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Title: Achieving large linear elasticity and high strength in bulk nanocompsite via synergistic effect

Abstract

Elastic strain in bulk metallic materials is usually limited to only a fraction of 1%. Developing bulk metallic materials showing large linear elasticity and high strength has proven to be difficult. Here, based on the synergistic effect between nanowires and orientated martensite NiTi shape memory alloy, we developed an in-situ Nb nanowires-orientated martensitic NiTi matrix composite showing an ultra-large linear elastic strain of 4% and an ultrahigh yield strength of 1.8 GPa. This material also has a high mechanical energy storage efficiency of 96% and a high energy storage density of 36 J/cm3 that is almost one order of larger than that of spring steel. It is demonstrated that the synergistic effect allows the exceptional mechanical properties of nanowires to be harvested at macro scale and the mechanical properties of matrix to be greatly improved, resulting in these superior properties. This research provides new avenues for developing advanced composites with superior properties by using effective synergistic effect between components.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [1];  [1];  [3];  [4]
  1. China Univ. of Petroleum, Beijing (China). State Key Lab. of Heavy Oil Processing.
  2. Univ. of Western Australia, Crawley (Australia). School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering.
  3. Northern Illinois Univ., De Kalb, IL (United States). Dept. of Physics.
  4. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1201551
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1239626
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Scientific Reports
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; composites; nanowires

Citation Formats

Hao, Shijie, Cui, Lishan, Guo, Fangmin, Liu, Yinong, Shi, Xiaobin, Jiang, Daqiang, Brown, Dennis E., and Ren, Yang. Achieving large linear elasticity and high strength in bulk nanocompsite via synergistic effect. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1038/srep08892.
Hao, Shijie, Cui, Lishan, Guo, Fangmin, Liu, Yinong, Shi, Xiaobin, Jiang, Daqiang, Brown, Dennis E., & Ren, Yang. Achieving large linear elasticity and high strength in bulk nanocompsite via synergistic effect. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep08892
Hao, Shijie, Cui, Lishan, Guo, Fangmin, Liu, Yinong, Shi, Xiaobin, Jiang, Daqiang, Brown, Dennis E., and Ren, Yang. 2015. "Achieving large linear elasticity and high strength in bulk nanocompsite via synergistic effect". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep08892. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1201551.
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title = {Achieving large linear elasticity and high strength in bulk nanocompsite via synergistic effect},
author = {Hao, Shijie and Cui, Lishan and Guo, Fangmin and Liu, Yinong and Shi, Xiaobin and Jiang, Daqiang and Brown, Dennis E. and Ren, Yang},
abstractNote = {Elastic strain in bulk metallic materials is usually limited to only a fraction of 1%. Developing bulk metallic materials showing large linear elasticity and high strength has proven to be difficult. Here, based on the synergistic effect between nanowires and orientated martensite NiTi shape memory alloy, we developed an in-situ Nb nanowires-orientated martensitic NiTi matrix composite showing an ultra-large linear elastic strain of 4% and an ultrahigh yield strength of 1.8 GPa. This material also has a high mechanical energy storage efficiency of 96% and a high energy storage density of 36 J/cm3 that is almost one order of larger than that of spring steel. It is demonstrated that the synergistic effect allows the exceptional mechanical properties of nanowires to be harvested at macro scale and the mechanical properties of matrix to be greatly improved, resulting in these superior properties. This research provides new avenues for developing advanced composites with superior properties by using effective synergistic effect between components.},
doi = {10.1038/srep08892},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1201551}, journal = {Scientific Reports},
issn = {2045-2322},
number = ,
volume = 5,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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