Title: “Lattice Strain Matching”‐Enabled Nanocomposite Design to Harness the Exceptional Mechanical Properties of Nanomaterials in Bulk Forms

Abstract

Abstract Nanosized materials are known to have the ability to withstand ultralarge elastic strains (4–10%) and to have ultrahigh strengths approaching their theoretical limits. However, it is a long‐standing challenge to harnessing their exceptional intrinsic mechanical properties in bulk forms. This is commonly known as “the valley of death” in nanocomposite design. In 2013, a breakthrough was made to overcome this challenge by using a martensitic phase transforming matrix to create a composite in which ultralarge elastic lattice strains up to 6.7% are achieved in Nb nanoribbons embedded in it. This breakthrough was enabled by a novel concept of phase transformation assisted lattice strain matching between the uniform ultralarge elastic strains (4–10%) of nanomaterials and the uniform crystallographic lattice distortion strains (4–10%) of the martensitic phase transformation of the matrix. This novel concept has opened new opportunities for developing materials of exceptional mechanical properties or enhanced functional properties that are not possible before. The work in progress in this research over the past six years is reported.

Authors:

Zhang, Junsong ^[1]; Liu, Yinong  ^[1];

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Cui, Lishan ^[2]; Hao, Shijie ^[2]; Jiang, Daqiang ^[2]; Yu, Kaiyuan ^[2]; Mao, Shengcheng ^[3]; Ren, Yang ^[4]; Yang, Hong ^[1]

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1. Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of Western Australia Perth WA 6009 Australia
2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering China University of Petroleum‐Beijing Changping Beijing 102249 China
3. Beijing Key Laboratory of Microstructure and Property of Advanced Materials Beijing University of Technology Beijing 100124 China
4. X‐ray Science Division Argonne National Laboratory Argonne IL 60439 USA

Publication Date:

Thu Sep 19 00:00:00 EDT 2019

Sponsoring Org.:

USDOE

OSTI Identifier:

1562971

Resource Type:

Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:

Advanced Materials

Additional Journal Information:

Journal Name: Advanced Materials Journal Volume: 32 Journal Issue: 18; Journal ID: ISSN 0935-9648

Publisher:

Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)

Country of Publication:

Germany

Language:

English