Generating gradient germanium nanostructures by shock-induced amorphization and crystallization
Abstract
Gradient nanostructures are attracting considerable interest due to their potential to obtain superior structural and functional properties of materials. Applying powerful laser-driven shocks (stresses of up to one-third million atmospheres, or 33 gigapascals) to germanium, we report here a complex gradient nanostructure consisting of, near the surface, nanocrystals with high density of nanotwins. Beyond there, the structure exhibits arrays of amorphous bands which are preceded by planar defects such as stacking faults generated by partial dislocations. At a lower shock stress, the surface region of the recovered target is completely amorphous. We propose that germanium undergoes amorphization above a threshold stress and that the deformation-generated heat leads to nanocrystallization. These experiments are corroborated by molecular dynamics simulations which show that supersonic partial dislocation bursts play a role in triggering the crystalline-to-amorphous transition.
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- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division
- Contributing Org.:
- Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1377093
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1414697; OSTI ID: 1462273; OSTI ID: 1476238
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- DE-UCSD-NA0002080; LLNL-JRNL-741090
Journal ID: ISSN 0027-8424
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- AC05-00OR22725; 09-LR-06-118456-MEYM; NA0002930; LFR-17-449059; AC52-07NA27344; NA0002080
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- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Journal Volume: 114 Journal Issue: 37; Journal ID: ISSN 0027-8424
- Publisher:
- National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC (United States)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; amorphization; laser shock; nanocrystallization; germanium; gradient materials
Citation Formats
Zhao, Shiteng, Kad, Bimal, Wehrenberg, Christopher E., Remington, Bruce A., Hahn, Eric N., More, Karren L., and Meyers, Marc A. Generating gradient germanium nanostructures by shock-induced amorphization and crystallization. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1073/pnas.1708853114.
Zhao, Shiteng, Kad, Bimal, Wehrenberg, Christopher E., Remington, Bruce A., Hahn, Eric N., More, Karren L., & Meyers, Marc A. Generating gradient germanium nanostructures by shock-induced amorphization and crystallization. United States. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1708853114
Zhao, Shiteng, Kad, Bimal, Wehrenberg, Christopher E., Remington, Bruce A., Hahn, Eric N., More, Karren L., and Meyers, Marc A. Mon .
"Generating gradient germanium nanostructures by shock-induced amorphization and crystallization". United States. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1708853114.
@article{osti_1377093,
title = {Generating gradient germanium nanostructures by shock-induced amorphization and crystallization},
author = {Zhao, Shiteng and Kad, Bimal and Wehrenberg, Christopher E. and Remington, Bruce A. and Hahn, Eric N. and More, Karren L. and Meyers, Marc A.},
abstractNote = {Gradient nanostructures are attracting considerable interest due to their potential to obtain superior structural and functional properties of materials. Applying powerful laser-driven shocks (stresses of up to one-third million atmospheres, or 33 gigapascals) to germanium, we report here a complex gradient nanostructure consisting of, near the surface, nanocrystals with high density of nanotwins. Beyond there, the structure exhibits arrays of amorphous bands which are preceded by planar defects such as stacking faults generated by partial dislocations. At a lower shock stress, the surface region of the recovered target is completely amorphous. We propose that germanium undergoes amorphization above a threshold stress and that the deformation-generated heat leads to nanocrystallization. These experiments are corroborated by molecular dynamics simulations which show that supersonic partial dislocation bursts play a role in triggering the crystalline-to-amorphous transition.},
doi = {10.1073/pnas.1708853114},
journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
number = 37,
volume = 114,
place = {United States},
year = {2017},
month = {8}
}
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