Preparation of shape-memory-alloy thin film for actuator

• Main Author: Zhang, Cengling
• Other Authors: Du, Hejun
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Microelectronics and semiconductor materials::Thin films
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/5513
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

NiTiCu thin films have been successfully prepared through NiTi alloy target and pure copper target. Film composition, microstructure, crystallization, phase transformation behavior, residual stress and lattice parameter of the TiNiCu films were investigated.