Journal Publications
- Y. Fan, Y. Wu, T. Dale, S. Lakshminarayana, C. Greene, N. Badwe, R. Aspandiar, J. Blendell, G. Subbarayan, C. Handwerker, Influence of Pad Surface Finish on the Microstructure Evolution and Intermetallic Compound Growth in Homogeneous Sn-Bi and Sn-Bi-Ag Solder Interconnects, Journal of Electronic Materials, 50, 6615–6628, 2021.
- N. Badwe, S. Wozny, P. Daharwal, T. Rawlings, P. Diglio, M. Renavikar, P. Tadayon, High temperature fatigue and mechanical properties of electrodeposited Ni-based nanocrystalline alloys, Materialia, 18, 101136, 2021.
- X. Chen, E. Karasz, N. Badwe, K. Sieradzki, Dynamic fracture and dealloying induced stress-corrosion cracking, Corrosion Science, 187, 109503 (2021).
- N. Badwe, X. Chen, D. Schreiber, M. Oltza, E. Karasz, A. Tse, S. Bruemmer, K. Sieradzki, Decoupling the role of stress and corrosion in the intergranular cracking of noble-metal alloys, Nature Materials, 17, 887–893 (2018).
- N. Badwe, X. Chen, K. Sieradzki, Mechanical properties of nanoporous gold in tension, Acta Materialia, 129, 251-258 (2017).
- N. Badwe, R. Mahajan, K. Sieradzki, Interfacial fracture strength and toughness of copper/epoxy-resin interfaces, Acta Materialia, 103, 512–518 (2016).
- S. Sun, X. Chen, N. Badwe, K. Sieradzki, Potential dependent dynamic fracture in nanoporous gold, Nature Materials, 14, 894–898 (2015).
Conference Proceedings
- K. Young, N. Badwe, R. Aspandiar, S. Walwadkar, Y.W. Lee, T.K. Lee, Low melting temperature solder interconnect thermal cycling performance enhancement using elemental tuning, SMTA International 2022 (Accepted).
- K. Young, R. Aspandiar, N. Badwe, S. Walwadkar, Y.W. Lee, T.K. Lee, Thermal cycling induced interconnect stability degradation mechanism in low melting temperature solder joints. In 2022 IEEE 72nd Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC), 1199-1205, 2022.
- Y. Fan, S. Achar, C. Greene, H. Fowler, T. Dale, Y. Wu, N. Badwe, R. Aspandiar, J. Blendell, G. Subbarayan, C. Handwerker, Microalloying effects on intermetallic compound growth and mechanical reliability of Sn-Bi solder joints, SMTA International 2021.
- N. Badwe, P. Goonetilleke, R. Sidhu, J. Stafford, Thermal cycle and drop-shock performance of homogeneous LTS vs SAC solder joints, SMTA International 2020.
- Y. Fan, T. Dale, Y. Wu, N. Badwe, R. Aspandiar, J. Blendell, G. Subbarayan, C. Handwerker, Intermetallic Compound Growth and Gold Embrittlement Effect in Sn-Bi Low Temperature Solders in Contact with Electroless Nickel Emersion Gold (ENIG) Surface Finish, SMTA International 2020.
- N. Badwe, K. Byrd, O. Jin, P. Goonetilleke, Tin-Bismuth low temperature homogeneous second level interconnect solder joint microstructure, reliability, and failure mechanism, SMTA International, Chicago 2019.
- T. Harris, K. Byrd, N. Badwe, Root cause and solution to mitigate the hot tear defect mode in hybrid SAC-low temperature solder joints, SMTA International, Chicago 2019.
- A. Prasad, X. Chen, N. Badwe, K. Byrd, Low temperature solder paste transfer efficiency characterization and area ratio limits, SMTA International, Chicago 2019.
- N. Badwe, S. Cheng, S. Aravamudhan, M. Renavikar, Solder paste: fundamental material property/SMT performance correlation, SMTA International, Chicago 2018.
- S. Sahasrabudhe, S. Mokler, M. Renavikar, S. Sane, E. Brigham, K. Byrd, O. Jin, P. Goonetilleke, N. Badwe, S. Parupalli, Low temperature solder – a breakthrough technology for surface mounted devices, IEEE 68th Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC), San Diego 2018.
Conference Presentations
- Invited talk: N. Badwe, Evolution of Low Temperature Solders in the Recent Years, SMTA Workshop, Bangalore, 2023.
- T. K. Lee, N. Badwe, G. Baty, R. Aspandiar, Y. W. Lee, Low melting temperature solder interconnect: Thermomechanical performance enhancement using elemental tuning, TMS 2023 (Accepted)
- Invited Talk: K. Sieradzki, X. Chen, E. Karasz, N. Badwe, Dynamic fracture and dealloying induced stress-corrosion cracking, TMS 2021
- Y. Fan, Y. Wu, T. Dale, S. Achar, H. Fowler, N. Badwe, R. Aspandiar, J. Blendell, G. Subbarayan, C. Handwerker, Microalloying effects on intermetallic compound growth and mechanical reliability of Sn-Bi solder joints, TMS 2021.
- Invited Talk: N. Badwe, Future of interconnects: hybrid vs homogeneous low temperature solder joints, Advanced Microelectronic Packaging and Emerging Interconnect Materials Workshop at TMS, San Diego 2020.
- Y. Fan, Y. Wu, J. Blendell, N. Badwe, C. Handwerker, A model study of Bi diffusion and intermetallic growth in Sn-Bi low temperature soldering systems, TMS, San Diego 2020.
- Invited Talk: N. Badwe, Low melting temperature solder and interconnects: looking back to the Bi role in Sn base solder, Electronic Packaging and Interconnect Materials Workshop at TMS, San Antonio 2019.
- N. Badwe, Sn-Bi solders overview: material development, Bi supply and SMT impact, LTS Symposium at SMTAI, Chicago 2019.
- Invited Talk: Y. Fan, Y. Wu, J. Blendell, N. Badwe, C. Handwerker, Thermodynamic and kinetic effects on microstructure evolution in hybrid low temperature solder/high-Sn solder joints, IEEE 6th International Workshop on Low Temperature Bonding for 3D Integration (LTB-3D), Kanazawa, Japan 2019.
- Y. Fan, Y. Wu, J. Blendell, N. Badwe, C. Handwerker, A model study of microstructure evolution and Bi diffusion in Sn-Bi low temperature soldering systems, MS&T, Portland 2019.
- Invited Talk: K. Sieradzki, N. Badwe, X. Chen, E. Karasz, A. Tse, Dealloying induced stress corrosion cracking, TMS, Phoenix 2018.
- X. Chen, K. Sieradzki, N. Badwe, Mechanical properties of nanoporous gold, MRS Spring meeting, Phoenix 2016.
Book Chapter/Magazine Article
- R. Aspandiar, N. Badwe, K. Byrd, Low temperature lead free alloys and solder pastes, In J. Bath (Ed.), Lead-free soldering process development and reliability, John wiley & sons inc publisher, Jul 2020.
- N. Badwe, K. Byrd, O. Jin, P. Goonetilleke, Tin-Bismuth low temperature homogeneous second level interconnect solder joint microstructure, reliability, and failure mechanism, Circuit assembly magazine, Feb 2020.
Research Proposals
Responsibilities: Industry mentor/liaison; Mentoring, and guiding university research along with the respective PIs
- High melt – low melt solder interconnect structures for SMT applications, PI: Prof. E. Cotts, Binghamton University, Semiconductor research center (SRC) (2017 – 20).
- Low temperature solder systems – development and fundamental understanding, PIs: Prof. C. Handwerker, Prof. G. Subbarayan, Purdue University, Intel System Integration Strategic Research Sector (SRS) (2018 – 21).
- Reliable low temperature solder approach, PIs: Prof. Borgesen, Prof. Dimitrov, Binghamton University, CHIRP Center/Semiconductor research center (SRC) (2020 – 22).
- Development of local degradation index for thermal cycling joints based on pre-crack EBSD analysis, PI: Prof. Tae-Kyu Lee, Portland State University, Intel Corporation Funding (2020 – 21).
- Development of bicontinuous metallic nanocomposites through electrochemical approaches for interconnects and MEMS applications, IIT Kanpur seed grant funding, INR 25 Lakhs, (2022 - ), Ongoing, PI