Young Researcher Paper Award 2023
🥇Winners

Notice of retraction
Vol. 34, No. 8(3), S&M3042

Notice of retraction
Vol. 32, No. 8(2), S&M2292

Print: ISSN 0914-4935
Online: ISSN 2435-0869
Sensors and Materials
is an international peer-reviewed open access journal to provide a forum for researchers working in multidisciplinary fields of sensing technology.
Sensors and Materials
is covered by Science Citation Index Expanded (Clarivate Analytics), Scopus (Elsevier), and other databases.

Instructions to authors
English    日本語

Instructions for manuscript preparation
English    日本語

Template
English

Publisher
 MYU K.K.
 Sensors and Materials
 1-23-3-303 Sendagi,
 Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0022, Japan
 Tel: 81-3-3827-8549
 Fax: 81-3-3827-8547

MYU Research, a scientific publisher, seeks a native English-speaking proofreader with a scientific background. B.Sc. or higher degree is desirable. In-office position; work hours negotiable. Call 03-3827-8549 for further information.


MYU Research

(proofreading and recording)


MYU K.K.
(translation service)


The Art of Writing Scientific Papers

(How to write scientific papers)
(Japanese Only)

Sensors and Materials, Volume 32, Number 7(3) (2020)
Copyright(C) MYU K.K.
pp. 2463-2473
S&M2275 Research Paper of Special Issue
https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM.2020.2855
Published: July 31, 2020

Mechanical Fatigue Analysis of AlN/SUS430/AlN Heterolayered Foils in Micromachined Devices [PDF]

Qiu Zheng, Le Van Minh, Hung Hoang Nguyen, and Hiroki Kuwano

(Received March 9, 2020; Accepted April 15, 2020)

Keywords: flexible device, AlN/SUS430/AlN heterolayered foils, micromachined specimen, fatigue defects

The combination of piezoelectric aluminum nitride (AlN) films with flexible substrates made of stainless steel (SUS) foils has been applied in low-frequency and robust microdevices, especially in piezoelectric vibration energy harvesters (PVEHs). To find guides in the design of PVEHs, the fatigue properties of micromachined specimens fabricated using SUS430 foils and AlN/SUS430/AlN heterolayered foils were investigated in this work. In particular, the thickness dependence of AlN films on the fatigue behavior of AlN/SUS430/AlN heterolayered foils was investigated. AlN films with different thicknesses of 1 and 2 μm were deposited on 50-μm-thick SUS430 substrates. The specimens for fatigue tests were prepared as cantilevers by microfabrication processes. First, Young’s moduli were measured. Fatigue tests were subsequently conducted by resonant bending. The fatigue behavior is discussed in this paper on the basis of both the stress–number of cycle (S–N) curves and the fatigue failures on the surfaces of the cantilevers. The fatigue limits of SUS430 (50 μm), AlN (1 μm)/SUS430 (50 μm)/AlN (1 μm), and AlN (2 μm)/SUS430 (50 μm)/AlN (2 μm) were estimated to be 264, 291, and 368 MPa, respectively. The larger stiffness of the foils with a heterolayered AlN/SUS430/AlN structure indicated their larger fatigue limit than the SUS430 foil. Fatigue failure in the form of cracks was observed on the surface of SUS430 for AlN (1 μm)/SUS430/AlN (1 μm) when vibrating at the maximum stress of 488 MPa for 2.9 × 107 cycles. Surface defects of intrusions and slip bands rather than cracks were observed on the SUS430 substrate for the heterolayered AlN (2 μm)/SUS430/AlN (2 μm) structure when vibrated at the maximum stress of 605 MPa for 2.9 × 107 cycles, resulting in its higher fatigue limit than that of AlN (1 μm)/SUS430/AlN (1 μm). No surface defects on AlN films were observed after undergoing the aforementioned long-cycle vibration.

Corresponding author: Qiu Zheng, Hiroki Kuwano


Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Cite this article
Qiu Zheng, Le Van Minh, Hung Hoang Nguyen, and Hiroki Kuwano, Mechanical Fatigue Analysis of AlN/SUS430/AlN Heterolayered Foils in Micromachined Devices, Sens. Mater., Vol. 32, No. 7, 2020, p. 2463-2473.



Forthcoming Regular Issues


Forthcoming Special Issues

Applications of Novel Sensors and Related Technologies for Internet of Things
Guest editor, Teen-Hang Meen (National Formosa University), Wenbing Zhao (Cleveland State University), and Cheng-Fu Yang (National University of Kaohsiung)
Call for paper


Special Issue on Advanced Data Sensing and Processing Technologies for Smart Community and Smart Life
Guest editor, Tatsuya Yamazaki (Niigata University)
Call for paper


Special Issue on Advanced Sensing Technologies and Their Applications in Human/Animal Activity Recognition and Behavior Understanding
Guest editor, Kaori Fujinami (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
Call for paper


Special Issue on International Conference on Biosensors, Bioelectronics, Biomedical Devices, BioMEMS/NEMS and Applications 2023 (Bio4Apps 2023)
Guest editor, Dzung Viet Dao (Griffith University) and Cong Thanh Nguyen (Griffith University)
Conference website
Call for paper


Special Issue on Piezoelectric Thin Films and Piezoelectric MEMS
Guest editor, Isaku Kanno (Kobe University)
Call for paper


Special Issue on Advanced Micro/Nanomaterials for Various Sensor Applications (Selected Papers from ICASI 2023)
Guest editor, Sheng-Joue Young (National United University)
Conference website
Call for paper


Copyright(C) MYU K.K. All Rights Reserved.