Abstract
In this work, solid-state metal transport from internal metal nanolayers onto the surface of metal/ceramic nano-multi-layers (NMLs) has been directed in a controlled way by femtosecond (fs) laser irradiation and subsequent low temperature thermal annealing. Laser irradiation induced modifications of the NML microstructures and stress states can be limited within the first few top nanolayers due to the focused laser energy input at the metal/ceramic interface by exploiting the local plasmonic effect. Accompanied laser peening can further refine the crystallites and introduce compressive stress at the laser-irradiated region, which reduces the activation energies for vacancy formation and migration of metal atoms in the nano-confinement. Patterned Cu surface nanostructures (outflow) appear selectively along the laser path after air annealing at temperatures down to 360 ℃. For the solid-state diffusion of Cu in confinement, in-plane metal transport along the Cu-AlN interfaces is much faster than the outward ...
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