{"title":"Characteristics of nickel thin film electroplated by supercritical CO2 emulsion assisted with ultrasonic agitation","authors":"H. Chuang, C. H. Huang, A. Liao","doi":"10.23919/ICEP.2019.8733531","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This study uses a novel fabrication method of thin metal coatings by Ni electroplating combining ultrasonic agitation with supercritical CO2 (US-SC-CO2) mixed into conventional electrolyte. Coatings were also produced by the conventional and regular SC-CO2 electroplating methods for comparison. The characteristics obtained from the three fabrication methods such as surface morphology, hardness, roughness; crystallographic orientation, grain size; wear and corrosion resistance were all individually analyzed. Results show that plating quality achieved by US-SC-CO2 method is superior to that of regular SC-CO2 and conventional methods. With US-SC-CO2 process we achieved smoother and more compact surface morphologies, smaller grain size, lower surface roughness and higher microhardness, which also suggest good wear resistance.","PeriodicalId":213025,"journal":{"name":"2019 International Conference on Electronics Packaging (ICEP)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2019 International Conference on Electronics Packaging (ICEP)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.23919/ICEP.2019.8733531","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This study uses a novel fabrication method of thin metal coatings by Ni electroplating combining ultrasonic agitation with supercritical CO2 (US-SC-CO2) mixed into conventional electrolyte. Coatings were also produced by the conventional and regular SC-CO2 electroplating methods for comparison. The characteristics obtained from the three fabrication methods such as surface morphology, hardness, roughness; crystallographic orientation, grain size; wear and corrosion resistance were all individually analyzed. Results show that plating quality achieved by US-SC-CO2 method is superior to that of regular SC-CO2 and conventional methods. With US-SC-CO2 process we achieved smoother and more compact surface morphologies, smaller grain size, lower surface roughness and higher microhardness, which also suggest good wear resistance.