silicate Low-K Dielectric Thin Films

https://doi.org/10.1557/proc-716-b12.13


Ep 531: Marks That Measure Toughness
#531
Today at 4:34 PM

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Crack Arrest Toughness Assessment Through Thin Film Fiducial Marks


Ep 530: Measuring Film Toughness
#530
Today at 4:33 PM

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Interfacial Toughness Measurements for Thin Films on Substrates

https://doi.org/10.1016/s1359-6454(01)00354-8


Ep 529: Fiducial Marks of Delamination
#529
Today at 4:33 PM

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Fiducial Mark and Nanocrack Zone Formation During Thin Film Delamination

https://doi.org/10.1080/01418610208240449


Ep 528: Low-K Films Under Pressure
#528
Today at 4:31 PM

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Fracture Toughness, Adhesion and Mechanical Properties of Low-K Dielectric Thin Films Measured by Nanoindentation

https://doi.org/10.1016/s0040-6090(03)00406-1


Ep 527: Watching Cords Be Born
#527
Today at 4:30 PM

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Experiments with In-situ Thin Film Phone Cord Delamination Propagation


Ep 526: The Sponge Has a Rule
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Today at 4:28 PM

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Incompressible Pore Effect on the Mechanical Behavior of Low-K Dielectric Films https://doi.org/10.1557/proc-750-y9.9


Ep 525: Chemistry Plus Plasticity
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Today at 4:28 PM

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Plasticity Effects on Interfacial Fracture of Thin Gold Films


Ep 524: The Interconnect Battlefield
#524
Today at 4:27 PM

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Mechanical Reliability and Characterization of Modern Microelectronic Interconnect Structures


Ep 523: Strain Is Free Performance
#523
Today at 4:26 PM

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Characterization Techniques for Evaluating Strained Si CMOS Materials https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1622475


Ep 522: Films That Shine
#522
Today at 4:26 PM

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Optical and Dielectric Properties of Eu- and Y-Polytantalate Thin Films https://doi.org/10.1557/proc-786-e3.31


Ep 521: Thermodynamics Did It
#521
Today at 4:25 PM

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Oxide Reduction in Advanced Metal Stacks for Microelectronic Applications https://doi.org/10.1557/proc-786-e6.33


Ep 520: One Bit, One Story
#520
Today at 4:24 PM

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Application of FIB/SEM and TEM to Single Bit Failure Analysis in SRAM arrays https://doi.org/10.1557/proc-782-a5.77


Ep 519: The Whole Fracture Gallery
#519
Today at 4:24 PM

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Fracture Patterns in Thin Films and Multilayers https://doi.org/10.1557/proc-795-u3.8


Ep 518: Tiny Crystal, Extreme Memory
#518
Today at 4:23 PM

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Irradiated Cubic Single Crystal SiC as a High Temperature Sensor https://doi.org/10.1557/proc-792-r5.3


Ep 517: Reading the Crack's Fossil
#517
Today at 4:21 PM

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Fiducial Mark and CTOA Estimates of Thin Film Adhesion

https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1024983930481