Issue 1/2019
Special Sections: TMS2018 Microelectronic Packaging, Interconnect, and Pb-free Solder. Guest Editors: Kazuhiro Nogita, Fan-Yi Ouyang, Sergey A. Belyakov, Chih Chen, Christopher M. Gourlay, Kwang-Lung Lin, Won-sik Hong, Mehran Maalekian; and TMS2018 Phase Stability in Electronic Materials. Guest Editor: Shih-kang Lin
Content (80 Articles)
Superior Reliability of SAC105 Solder on BGA Package Pad with NiPdAu Coating
Chao Huang, Li Rao, Menglong Sun, Anmin Hu, Ming Li
Effects of Aspect Ratio on Microstructural Evolution of Ni/Sn/Ni Microjoints
T. H. Yang, H. Y. Yu, Y. W. Wang, C. R. Kao
Studying the Effect of Grain Size on Whisker Nucleation and Growth Kinetics Using Thermal Strain
Eric Chason, Fei Pei, Nupur Jain, Andrew Hitt
Reaction Within Ni/Sn/Cu Microjoints for Chip-Stacking Applications
Y. W. Wang, W. L. Shih, H. T. Hung, C. R. Kao
Solid-State Diffusion of Bi in Sn: Effects of β-Sn Grain Orientation
André M. Delhaise, Zhangqi Chen, Doug D. Perovic
Corrosion-Induced Mass Loss of Cu9Al4 at the Cu-Al Ball–Bond Interface: Explained Based on Full Immersion of Cu, Al, and Cu-Al Intermetallic Galvanic Couples
Yuelin Wu, Andre Lee
Co-P Diffusion Barrier for p-Bi2Te3 Thermoelectric Material
Chun-Hsien Wang, Hsien-Chien Hsieh, Hsin-Yi Lee, Albert T. Wu
Nucleation and Growth of Tin Hillocks by In Situ Nanoindentation
Irene Lujan-Regalado, Antony Kirubanandham, Jason J. Williams, Nikhilesh Chawla
Room Temperature Bonding on Interface Between Metal and Ceramic
Kyu-Bong Jang, Sungwook Mhin, Sung-Chul Lim, Young-Sik Song, Keun-Hyo Lee, Soo-Keun Park, Kyoung-Il Moon, Seung Hwan Lee, Soong-Keun Hyun
Facile Design of Conductive Ag-PDMS Electrodes for Stretchable Electrodes
Kyoung Ryeol Park, Jae Eun Jeon, Hyuksu Han, Sehoon Yoo, Kwangbo Shim, Sungwook Mhin
Chemo-thermo-mechanically Coupled Crystal Plasticity Simulation of Stress Evolution in Thermally Strained β-Sn Films
Aritra Chakraborty, Philip Eisenlohr
The Potential for Metal–Carbon Nanotubes Composites as Interconnects
Leila Ladani
Wetting and IMC Growth Behavior Between Cu Substrate and Zn-25Sn-xCu-yTi High-Temperature Solder Alloys
Darwin Sarwono, Kwang-Lung Lin
Evaluating Creep Deformation in Controlled Microstructures of Sn-3Ag-0.5Cu Solder
Tianhong Gu, Christopher M. Gourlay, T. Ben Britton
Silver Sintered Joint Property Between Silicon Carbide Device and Ceramic Substrate for Electric Vehicle Power Module
Won Sik Hong, Mi Song Kim, Dajung Kim, Chulmin Oh
High-Temperature Mechanical Properties of Zn-Based High-Temperature Lead-Free Solders
Che-Wei Chang, Kwang-Lung Lin
Modeling and Experimental Verification of Intermetallic Compounds Grown by Electromigration and Thermomigration for Sn-0.7Cu Solders
Sung-Min Baek, Yujin Park, Cheolmin Oh, Eun-Joon Chun, Namhyun Kang
Mechanism of the Local Cu Protrusion in Cu-Filled Through Silicon Vias Under Heat Treatment
Xuewei Zhao, Limin Ma, Yishu Wang, Fu Guo
Heating Rate Dependence of the Mechanisms of Copper Pumping in Through-Silicon Vias
Hanry Yang, Tae-Kyu Lee, Lutz Meinshausen, Indranath Dutta
Study of Interfacial Reactions Between Lead-Free Solders and Cu-xZn Alloys
Yee-Wen Yen, William Yu, Chu-Hsuan Wang, Chih-Ming Chen, Yu-Chun Li, Pei-Yu Chen, Guan-Da Chen
Phase-Field Study of Electromigration-Induced Shape Evolution of a Transgranular Finger-Like Slit
Jay Santoki, Arnab Mukherjee, Daniel Schneider, Michael Selzer, Britta Nestler
Fabrication of Aluminum Nitride Thermal Substrate and Low-Temperature Die-Bonding Process for High Power LED
Pai-Jung Chang, Yue-Kai Tang, Wei-Han Lai, Anthony Shiaw-Tseh Chiang, C. Y. Liu
A Brief Review on High-Temperature, Pb-Free Die-Attach Materials
Hongwen Zhang, Jonathan Minter, Ning-Cheng Lee
Conductive Ink Prepared by Microwave Method: Effect of Silver Content on the Pattern Conductivity
Tinghao Du, Chengli Tang, Bo Xing, Yebo Lu, Fengli Huang, Chuncheng Zuo
Annealing Effect on the Structural, Optical and EPR Properties of UV Radiation Emitting Gd3+ Doped SrAl2O4 Host
Vijay Singh, N. Singh, M. S. Pathak, V. Natarajan
Negative Capacitance Effect in Ag/α-In2Se3/CdS/CdSe/C Dual Band Stop Filters
Hazem K. Khanfar, A. F. Qasrawi, Sufyan R. Shehada
Enhanced Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Polyol-Synthesized Nickel–Zinc Oxide Composites
Moab Rajan Philip, Rupesh Babu, Krishnakumar Vasudevan, Hieu Pham Trung Nguyen
Optical and Structural Characterization of TiO-Zn-V Thin Films Synthesized Using the Sol–Gel Method
C. Solano, Julio Mass Varela, Amner Muñoz Acevedo, Humberto Gómez Vega, José Antonio Henao Martínez
Hydrothermal-Assisted Synthesis of TiO2@NiMoO4 Nanocomposites and Evaluation of Their Photocatalysis Properties
Raziyeh Bakhshali-Dehkordy, Zahra Aghajani
Dependence of the Photoluminescence of Hydrophilic CuInS2 Colloidal Quantum Dots on Cu-to-In Molar Ratios
Chi Zhang, Yong Xia, Linyuan Lian, Xiaoming Fu, Liping Yin, Jianbing Zhang, Wei Luo, Xiangshui Miao, Daoli Zhang
Temperature-Stable Dielectric Properties from − 56°C to 248°C in (1 − x)BaTiO3-xBi(Mg0.5Sn0.5)O3 System
Xiaoxia Li, Xiuli Chen, Xiaobin Liu, Xiao Yan, Huanfu Zhou, Gaofeng Liu, Xu Li, Jie Sun
Development of SnS0.4Se0.6 Ternary Alloy on Annealing of Thermally Deposited Films
Arun Banotra, Naresh Padha
Quantitative Correlation between Electrical Resistivity and Microhardness of Cu-Ni-Mo Alloys via a Short-Range Order Cluster Model
Hongming Li, Chuang Dong, Yajun Zhao, Xiaona Li, Dayu Zhou
Spin-Polarized Transport Behavior Induced by Asymmetric Edge Hydrogenation in Hybridized Zigzag Boron Nitride and Graphene Nanoribbons
Lihua Wang, Bingjun Ding, Yong Guo
Structural Design of Near-Infrared Light-Active Cu/TiO2/NaYF4:Yb,Er Nanocomposite Photocatalysts
Duong Van Hau, Dang Thi Thanh Nhan, Nguyen Van Duc, Vu Phi Tuyen, Thanh-Dinh Nguyen, Tran Thai Hoa, Nguyen Duc Cuong
Effect of Structure on the Electronic, Magnetic and Thermal Properties of Cubic Fe2MnxNi1−xSi Heusler Alloys
S. Noui, Z. Charifi, H. Baaziz, G. Uğur, Ş. Uğur
Effect of Thermal Annealing on the Electrical Properties of Inverted Organic Solar Cells Based on PCDTBT: PC70BM Nanocomposites
Asya Mhamdi, Fatma Ben Slama Sweii, Abdelaziz Bouazizi
Influence of Ba2+ on Opto-Electric Properties of Nanocrystalline BiFeO3 Multiferroic
Mahendra V. Shisode, Ashok V. Humbe, Prashant B. Kharat, K. M. Jadhav
Anomalous Magnetic Properties of Tb/Cr/Ta Film Above Curie Temperature
Zhiwei Jiao, Yi Yang, Huanjian Chen, Jianfeng Wang, Yun Zhou, Weidi Jiang
Densification and Mechanical Properties of YAG Ceramics Fabricated by Air Pressureless Sintering
Huanzhe Tong, Nengli Wang, Yuqi Zou, Zhaoquan Zhang, Wugang Fan, Jinxiang Shou, Xiyan Zhang
The Study of Microstructure, Dielectric and Multiferroic Properties of (1 − x) Co0.8Cu0.2Fe2O4-xBa0.6Sr0.4TiO3 Composites
Ruicheng Xu, Shilong Zhang, Fengqi Wang, Qianwei Zhang, Zhengdong Li, Zhenhua Wang, Rongli Gao, Wei Cai, Chunlin Fu
Solution Combustion Synthesis of BiFeO3 Powders Using CTAB as Fuel
N. Asefi, M. Hasheminiasari, S. M. Masoudpanah
High Thermoelectric Figure of Merit in p-Type (Bi2Te3)x − (Sb2Te3)1−x Alloys Made from Element-Mechanical Alloying and Spark Plasma Sintering
Babu Madavali, Hyo-Seob Kim, Chul-Hee Lee, Dong-soo Kim, Soon-Jik Hong
Synthesis of SnO2 Nanoparticles by Electrooxidation Method and Their Application in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: The Influence of the Counterion
Masoud Abrari, Majid Ghanaatshoar, Hamid Reza Moazami, Saied Saeed Hosseiny Davarani
Vapor Phase Epitaxy of (133) and (211) CdTe on (211) Si Substrates Using Metallic Cd Source
Kenji Iso, Yuya Gokudan, Masumi Shiraishi, Minae Nishikado, Hisashi Murakami, Akinori Koukitu
Efficiency Improvements in AlGaN-Based Deep-Ultraviolet Light-Emitting Diodes with Graded Superlattice Last Quantum Barrier and Without Electron Blocking Layer
Xiu Zhang, Huiqing Sun, Jing Huang, Tianyi Liu, Xin Wang, Yaohua Zhang, Shupeng Li, Sheng Zhang, Yufei Hou, Zhiyou Guo
Solar Thermal Cogeneration System Using a Cylindrical Thermoelectric Module
Akitoshi Suzumura, Hirofumi Hazama, Masato Matsubara, Ryoji Asahi
Thermoelectric Properties of Co- and Mn-Doped Al2Fe3Si3
Yasutaka Shiota, Kunio Yamamoto, Yuji Ohishi, Ken Kurosaki, Hiroaki Muta
The Structural, Electronic, and Magnetic Properties of Cobalt Disulfide Doped with Oxygen, Selenium, or Tellurium
Zhong-Ying Feng, Yan Yang, Jian-Min Zhang
Effect of Annealing Temperature on the Structure, Morphology and Photoluminescence Properties of MgAl2O4:0.1% Eu3+ Nanophosphor Prepared by Sol–Gel Method
L. T. Melato, L. F. Koao, T. E. Motaung, H. C. Swart, S. V. Motloung
Effect of Silver and Iodine Co-doping on the Thermoelectric Properties of n-Type Bi2S3
Junnan Yan, Jian Yang, Bangzhi Ge, Guiwu Liu, Zhongqi Shi, Zhewen Duan, Guanjun Qiao
Beneficial Effect of Two-Step Annealing via Low Temperature of Vacancy Complexes in N-type Czochralski Silicon
Mohamed Hannachi, Chohdi Amri, Hachem Hedfi, Ahmed Zarroug, Hatem Ezzaouia
Realizing Bidirectional Threshold Switching in Ag/Ta2O5/Pt Diffusive Devices for Selector Applications
Yaoyuan Wang, Ziyang Zhang, Huanglong Li, Luping Shi
Gas Sensing Properties of Hydrothermally Synthesized Button Rose-Like WO3 Thin Films
M. S. Patil, V. L. Patil, N. L. Tarwal, D. D. More, V. V. Alman, L. D. Kadam, P. S. Patil, J. H. Kim
Optimized Growth of Gallium Oxide Thin Films Using Different Synthesis Processes
Jorge Castillo, Roman Garcia-Perez, Hasina Huq
HRGO–Co@SnO2 Nanocomposite for Electrochemical Detection of Hydrazine
Subramanian Ramanathan, Elaiyappillai Elanthamilan, Asir Obadiah, Arulappan Durairaj, Palanisamy SanthoshKumar, Johnson Princy Merlin, Subramanian Ramasundaram, Samuel Vasanthkumar
Designable Hierarchical Cathode for a High-Efficiency Polysulfide Trapper Toward High-Performance Lithium–Sulfur Batteries
Xiaoqing Guo, Xiaofei Liu, Huali Yu, Youcai Lu, Qingchao Liu, Zhongjun Li
Microstructural Characterization of Defects and Chemical Etching for HgCdSe/ZnTe/Si (211) Heterostructures
M. Vaghayenegar, K. J. Doyle, S. Trivedi, P. Wijewarnasuriya, David J. Smith
Enhanced Gas-Sensing Response of Zinc Oxide Nanorods Synthesized via Hydrothermal Route for Nitrogen Dioxide Gas
S. A. Vanalakar, M. G. Gang, V. L. Patil, T. D. Dongale, P. S. Patil, J. H. Kim
Theoretical Analysis of the Thermoelectric Generator Considering Surface to Surrounding Heat Convection and Contact Resistance
Dandan Pang, Aibing Zhang, BaoLin Wang, Guangyong Li
Effects of B-Site Substitution on Up-Conversion Luminescence and Ferroelectric Properties in Er3+-Doped Strontium Barium Niobate
Y. C. Ao, Y. Shi, C. Z. Zhao, Y. Huang, J. Q. Shi, K. R. Zhou, Q. J. Zhou, Z. P. Li, T. Wei
Electrical Behavior of a Nanoporous Nb2O5/Pt Schottky Contact at Elevated Temperatures
Nur Samihah Khairir, Rozina Abdul Rani, Rosmalini Ab Kadir, Norhayati Soin, Wan Fazlida Hanim Abdullah, Mohamad Hafiz Mamat, M. Rusop, Ahmad Sabirin Zoolfakar
First-Principles Study on Optical and Thermodynamic Behaviour of Multiferroic BiFeO3 Using LSDA+ U and TB-mBJ Methods
R. Mahesh, E. Sagar, P. Venugopal Reddy
Influence of Co Doping on the Structural, Dielectric and Raman Properties of Ba0.75Sr0.25Ti1−xCoxO3
Ratnamala Ganjir, P. K. Bajpai
Synthesis and DSSC Applications of Ru(II) Complexes Bearing Benzimidazole Type Ligands
Melek Tercan, Osman Dayan
Optimization of Thermoelectric Properties of Mechanically Alloyed p-Type SiGe by Mathematical Modelling
Sajid Ahmad, Ajay Singh, Ranita Basu, Satish Vitta, K. P. Muthe, S. C. Gadkari, S. K. Gupta
Microwave Dielectric Properties of Na5RE(MoO4)4 (RE = La, Gd, Dy, Er) Ceramics with a Low Sintering Temperature
Liufang Meng, Changlai Yuan, Baohua Zhu, Xiao Liu, Fei Liu, Jiwen Xu, Changrong Zhou, Guohua Chen
Chromium-Based Metal-Organic Framework MIL101(Cr)–CdSe Quantum Dot Composites: Synthesis, Morphology, Gas Adsorption and Photoluminescent Properties
Phuong T. K. Nguyen, Hai Viet Le, Kim-Tien Thien Nguyen, Van-Anh Thi Hoang, Thu Thi Dinh, Bao-Vy Mong Quach, Nguyen Ly La, Hoang Thai Nguyen, Thien Thanh Co, Quan Phung, Man Van Tran, Xuan-Binh Thi Phung, Mai-Trang Do Tran
Structural Properties of (Sn1−xMgxO) Thin Films and Optical Parameter Dependence with Gamma Ray Irradiation
Ziad T. Khodair, Mushtaq Abed Al-Jubbori, Abdulsalam M. Hassan, Mutaz Salih Aljuboori, Fadhil I. Sharrad
Transport Properties in InAs Thin Films with Different Degrees of Disorder Near the Metal–Insulator Transition
Yanping Yao, Baoxue Bo, Chunling Liu
Synthesis of ZnO Nanosheets Morphology by Ce Doping for Photocatalytic Activity
G. Vijayaprasath, P. Soundarrajan, G. Ravi
Effect of Mesoporous TiO2 Thicknesses on the Performance of Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Said Karim Shah, Muhammad Ishaq, Shaukat Ali Khattak, Irfan Ullah, Khizar Hayat, Majid Khan, Gulzar Khan, Lubna Tabbasam
Electronic, Optical and Elastic Properties of Cu2CdGeSe4: A First-Principles Study
Tuan V. Vu, A. A. Lavrentyev, B. V. Gabrelian, Khang D. Pham, Chuong V. Nguyen, Khanh C. Tran, Hai L. Luong, M. Batouche, O. V. Parasyuk, O. Y. Khyzhun