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Effect of Al2O3 coating thickness on the thermal stability of Cu–carbon nanotube hybrids

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Hybrids of carbon nanotube and metals have been regarded as promising candidate for flexible circuit, where thermal stability of nanograined metals is a challenging issue. In this study, we find thermal stability of Cu layer in CNT–Cu hybrids can be improved by coating Al2O3 layer. As for CNT–Cu hybrids, Cu nanograins are agglomerated during 673 K annealing. In contrast, the agglomeration of CNT–Cu hybrids can be suppressed after coating Al2O3 layer, and exhibit a thickness-dependent thermal stability after annealing at higher temperature. The underlying mechanism might be the compressive stress applied by Al2O3 coatings and inhibited diffusion along Cu/Al2O3 interfaces.

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Acknowledgments

The authors acknowledge financial support from Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Postdoctoral Scientific Research Foundation of Shenyang Ligong University, the Doctoral Research Foundation Project of Liaoning Science and Technology Department (Grants 2022-BS-184, 2023-BS-129), the High-Level Talent Research Support Program of Shenyang Ligong University (Grants 1010147001266, 1010147001106), the Basic Scientific Research Project of Liaoning Provincial Department of Education (Grants JYTQN2023052, LJKQZ20222278, and LJKFZ20220185).

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This study was supported by Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Postdoctoral Scientific Research Foundation of Shenyang Ligong University, the Doctoral Research Foundation Project of Liaoning Science and Technology Department (Grants 2022-BS-184, 2023-BS-129), the High-Level Talent Research Support Program of Shenyang Ligong University (Grants 1010147001266, 1010147001106), the Basic Scientific Research Project of Liaoning Provincial Department of Education (Grants JYTQN2023052, LJKQZ20222278, and LJKFZ20220185).

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  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenyang Ligong University, Shenyang, 110159, Liaoning, China

    Pengyan Mao, Ruochen Zhang, Shaohu Tao & Hui Zhao

  2. School of Equipment Engineering, Shenyang Ligong University, Shenyang, 110159, Liaoning, China

    Hongda Li

  3. Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China

    Zhao Cheng

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Pengyan Mao: Conceptualization, Methodology, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Data curation, and Writing—original draft. Ruochen Zhang: Methodology, Validation, and Data curation. Shaohu Tao: Conceptualization and Formal analysis. Hui Zhao: Methodology, Investigation, and Formal analysis. Hongda Li: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, and Data curation. Zhao Cheng: Conceptualization, Methodology, Formal analysis, Data curation, Investigation, Validation, and Writing—review and editing.

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Mao, P., Zhang, R., Tao, S. et al. Effect of Al2O3 coating thickness on the thermal stability of Cu–carbon nanotube hybrids. MRS Communications (2024). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43579-024-00533-8

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