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Title: Hierarchical nanotwins in single-crystal-like nickel with high strength and corrosion resistance produced via a hybrid technique

Abstract

High-density growth nanotwins enable high-strength and good ductility in metallic materials. However, twinning propensity is greatly reduced in metals with high stacking fault energy. In this study, we adopted a hybrid technique coupled with template-directed heteroepitaxial growth method to fabricate single-crystal-like, nanotwinned (nt) Ni. The nt Ni primarily contains hierarchical twin structures that consist of coherent and incoherent twin boundary segments with few conventional grain boundaries. In situ compression studies show the nt Ni has a high flow strength of ~2 GPa and good deformability. Moreover, the nt Ni has superb corrosion behavior due to the unique twin structure in comparison to coarse grained and nanocrystalline counterparts. The hybrid technique opens the door for the fabrication of a wide variety of single-crystal-like nt metals with unique mechanical and chemical properties.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [2];  [1]; ORCiD logo [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [3];  [1]; ORCiD logo [1];  [4]; ORCiD logo [5]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States). School of Materials Engineering
  2. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  3. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Materials Science & Technology Division
  4. Univ. of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science
  5. Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States). School of Materials Engineering and School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1650167
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1579977
Report Number(s):
SAND-2020-8423J
Journal ID: ISSN 2040-3364; 689933
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000; SC0016337; NA-0003525
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nanoscale
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 12; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 2040-3364
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; hierarchical nanotwins; hybrid technique; nickel; mechanical property; corrosion

Citation Formats

Li, Qiang, Xue, Sichuang, Price, Patrick, Sun, Xing, Ding, Jie, Shang, Zhongxia, Fan, Zhe, Wang, Han, Zhang, Yifan, Chen, Youxing, Wang, Haiyan, Hattar, Khalid, and Zhang, Xinghang. Hierarchical nanotwins in single-crystal-like nickel with high strength and corrosion resistance produced via a hybrid technique. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1039/c9nr07472d.
Li, Qiang, Xue, Sichuang, Price, Patrick, Sun, Xing, Ding, Jie, Shang, Zhongxia, Fan, Zhe, Wang, Han, Zhang, Yifan, Chen, Youxing, Wang, Haiyan, Hattar, Khalid, & Zhang, Xinghang. Hierarchical nanotwins in single-crystal-like nickel with high strength and corrosion resistance produced via a hybrid technique. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9nr07472d
Li, Qiang, Xue, Sichuang, Price, Patrick, Sun, Xing, Ding, Jie, Shang, Zhongxia, Fan, Zhe, Wang, Han, Zhang, Yifan, Chen, Youxing, Wang, Haiyan, Hattar, Khalid, and Zhang, Xinghang. Fri . "Hierarchical nanotwins in single-crystal-like nickel with high strength and corrosion resistance produced via a hybrid technique". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9nr07472d. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1650167.
@article{osti_1650167,
title = {Hierarchical nanotwins in single-crystal-like nickel with high strength and corrosion resistance produced via a hybrid technique},
author = {Li, Qiang and Xue, Sichuang and Price, Patrick and Sun, Xing and Ding, Jie and Shang, Zhongxia and Fan, Zhe and Wang, Han and Zhang, Yifan and Chen, Youxing and Wang, Haiyan and Hattar, Khalid and Zhang, Xinghang},
abstractNote = {High-density growth nanotwins enable high-strength and good ductility in metallic materials. However, twinning propensity is greatly reduced in metals with high stacking fault energy. In this study, we adopted a hybrid technique coupled with template-directed heteroepitaxial growth method to fabricate single-crystal-like, nanotwinned (nt) Ni. The nt Ni primarily contains hierarchical twin structures that consist of coherent and incoherent twin boundary segments with few conventional grain boundaries. In situ compression studies show the nt Ni has a high flow strength of ~2 GPa and good deformability. Moreover, the nt Ni has superb corrosion behavior due to the unique twin structure in comparison to coarse grained and nanocrystalline counterparts. The hybrid technique opens the door for the fabrication of a wide variety of single-crystal-like nt metals with unique mechanical and chemical properties.},
doi = {10.1039/c9nr07472d},
journal = {Nanoscale},
number = 3,
volume = 12,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {12}
}

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