In Situ TEM Tensile Testing of Bicrystals with Tailored Misorientation Angles

Kiani, Mehrdad T.; Gan, Lucia T.; Traylor, Rachel; Yang, Rui; Barr, Christopher M.; Hattar, Khalid; Fan, Jonathan A.; Wendy Gu, X.

doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2021.117505

In Situ TEM Tensile Testing of Bicrystals with Tailored Misorientation Angles

Journal Article · Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Acta Materialia

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2021.117505· OSTI ID:1833410

Kiani, Mehrdad T. ^[1]; Gan, Lucia T.; Traylor, Rachel; Yang, Rui; Barr, Christopher M.; Hattar, Khalid; Fan, Jonathan A.; Wendy Gu, X.

Stanford University

Grain boundaries have complex structural features that influence strength, ductility and fracture in metals and alloys. Grain boundary misorientation angle has been identified as a key parameter that controls their mechanical behavior, but the effect of misorientation angle has been challenging to isolate in polycrystalline materials. Here, we describe the use of bicrystal Au thin films made using a rapid melt growth process to study deformation at a single grain boundary. Tensile testing is performed on bicrystals with different misorientation angles using in situ TEM, as well as on a single crystalline sample. Plastic deformation is initiated through dislocation nucleation from free surfaces. Grain boundary sliding is not observed, and failure occurs away from the grain boundary through plastic collapse in all cases. The failure behavior in these nanoscale bicrystals does not appear to depend on the misorientation angle or grain boundary energy but instead has a more complex dependence on sample surface structure and dislocation activity.

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Research Organization:: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Stanford Univ., CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; NA0003525; SC0021075

OSTI ID:: 1833410

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1834116
OSTI ID: 1869369

Report Number(s):: SAND--2021-15072J

Journal Information:: Acta Materialia, Journal Name: Acta Materialia; ISSN 1359-6454

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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