Making metals linear super-elastic with ultralow modulus and nearly zero hysteresis

Zhu, Jiaming; Gao, Yipeng; Wang, Dong; Li, Ju; Zhang, Tong-Yi; Wang, Yunzhi

doi:10.1039/C8MH01141A

Making metals linear super-elastic with ultralow modulus and nearly zero hysteresis

Journal Article · Mon Mar 18 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Materials Horizons

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/C8MH01141A· OSTI ID:1486894

Zhu, Jiaming ^[1]; Gao, Yipeng ^[2]; Wang, Dong ^[1]; ^[3]; Zhang, Tong-Yi ^[4]; Wang, Yunzhi ^[2]

Center of Microstructure Science, Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
Materials Genome Institute, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China

We demonstrate a novel materials design approach to achieve unprecedented properties by utilizing nanoscale chemo-mechanical coupling. In particular, by using computer simulations we demonstrate how to engineer ultralow modulus (12 GPa), nearly hysteresisfree, and linear super-elastic metals with a giant elastic strain limit (2.7%) by creating appropriate concentration modulations (CMs) at the nanoscale in the parent phase and by pre-straining to regulate the stress-induced martensitic transformation (MT). The nanoscale CMs created via spinodal decomposition produce corresponding phase stability modulations, suppress autocatalysis in nucleation, impose nano-confinements on growth, and hinder long-range ordering of transformation strain during the MT, which changes the otherwise sharp first-order transition into a smeared, macroscopically continuous transition over a large stress range. The pre-straining generates retained martensitic particles that are stable at the test temperature after unloading and act as operational nuclei in subsequent load cycles, eliminating the stress–strain hysteresis and offering an ultralow apparent Young’s modulus. Materials with a high strength and an ultralow apparent Young’s modulus have great potential for application in orthopaedic implants.

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Research Organization:: The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0001258

OSTI ID:: 1486894

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1610547

Journal Information:: Materials Horizons, Journal Name: Materials Horizons Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 6; ISSN 2051-6347; ISSN MHAOAL

Publisher:: Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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