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Micromachined structures decoupling Joule heating and electron wind force.

Shaojie Gu¹, Yasuhiro Kimura², Xinming Yan²

¹Department of Micro-Nano Mechanical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan. gu.shaojie.e7@f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp.

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Researchers disentangled thermal and athermal effects in electric current treatments using pre-micromachined structures. The electron wind force (EWF) was found to primarily govern microstructural changes, influencing element diffusion and phase transformation in duplex stainless steel.

Area of Science:

Materials Science
Physics
Metallurgy

Background:

Electric current treatments like electromigration and electroplasticity cause critical microstructural changes in conductive materials.
The thermal effect (Joule heating) often obscures the athermal effects on these microstructural modifications.
Understanding athermal effects is crucial for advanced semiconductor and metal processing.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a method for effectively disentangling thermal and athermal effects of electric current treatments.
To investigate the role of the electron wind force (EWF) in microstructural alterations.
To validate the proposed method using a duplex stainless-steel material.

Main Methods:

Utilizing pre-micromachined structures to obstruct current flow while maintaining similar thermal history.

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Conducting microstructural characterizations on treated duplex stainless steel.

Developing a critical formula for determining micromachined structure dimensions.

Main Results:

The athermal effect, specifically the electron wind force (EWF), was identified as the primary driver of element diffusion and phase transformation.
Precipitation of sigma phases (Cr-enriched) occurred in micromachined structures, but not in the matrix.
Directional EWF was shown to disrupt chromium aggregation induced by Joule heating.

Conclusions:

The proposed method effectively separates thermal and athermal effects in electric current treatments.
The electron wind force plays a dominant role in microstructural changes, distinct from Joule heating effects.
The developed technique and formula offer a powerful tool for studying athermal phenomena in materials processing.