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Strengthening and softening of nanocrystalline nickel during multistep nanoindentation

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Letters
OSTI ID:989674
Multistep load-unload nanoindentation was employed to address the effect of deformation-induced microstructural evolution on mechanical behavior of nanocrystalline Ni. Deformation discontinuity was deliberately introduced by unloading-reloading during nanoindentation testing, which allows us to examine the influence of microstructural evolution on the successive deformation. Strain strengthening/softening of nanocrystalline nickel, associated with the transition of deformation behavior from dislocation activity at high loading rates to a grain-boundary-mediated process at low loading rates, was uncovered by means of this experimental methodology.
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
Sponsoring Organization:
ORNL LDRD Director's R&D
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
989674
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 16 Vol. 88; ISSN APPLAB; ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English