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Title: Functional Materials Under Stress: In Situ TEM Observations of Structural Evolution

Abstract

The operating conditions of functional materials usually involve varying stress fields, resulting in structural changes, whether intentional or undesirable. Complex multiscale microstructures including defects, domains, and new phases, can be induced by mechanical loading in functional materials, providing fundamental insight into the deformation process of the involved materials. On the other hand, these microstructures, if induced in a controllable fashion, can be used to tune the functional properties or to enhance certain performance. In situ nanomechanical tests conducted in scanning/transmission electron microscopes (STEM/TEM) provide a critical tool for understanding the microstructural evolution in functional materials. In our study, select results on a variety of functional material systems in the field are presented, with a brief introduction into some newly developed multichannel experimental capabilities to demonstrate the impact of these techniques.

Authors:
 [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [4];  [4];  [4];  [4];  [2];  [5];  [1];  [6];  [6];  [2]
  1. Nanjing Univ. (China)
  2. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
  3. Austrian Academy of Sciences, Leoben (Austria)
  4. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  5. Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)
  6. Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai (China)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Provice, China; US Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division
OSTI Identifier:
1581390
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1607565
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; 50802039; BK20151382; U1530402; U1732120; N00014-12-1-0413; N00014-17-1-2283; AC02‐05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Advanced Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 32; Journal Issue: 27; Journal ID: ISSN 0935-9648
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 4D-STEM; functional materials; in situ; microstructures; transmission electron microscopy

Citation Formats

Deng, Yu, Zhang, Ruopeng, Pekin, Thomas C., Gammer, Christoph, Ciston, Jim, Ophus, Colin, Ercius, Peter, Bustillo, Karen, Song, Chengyu, Zhao, Shiteng, Guo, Hua, Zhao, Yunlei, Dong, Hongliang, Chen, Zhiqiang, and Minor, Andrew M. Functional Materials Under Stress: In Situ TEM Observations of Structural Evolution. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1002/adma.201906105.
Deng, Yu, Zhang, Ruopeng, Pekin, Thomas C., Gammer, Christoph, Ciston, Jim, Ophus, Colin, Ercius, Peter, Bustillo, Karen, Song, Chengyu, Zhao, Shiteng, Guo, Hua, Zhao, Yunlei, Dong, Hongliang, Chen, Zhiqiang, & Minor, Andrew M. Functional Materials Under Stress: In Situ TEM Observations of Structural Evolution. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201906105
Deng, Yu, Zhang, Ruopeng, Pekin, Thomas C., Gammer, Christoph, Ciston, Jim, Ophus, Colin, Ercius, Peter, Bustillo, Karen, Song, Chengyu, Zhao, Shiteng, Guo, Hua, Zhao, Yunlei, Dong, Hongliang, Chen, Zhiqiang, and Minor, Andrew M. Wed . "Functional Materials Under Stress: In Situ TEM Observations of Structural Evolution". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201906105. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1581390.
@article{osti_1581390,
title = {Functional Materials Under Stress: In Situ TEM Observations of Structural Evolution},
author = {Deng, Yu and Zhang, Ruopeng and Pekin, Thomas C. and Gammer, Christoph and Ciston, Jim and Ophus, Colin and Ercius, Peter and Bustillo, Karen and Song, Chengyu and Zhao, Shiteng and Guo, Hua and Zhao, Yunlei and Dong, Hongliang and Chen, Zhiqiang and Minor, Andrew M.},
abstractNote = {The operating conditions of functional materials usually involve varying stress fields, resulting in structural changes, whether intentional or undesirable. Complex multiscale microstructures including defects, domains, and new phases, can be induced by mechanical loading in functional materials, providing fundamental insight into the deformation process of the involved materials. On the other hand, these microstructures, if induced in a controllable fashion, can be used to tune the functional properties or to enhance certain performance. In situ nanomechanical tests conducted in scanning/transmission electron microscopes (STEM/TEM) provide a critical tool for understanding the microstructural evolution in functional materials. In our study, select results on a variety of functional material systems in the field are presented, with a brief introduction into some newly developed multichannel experimental capabilities to demonstrate the impact of these techniques.},
doi = {10.1002/adma.201906105},
journal = {Advanced Materials},
number = 27,
volume = 32,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Nov 20 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Wed Nov 20 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}

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