Dynamic Mechanical and Failure Properties of Solder Joints

Ph.DDOCTOR OF PHILOSOPH

New advances in vehicular technology and automotive engineering

An automobile was seen as a simple accessory of luxury in the early years of the past century. Therefore, it was an expensive asset which none of the common citizen could afford. It was necessary to pass a long period and waiting for Henry Ford to establish the first plants with the series fabrication. This new industrial paradigm makes easy to the common American to acquire an automobile, either for running away or for working purposes. Since that date, the automotive research grown exponentially to the levels observed in the actuality. Now, the automobiles are indispensable goods; saying with other words, the automobile is a first necessity article in a wide number of aspects of living: for workers to allow them to move from their homes into their workplaces, for transportation of students, for allowing the domestic women in their home tasks, for ambulances to carry people with decease to the hospitals, for transportation of materials, and so on, the list don’t ends. The new goal pursued by the automotive industry is to provide electric vehicles at low cost and with high reliability. This commitment is justified by the oil’s peak extraction on 50s of this century and also by the necessity to reduce the emissions of CO2 to the atmosphere, as well as to reduce the needs of this even more valuable natural resource. In order to achieve this task and to improve the regular cars based on oil, the automotive industry is even more concerned on doing applied research on technology and on fundamental research of new materials. The most important idea to retain from the previous introduction is to clarify the minds of the potential readers for the direct and indirect penetration of the vehicles and the vehicular industry in the today’s life. In this sequence of ideas, this book tries not only to fill a gap by presenting fresh subjects related to the vehicular technology and to the automotive engineering but to provide guidelines for future research. This book account with valuable contributions from worldwide experts of automotive’s field. The amount and type of contributions were judiciously selected to cover a broad range of research. The reader can found the most recent and cutting-edge sources of information divided in four major groups: electronics (power, communications, optics, batteries, alternators and sensors), mechanics (suspension control, torque converters, deformation analysis, structural monitoring), materials (nanotechnology, nanocomposites, lubrificants, biodegradable, composites, structural monitoring) and manufacturing (supply chains). We are sure that you will enjoy this book and will profit with the technical and scientific contents. To finish, we are thankful to all of those who contributed to this book and who made it possible.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Novel Materials for Post-Silicon Electronics: 2D Semiconductors, Perovskite Dielectrics, and Metal-Organic Frameworks

Over the past five decades, the progress of scaling down metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) has been the main reason for boosting the performance of most electronic products we use. However, ultrascaled MOSFETs suffer from many issues related to fundamental quantum limitations imposed by extreme minification. Two main strategies are proposed to address these problems: (1) The first one is to pile electronic device layers that can compute data vertically, i.e., 3D integration; hence more operations can be implemented in the same area. 3D integration considerably relies on the back-end-of-line (BEOL) process, where dense metal interconnects result in the aggravated resistive-capacitive (RC) delay. To solve this problem, new low-κ gap-filling materials are required. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are emerging coordination compounds consisting of metal ion nodes connected by organic linkers with repeating coordination. The rigid ionic bonds and orderly porous structures give MOFs particular mechanical strength and low permittivity to be a potential candidate. In addition, designable functionality enables MOF to serve as versatile active components. However, major preparations for MOF coatings are solution-based routes, making them incompatible with advanced semiconductor fabrications whose features are getting smaller and deeper. (2) Another strategy is implementing low-dimensional semiconductors to replace silicon as the transistor channel because of their talent for being atomically thin without degrading performance. Although 2D transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) are recognized as the most promising among several candidates, there are still a number of challenges to be addressed before practically adopting them in the industry. In this thesis, a low-temperature chemical vapor deposition (CVD) synthetic method of MOFs is demonstrated, which can be implemented as low-κ gap-filling materials in increasingly important BEOL processes and active material in chemical sensors. Furthermore, this thesis exhibits the integration of single-crystal SrTiO3 gate dielectric in the monolayer CVD MoS2 FETs. The high-permittivity natural of SrTiO3 facilitates the gate controllability for ultrascaled transistors. The devices manifest good reliability and competitive performance characteristics, including a steep subthreshold swing (SS) of 70 mV/dec and a large ON/OFF current ratio of 1E7

Development and Characterization of highly flexible and conformable electronic devices for wearable applications

As shown in the story, humanity has tried to develop objects, tools, and devices that could first help to survive in a difficult environment and then improve everyday life. The idea of creating objects that can be worn to restore or improve human abilities or to help during daily routine has fueled technological development and research since the beginning of technological advancement. Wearable technology goes back hundreds of years, and one of the first examples was the invention of glasses to restore the sight, or the wristwatch when big watches were reduced to something that people could take with them anywhere. However, it could be considered that, only when the computer age was established, wearable electronic devices were developed and started to spread out and get into the market. Wearable electronics are a category of technological devices that can be transferred into clothes or directly in touch with the body, typically as accessories or clothing, and these devices can be designed to provide different functionalities, such as notification sending, communication abilities, health and fitness monitoring, and even augmented or virtual reality experiences. In recent years, organic electronics have been deeply investigated as a technology platform to develop devices using biocompatible materials that can be deposited and processed on flexible and even ultra-flexible substrates. The high mechanical flexibility of such materials leads to a new category of devices going beyond wearable devices to more-than-wearable applications. In this context, epidermal electronics is a closely related field that focuses on developing electronic devices that can be directly attached to the skin with a minimally invasive, comfortable, and possibly enabling long-term application. The main object of this Ph.D. research activity is the development and optimization of a technology for the realization of wearable and more-than-wearable devices, able to meet all the new needs in this field, such as the low-cost production process and the mechanical flexibility of the devices and deposition over large areas on unconventional substrates, exploiting all the features and advantages of the organic electronic field, but also finding some solution to overcome the disadvantages of this technology. In this work, different application fields were studied, such as health monitoring through biopotential acquisitions, the development, and optimization of multimodal physical sensors able to detect simultaneously pressure and temperature for tactile and artificial skin applications, and the development of flexible high-performing transistors as a building block for the future of wearable and electronic-skin applications

Glassy Materials Based Microdevices

Microtechnology has changed our world since the last century, when silicon microelectronics revolutionized sensor, control and communication areas, with applications extending from domotics to automotive, and from security to biomedicine. The present century, however, is also seeing an accelerating pace of innovation in glassy materials; as an example, glass-ceramics, which successfully combine the properties of an amorphous matrix with those of micro- or nano-crystals, offer a very high flexibility of design to chemists, physicists and engineers, who can conceive and implement advanced microdevices. In a very similar way, the synthesis of glassy polymers in a very wide range of chemical structures offers unprecedented potential of applications. The contemporary availability of microfabrication technologies, such as direct laser writing or 3D printing, which add to the most common processes (deposition, lithography and etching), facilitates the development of novel or advanced microdevices based on glassy materials. Biochemical and biomedical sensors, especially with the lab-on-a-chip target, are one of the most evident proofs of the success of this material platform. Other applications have also emerged in environment, food, and chemical industries. The present Special Issue of Micromachines aims at reviewing the current state-of-the-art and presenting perspectives of further development. Contributions related to the technologies, glassy materials, design and fabrication processes, characterization, and, eventually, applications are welcome

Wafer scale integration of coulomb blockade-based nanobiosensors with microfluidic channels for label-free detection of cancer biomarkers

Dans cette thèse, nous proposons et démontrons un nouveau type de nanobiocapteur pour la détection de biomolécules à haute sensibilité et leur intégration à grande échelle (plaquette de 4 pouces). Le principe du nouveau nanobiocapteur électrique est basé sur la variation de conductivité électrique à travers des nano-îlots grâce au phénomène quantique appelé « blocage de coulomb ». Les nano-îlots de nickel (5nm de diamètre) sont placés entre les nano-électrodes interdigitées (IND) (~45nm de largeur). La conductivité de ces dispositifs à jonctions tunnel multiples (MTJ) est modifiée par l’adsorption de biomarqueurs impliqués dans la tumorogènese. Les oncologues ont récemment isolé et caractérisé un nouveau fragment d’anticorps à chaine simple (scFv) qui reconnaît sélectivement la forme active de RhoA. Ce biomarqueur potentiel a été trouvé surexprimé dans diverses tumeurs. Les fragments d’anticorps ont été adsorbés, par des liaisons de coordination, sur les nano-îlots de nickel. Ces fragments sont capables de reconnaître spécifiquement la forme active de RhoA. Nous avons étudié ce biomarqueur et validé la chimie de surface à base d’îlots de nickel pour la détection sans marquage, en utilisant une microbalance à quartz (QCM). Puis, nous avons mis au point et adapté à notre dispositif une méthodologie innovatrice pour réaliser, à l’échelle d’une plaquette, des microcanaux basés sur du photoPDMS. La caractérisation électrique finale des dispositifs intégrés a été testée en temps réel et à flux biologique continu. La forme active de RhoA a été détectée en discriminant la forme inactive. En annexe, je présente mon opinion épistémologique et éthique sur la nanotechnologie ___ In this thesis we propose and implement the fabrication on 4 inch wafer of a novel type of nanobiosensor capable of high sensitivity detection. The principle of the nanobiosensor is based on the variation of electrical tunnelling conductivity through metal nanoislands due to the quantum phenomenon called coulomb blockade. Nickel nanoislands(~5nm diameter), are placed between interdigitated nanoelectrodes devices (IND) (width~45nm). Hence, the conductivity of these Multiple-Tunnel-Junction (MTJ) devices is modified by the absorption of biomarkers involved in tumourigenesis. Oncologists have recently isolated and characterised a new conformational single chain variable fragment (scFv) which selectively recognises the active form of RhoA. This potential biomarker has been found overexpressed in various tumours. Antibodies fragments (scFv) are absorbed through coordinative bonds onto nickel nanoislands. Hence the scFv are capable of recognising specifically the active RhoA conformation. We have investigated this biomarker and validated the nickel nanoilands based chemical construction for label-free biodetection using quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) before implementing the methodology to our devices. An innovative methodology to realise photoPDMS-based microchannels was also developed. Encapsulation with an etched PDMS-nanocomposite finalised the integration of the devices. The final electrical characterisation of the integrated device was tested in real time and continuous biological flow. The active form of RhoA was discriminated against its inactive conformation. In annexe, I present my epistemological and ethical opinions in nanotechnolog

Roadmap on printable electronic materials for next-generation sensors

The dissemination of sensors is key to realizing a sustainable, ‘intelligent’ world, where everyday objects and environments are equipped with sensing capabilities to advance the sustainability and quality of our lives—e.g., via smart homes, smart cities, smart healthcare, smart logistics, Industry 4.0, and precision agriculture. The realization of the full potential of these applications critically depends on the availability of easy-to-make, low-cost sensor technologies. Sensors based on printable electronic materials offer the ideal platform: they can be fabricated through simple methods (e.g., printing and coating) and are compatible with high-throughput roll-to-roll processing. Moreover, printable electronic materials often allow the fabrication of sensors on flexible/stretchable/biodegradable substrates, thereby enabling the deployment of sensors in unconventional settings. Fulfilling the promise of printable electronic materials for sensing will require materials and device innovations to enhance their ability to transduce external stimuli—light, ionizing radiation, pressure, strain, force, temperature, gas, vapours, humidity, and other chemical and biological analytes. This Roadmap brings together the viewpoints of experts in various printable sensing materials—and devices thereof—to provide insights into the status and outlook of the field. Alongside recent materials and device innovations, the roadmap discusses the key outstanding challenges pertaining to each printable sensing technology. Finally, the Roadmap points to promising directions to overcome these challenges and thus enable ubiquitous sensing for a sustainable, ‘intelligent’ world

Microscopy Conference 2021 (MC 2021) - Proceedings

Das Dokument enthält die Kurzfassungen der Beiträge aller Teilnehmer an der Mikroskopiekonferenz "MC 2021"