Effects of helium implantation on the tensile properties and microstructure of Ni₇₃P₂₇ metallic glass nanostructures

Liontas, Rachel; Gu, X. Wendy; Fu, Engang; Wang, Yongqiang; Li, Nan; Mara, Nathan; Greer, Julia R.

doi:10.1021/nl502074d

Title: Effects of helium implantation on the tensile properties and microstructure of Ni₇₃P₂₇ metallic glass nanostructures

Journal Article · Wed Sep 10 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Nano Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/nl502074d· OSTI ID:1193293

Liontas, Rachel ^[1]; Gu, X. Wendy ^[1]; Fu, Engang ^[2]; Wang, Yongqiang ^[2]; Li, Nan ^[2]; Mara, Nathan ^[2]; Greer, Julia R. ^[1]

California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

We report fabrication and nanomechanical tension experiments on as-fabricated and helium-implanted ~130 nm diameter Ni₇₃P₂₇ metallic glass nano-cylinders. The nano-cylinders were fabricated by a templated electroplating process and implanted with He⁺ at energies of 50, 100, 150, and 200 keV to create a uniform helium concentration of ~3 at. % throughout the nano-cylinders. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) imaging and through-focus analysis reveal that the specimens contained ~2 nm helium bubbles distributed uniformly throughout the nano-cylinder volume. In-situ tensile experiments indicate that helium-implanted specimens exhibit enhanced ductility as evidenced by a 2-fold increase in plastic strain over as-fabricated specimens, with no sacrifice in yield and ultimate tensile strengths. This improvement in mechanical properties suggests that metallic glasses may actually exhibit a favorable response to high levels of helium implantation.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0006599; AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1193293

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-14-27879

Journal Information:: Nano Letters, Vol. 14, Issue 9; ISSN 1530-6984

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