Irradiation-Induced Extremes Create Hierarchical Face-/Body-Centered-Cubic Phases in Nanostructured High Entropy Alloys

Jiang, Li; Hu, Yong Jie; Sun, Kai; Xiu, Pengyuan; Song, Miao; Zhang, Yanwen; Boldman, Walker; Crespillo, Miguel L.; Rack, Philip D.; Qi, Liang; Weber, William J.; Wang, Lumin

doi:10.1002/adma.202002652

Irradiation-Induced Extremes Create Hierarchical Face-/Body-Centered-Cubic Phases in Nanostructured High Entropy Alloys

Journal Article · Thu Aug 20 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Advanced Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202002652· OSTI ID:1694383

^[1]; Hu, Yong Jie ^[1]; Sun, Kai ^[1]; Xiu, Pengyuan ^[1]; Song, Miao ^[1]; ^[2]; Boldman, Walker ^[3]; Crespillo, Miguel L. ^[3]; ^[4]; Qi, Liang ^[1]; ^[5]; Wang, Lumin ^[1]

Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

A nanoscale hierarchical dual-phase structure is reported to form in a nanocrystalline NiFeCoCrCu high-entropy-alloy (HEA) film via ion irradiation. Under the extreme energy deposition and consequent thermal energy dissipation induced by energetic particles, a fundamentally new phenomenon is revealed, in which the original single-phase face-centered-cubic (FCC) structure partially transforms into alternating nanometer layers of a body-centered-cubic (BCC) structure. The orientation relationship follows the Nishiyama–Wasser-man relationship, that is, (011)_BCC || (1¯1¯1)_FCC and [100]_BCC || [11¯0]_FCC. Simulation results indicate that Cr, as a BCC stabilizing element, exhibits a tendency to segregate to the stacking faults (SFs). Furthermore, the high densities of SFs and twin boundaries in each nanocrystalline grain serve to accelerate the nucleation and growth of the BCC phase during irradiation. By adjusting the irradiation parameters, desired thicknesses of the FCC and BCC phases in the laminates can be achieved. Finally, this work demonstrates the controlled formation of an attractive dual-phase nanolaminate structure under ion irradiation and provides a strategy for designing new derivate structures of HEAs.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1694383

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1648574
OSTI ID: 1872834

Journal Information:: Advanced Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Materials Journal Issue: 39 Vol. 32; ISSN 0935-9648

Publisher:: WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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