Epitaxial nanotwinned metals and alloys: synthesis-twin structure–property relations
Abstract
Extensive studies have been performed to understand the structure–property relationship in nanotwinned (NT) metals, where the average twin thickness or twin spacing is less than 100 nm. NT metals may have high strength, ductility, good electrical conductivity and corrosion resistance and have promising applications in microelectronics, structural materials and coatings for gas and oil industry. Most prior studies focus on the computational and experimental investigations of NT metals with low stacking fault energy (SFE) and often in polycrystalline forms. In this highlight, we review recent findings on epitaxial growth of NT metals and alloys with low and high SFEs deposited on single crystal substrates, and focus primarily on advancing our comprehension towards tailoring the microstructures and properties of NT metals via extrinsic factors, including the synthesis technique, parametric control and growth template, and intrinsic factors, such as SFE and thermodynamic, kinetic alloying effects. The review intends to illuminate how to synthesize and design epitaxial NT structures to achieve desirable properties.
- Authors:
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- Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States); Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
- Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States); Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
- Univ. of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1846514
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1819247
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; SC0016337
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- CrystEngComm
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 23; Journal Issue: 38; Journal ID: ISSN 1466-8033
- Publisher:
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
Citation Formats
Li, Qiang, Xue, Sichuang, Fan, Cuncai, Richter, Nicholas A., Zhang, Yifan, Chen, Youxing, Wang, Haiyan, and Zhang, Xinghang. Epitaxial nanotwinned metals and alloys: synthesis-twin structure–property relations. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1039/d1ce00787d.
Li, Qiang, Xue, Sichuang, Fan, Cuncai, Richter, Nicholas A., Zhang, Yifan, Chen, Youxing, Wang, Haiyan, & Zhang, Xinghang. Epitaxial nanotwinned metals and alloys: synthesis-twin structure–property relations. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ce00787d
Li, Qiang, Xue, Sichuang, Fan, Cuncai, Richter, Nicholas A., Zhang, Yifan, Chen, Youxing, Wang, Haiyan, and Zhang, Xinghang. Tue .
"Epitaxial nanotwinned metals and alloys: synthesis-twin structure–property relations". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ce00787d. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1846514.
@article{osti_1846514,
title = {Epitaxial nanotwinned metals and alloys: synthesis-twin structure–property relations},
author = {Li, Qiang and Xue, Sichuang and Fan, Cuncai and Richter, Nicholas A. and Zhang, Yifan and Chen, Youxing and Wang, Haiyan and Zhang, Xinghang},
abstractNote = {Extensive studies have been performed to understand the structure–property relationship in nanotwinned (NT) metals, where the average twin thickness or twin spacing is less than 100 nm. NT metals may have high strength, ductility, good electrical conductivity and corrosion resistance and have promising applications in microelectronics, structural materials and coatings for gas and oil industry. Most prior studies focus on the computational and experimental investigations of NT metals with low stacking fault energy (SFE) and often in polycrystalline forms. In this highlight, we review recent findings on epitaxial growth of NT metals and alloys with low and high SFEs deposited on single crystal substrates, and focus primarily on advancing our comprehension towards tailoring the microstructures and properties of NT metals via extrinsic factors, including the synthesis technique, parametric control and growth template, and intrinsic factors, such as SFE and thermodynamic, kinetic alloying effects. The review intends to illuminate how to synthesize and design epitaxial NT structures to achieve desirable properties.},
doi = {10.1039/d1ce00787d},
journal = {CrystEngComm},
number = 38,
volume = 23,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Aug 17 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Tue Aug 17 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}
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