{"title":"Effects of In nanoparticles on melting characteristics, microstructure, and shear strength of Sn58Bi solder","authors":"Lei Sun, Peng He, Shuye Zhang, Liang Zhang","doi":"10.1007/s10854-025-14835-7","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The melting characteristics, microstructure, and shear strength of Sn58Bi solder with varying amounts of In nanoparticles were investigated. The results show that the peak temperature of Sn58Bi solder can be significantly reduced by adding In nanoparticles. Compared to the Sn58Bi solder, the peak temperature of Sn58Bi–1.0In solder decreased from 144.2 to 141.5 °C. With the addition of In nanoparticles, the microstructure of Sn58Bi solder joints was refined, and the growth of intermetallic compound (IMC) layer at the interface was effectively inhibited. When the content of In nanoparticles reached 1.0 wt%, the thickness of IMC layer was reduced from initial values of 6.2 μm (upper end) and 6.9 μm (lower end) to 4.9 μm and 5.1 μm, respectively. In addition, shear test results indicate that the Sn58Bi–1.0In solder joints exhibit optimal mechanical performance, achieving an average shear strength of 41.2 MPa, which represents a 17.4% enhancement compared to the Sn58Bi solder joints.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":646,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics","volume":"36 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8000,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10854-025-14835-7","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The melting characteristics, microstructure, and shear strength of Sn58Bi solder with varying amounts of In nanoparticles were investigated. The results show that the peak temperature of Sn58Bi solder can be significantly reduced by adding In nanoparticles. Compared to the Sn58Bi solder, the peak temperature of Sn58Bi–1.0In solder decreased from 144.2 to 141.5 °C. With the addition of In nanoparticles, the microstructure of Sn58Bi solder joints was refined, and the growth of intermetallic compound (IMC) layer at the interface was effectively inhibited. When the content of In nanoparticles reached 1.0 wt%, the thickness of IMC layer was reduced from initial values of 6.2 μm (upper end) and 6.9 μm (lower end) to 4.9 μm and 5.1 μm, respectively. In addition, shear test results indicate that the Sn58Bi–1.0In solder joints exhibit optimal mechanical performance, achieving an average shear strength of 41.2 MPa, which represents a 17.4% enhancement compared to the Sn58Bi solder joints.
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The Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics is an established refereed companion to the Journal of Materials Science. It publishes papers on materials and their applications in modern electronics, covering the ground between fundamental science, such as semiconductor physics, and work concerned specifically with applications. It explores the growth and preparation of new materials, as well as their processing, fabrication, bonding and encapsulation, together with the reliability, failure analysis, quality assurance and characterization related to the whole range of applications in electronics. The Journal presents papers in newly developing fields such as low dimensional structures and devices, optoelectronics including III-V compounds, glasses and linear/non-linear crystal materials and lasers, high Tc superconductors, conducting polymers, thick film materials and new contact technologies, as well as the established electronics device and circuit materials.