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Title: Combinatorial Exploration and Mapping of Phase Transformation in a Ni–Ti–Co Thin Film Library

Abstract

Combinatorial synthesis and high-throughput characterization of a Ni–Ti–Co thin film materials library are reported for exploration of reversible martensitic transformation. The library was prepared by magnetron co-sputtering, annealed in vacuum at 500 °C without atmospheric exposure, and evaluated for shape memory behavior as an indicator of transformation. Composition, structure, and transformation behavior of the 177 pads in the library were characterized using high-throughput wavelength dispersive spectroscopy (WDS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and four-point probe temperature-dependent resistance (R(T)) measurements. A new, expanded composition space having phase transformation with low thermal hysteresis and Co > 10 at. % is found. Unsupervised machine learning methods of hierarchical clustering were employed to streamline data processing of the large XRD and XPS data sets. Through cluster analysis of XRD data, we identified and mapped the constituent structural phases. Finally, composition–structure–property maps for the ternary system are made to correlate the functional properties to the local microstructure and composition of the Ni–Ti–Co thin film library.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [3];  [4];  [2];  [4]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [4]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
  2. Kratos Analytical Limited, Manchester (United Kingdom)
  3. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
  4. Ruhr-Univ., Bochum (Germany)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1769351
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-76SF00515; DGE 1322106
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
ACS Combinatorial Science
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 22; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 2156-8952
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Ni-Ti-Co; shape memory alloys; elastocaloric cooling; property mapping; machine learning; cluster analysis

Citation Formats

Al Hasan, Naila M., Hou, Huilong, Gao, Tieren, Counsell, Jonathan, Sarker, Suchismita, Thienhaus, Sigurd, Walton, Edward, Decker, Peer, Mehta, Apurva, Ludwig, Alfred, and Takeuchi, Ichiro. Combinatorial Exploration and Mapping of Phase Transformation in a Ni–Ti–Co Thin Film Library. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1021/acscombsci.0c00097.
Al Hasan, Naila M., Hou, Huilong, Gao, Tieren, Counsell, Jonathan, Sarker, Suchismita, Thienhaus, Sigurd, Walton, Edward, Decker, Peer, Mehta, Apurva, Ludwig, Alfred, & Takeuchi, Ichiro. Combinatorial Exploration and Mapping of Phase Transformation in a Ni–Ti–Co Thin Film Library. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscombsci.0c00097
Al Hasan, Naila M., Hou, Huilong, Gao, Tieren, Counsell, Jonathan, Sarker, Suchismita, Thienhaus, Sigurd, Walton, Edward, Decker, Peer, Mehta, Apurva, Ludwig, Alfred, and Takeuchi, Ichiro. Tue . "Combinatorial Exploration and Mapping of Phase Transformation in a Ni–Ti–Co Thin Film Library". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscombsci.0c00097. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1769351.
@article{osti_1769351,
title = {Combinatorial Exploration and Mapping of Phase Transformation in a Ni–Ti–Co Thin Film Library},
author = {Al Hasan, Naila M. and Hou, Huilong and Gao, Tieren and Counsell, Jonathan and Sarker, Suchismita and Thienhaus, Sigurd and Walton, Edward and Decker, Peer and Mehta, Apurva and Ludwig, Alfred and Takeuchi, Ichiro},
abstractNote = {Combinatorial synthesis and high-throughput characterization of a Ni–Ti–Co thin film materials library are reported for exploration of reversible martensitic transformation. The library was prepared by magnetron co-sputtering, annealed in vacuum at 500 °C without atmospheric exposure, and evaluated for shape memory behavior as an indicator of transformation. Composition, structure, and transformation behavior of the 177 pads in the library were characterized using high-throughput wavelength dispersive spectroscopy (WDS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and four-point probe temperature-dependent resistance (R(T)) measurements. A new, expanded composition space having phase transformation with low thermal hysteresis and Co > 10 at. % is found. Unsupervised machine learning methods of hierarchical clustering were employed to streamline data processing of the large XRD and XPS data sets. Through cluster analysis of XRD data, we identified and mapped the constituent structural phases. Finally, composition–structure–property maps for the ternary system are made to correlate the functional properties to the local microstructure and composition of the Ni–Ti–Co thin film library.},
doi = {10.1021/acscombsci.0c00097},
journal = {ACS Combinatorial Science},
number = 11,
volume = 22,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}

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