Making metals linear super-elastic with ultralow modulus and nearly zero hysteresis
Abstract
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.
- Authors:
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- 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
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1486894
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1610547
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0001258; DMR-1410322; DMR-1410636
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Materials Horizons
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Materials Horizons Journal Volume: 6 Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 2051-6347
- Publisher:
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Chemistry; Materials Science
Citation Formats
Zhu, Jiaming, Gao, Yipeng, Wang, Dong, Li, Ju, Zhang, Tong-Yi, and Wang, Yunzhi. Making metals linear super-elastic with ultralow modulus and nearly zero hysteresis. United Kingdom: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1039/C8MH01141A.
Zhu, Jiaming, Gao, Yipeng, Wang, Dong, Li, Ju, Zhang, Tong-Yi, & Wang, Yunzhi. Making metals linear super-elastic with ultralow modulus and nearly zero hysteresis. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8MH01141A
Zhu, Jiaming, Gao, Yipeng, Wang, Dong, Li, Ju, Zhang, Tong-Yi, and Wang, Yunzhi. Mon .
"Making metals linear super-elastic with ultralow modulus and nearly zero hysteresis". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8MH01141A.
@article{osti_1486894,
title = {Making metals linear super-elastic with ultralow modulus and nearly zero hysteresis},
author = {Zhu, Jiaming and Gao, Yipeng and Wang, Dong and Li, Ju and Zhang, Tong-Yi and Wang, Yunzhi},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1039/C8MH01141A},
journal = {Materials Horizons},
number = 3,
volume = 6,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Mon Mar 18 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Mon Mar 18 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
https://doi.org/10.1039/C8MH01141A
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