‘Unzipping’ of twin lamella in nanotwinned nickel nanowires under flexural bending

Wang, Binjun; Zhang, Hongti; Lou, Jun; Lu, Yang

doi:10.1080/21663831.2017.1383317

Title: ‘Unzipping’ of twin lamella in nanotwinned nickel nanowires under flexural bending

Journal Article · 19 October 2017 · Materials Research Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21663831.2017.1383317 · OSTI ID:1510131

Wang, Binjun ^[1]; Zhang, Hongti ^[2]; Lou, Jun ^[3];

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City University of Hong Kong (China); Shanghai Institute of Technology (China)
City University of Hong Kong (China); Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center (NPMM) (China)
Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)

We report the fabrication of nickel nanowires with parallel growth-twin structures (‘twin lamella’ along the wire axis) by electrochemical deposition, and demonstrate an interesting twin ‘unzipping’ phenomenon in such nanotwinned nanowires under bending. Through in situ TEM, we found that ‘unzipping’ of twin lamella was achieved by gradually increasing twin spacing along the wire axis via a layer-by-layer twin boundary migration process. Molecular dynamics simulations suggest that partial dislocation slip is responsible for activating the ‘unzipping’, with a multi-step-process involving dislocation loop initiation, expansion and partially annihilation. Our work could provide new insights into the deformation mechanisms of nanotwinned 1-D metallic nanostructures.

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Research Organization:: Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0010688; FG02-13ER46967

OSTI ID:: 1510131

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1510478

Journal Information:: Materials Research Letters, Vol. 6, Issue 1; ISSN 2166-3831

Publisher:: Taylor and FrancisCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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‘Unzipping’ of twin lamella in nanotwinned nickel nanowires under flexural bending Wang, Binjun; Zhang, Hongti; Lou, Jun https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5518954 The current record is a supplement to this text	text	January 2017
‘Unzipping’ of twin lamella in nanotwinned nickel nanowires under flexural bending Wang, Binjun; Zhang, Hongti; Lou, Jun https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5518954 The current record is supplemented by this text	text	January 2017