Cu-alloying effect on structure stability of electrodeposited gold-based micro-cantilever evaluated by long-term vibration test

Alloy Electroplating and Young’s Modulus Characterization of AuCu Alloy Microcantilevers

“…6 A study on evaluating long-term structural stability of electroplated AuCu alloy microcantilevers reveals that the cantilevers stayed intact after 10 million cycles of vibration. 11,12 Young's modulus is another essential parameter for design of movable components in electronic devices, such as micro-springs having the length at hundreds of micrometer and the width at tens of micrometer in a MEMS inertial sensor. 1,13 Metallic materials are known to have the sample size effect.…”