Reliable ferroelectricity down to cryogenic temperature in wakeup free Hf_(0.5)Zr_(0.5)O_(2)thin films by thermal atomic layer deposition

The performance and reliability of ferroelectric thin films at temperatures around a few Kelvin are critical for their application in cryo-electronics.In this work,TiN/Hf_(0.5)Zr_(0.5)O_(2)/TiN capacitors that are free from the wake-up effect are investigated systematically from room temperature(300 K)to cryogenic temperature(30 K).We observe a consistent decrease in permittivity(εr)and a progressive increase in coercive electric field(Ec)as temperatures decrease.Our investigation reveals exceptional stability in the double remnant polarization(2P_(r))of our ferroelectric thin films across a wide temperature range.Specifically,at 30 K,a 2P_(r)of 36μC/cm^(2)under an applied electric field of 3.0 MV/cm is achieved.Moreover,we observed a reduced fatigue effect at 30 K in comparison to 300 K.The stable ferroelectric properties and endurance characteristics demonstrate the feasibility of utilizing HfO_(2)based ferroelectric thin films for cryo-electronics applications.

Research and Prediction on the Properties of Concrete at Cryogenic Temperature Based on Gray Theory

To solve the cryogenic temperature problems faced by all-concrete liquefied natural gas(ACLNG)storage tanks during servicing,a low temperature resistant and high strength concrete(LHC)was designed from the perspectives of reducing water-binder ratio,removing coarse aggregates,optimizing composite mineral admixture and utilizing steel fibers.The variation laws of compressive and tensile strength,elastic modulus and Poisson’s ratio for C60 concrete and LHC were compared and analyzed under the temperatures from 10 to-165℃through uniaxial compression and tensile tests.The rapid freezing method was adopted to analyze the evolution process of mass and relative dynamic elastic modulus loss rates for C60 and LHC in 0-300 freeze-thaw cycles.The gas permeability test was carried out,and the laws of gas permeability coefficient varied with temperature and cryogenic freeze-thaw cycles were obtained.Then,the grey dynamic model GM(1,1)was used to predict the variation laws of physical and mechanical parameters on the basis of the test data.The test results demonstrate that the compressive strength,elastic modulus and Poisson’s ratio for both C60 and LHC increase significantly from 10 to-165℃,but the specific variation laws are difierent,and there is a phenomenon that some parameters decrease after reaching a critical temperature range for C60.The uniaxial tensile strength increases first and then decreases as temperature decreases,and finally increases slightly at-165℃for both C60 and LHC.The mass and relative dynamic elastic modulus loss rates of LHC are much lower than that of C60 under different freeze-thaw cycles.The gas permeability coefficient of C60 declines gradually with the drop of temperature,and increases gradually with the number of freeze-thaw cycles while the gas permeability coefficient of LHC basically remains stable and is much lower than that of C60.Therefore,such a conclusion can be drawn that LHC has better properties at cryogenic temperature.On the premise of providing consistent functional mode,GM(1,1)can predict the test data with high accuracy,which well reflects the variation laws of relevant parameters.

Microstructural characteristics of AZ31 alloys rolled at room and cryogenic temperatures and their variation during annealing

This study investigates the microstructural characteristics of AZ31 Mg alloys rolled at room temperature(RT)and cryogenic temperature(CT)and the variation in their microstructure and hardness during subsequent annealing.Cryorolling induces the formation of more side cracks than does RT rolling,because of the reduction in the ability of the material to accommodate deformation at CT.Numerous{10-11}contraction and{10-11}-{10-12}double twins are formed in both the material rolled at RT and that rolled at CT,because the grains of the initial material are favorably oriented for{10-11}twinning under rolling.The RT-rolled material has a higher dislocation density than the cryorolled material,and more twins are uniformly distributed throughout the former material.As a result,static recrystallization during subsequent annealing is more pronounced in the RT-rolled material,which results in the formation of a highly recrystallized homogeneous microstructure after annealing.In contrast,the formed twins are predominantly present along the shear bands in the cryorolled material,as a result of which this material has an inhomogeneous bi modal structure containing a large amount of coarse unrecrystallized grains after annealing.The hardness of the annealed RT-rolled material is higher than that of the annealed cryorolled material owing to the finer grain structure of the former.

Experimental Study on Bonding Properties Between Steel Strand and Concrete at Cryogenic Temperatures

To study the bonding properties between steel strand and concrete at room and cryogenic temperatures, a series of center pullout experiments were conducted on 96 bonding anchorage specimens at the lowest temperature of-165 ℃. The impacts on the bonding property of such parameters as the temperature, concrete strength, the relative concrete cover thickness, and the relative anchorage length were analyzed. The test results indicate that the changes in temperature have a clear effect on the bonding property between steel strand and concrete. As the temperature decreases, the bond stress, which corresponds to a 1 mm slip of steel strand in relation to concrete, and the ultimate bond strength initially increase and subsequently decrease at the inflection point of-80 ℃. The impact of the concrete strength on the bonding property, as shown by the tensile strength and the moisture content interaction, indicates that the bond stress vs concrete strength curve initially increases and later decreases with a decrease in temperature; the bond stress vs concrete cover thickness curve linearly increases, but the bond stress vs anchorage length curve linearly decreases at first and finally levels off.

Mechanical properties and deformation behavior of Ti-5Al-2.5ZrELI alloy used at cryogenic temperature

The mechanical properties and deformation behavior of Ti 5Al 2.5 ZrELI alloy compared with Ti 5Al 2.5 SnELI at 4.2?K, 20?K and 293?K were investigated. The results show that the new titanium alloy Ti 5Al 2.5ZrELI has more consistent properties because of its uniform microstructure and less segregation. It has good elongation and ductility. The fracture surfaces are covered with elongated dimples at cryogenic temperatures. The deformation mode at 293?K, 20?K and 4.2?K are twinning and slipping. [

Effect of cryogenic temperature characteristics on 0.18-μm silicon-on-insulator devices

The experimental results of the cryogenic temperature characteristics on 0.18-μm silicon-on-insulator（SOI） metaloxide-silicon（MOS） field-effect-transistors（FETs） were presented in detail. The current and capacitance characteristics for different operating conditions ranging from 300 K to 10 K were discussed. SOI MOSFETs at cryogenic temperature exhibit improved performance, as expected. Nevertheless, operation at cryogenic temperature also demonstrates abnormal behaviors, such as the impurity freeze-out and series resistance effects. In this paper, the critical parameters of the devices were extracted with a specific method from 300 K to 10 K. Accordingly, some temperature-dependent-parameter models were created to improve fitting precision at cryogenic temperature.

Wear-resistant CoCrNi multi-principal element alloy at cryogenic temperature

Traditional high strength engineering alloys suffer from serious surface brittleness and inferior wear performance when servicing under sliding contact at cryogenic temperature.Here,we report that the recently emerging CoCrNi multi-principal element alloy defies this trend and presents dramatically enhanced wear resistance when temperature decreases from 273 to 153 K,surpassing those of cryogenic austenitic steels.The temperature-dependent structure characteristics and deformation mechanisms influencing the cryogenic wear resistance of CoCrNi are clarified through microscopic observation and atomistic simulation.It is found that sliding-induced subsurface structures show distinct scenarios at different deformation temperatures.At cryogenic condition,significant grain refinement and a deep plastic zone give rise to an extended microstructural gradient below the surface,which can accommodate massive sliding deformation,in direct contrast to the strain localization and delamination at 273 K.Meanwhile,the temperature-dependent cryogenic deformation mechanisms(stacking fault networks and phase transformation)also provide additional strengthening and toughening of the subsurface material.These features make the CoCrNi alloy particularly wear resistant at cryogenic conditions and an excellent candidate for safety–critical applications.

Tribological properties of PTFE-based fabric composites at cryogenic temperature

Fabric composites are widely employed in self-lubricating bearing liners as solid lubrication materials.Although the tribological behaviors of fabric composites have been extensively studied,the cryogenic tribological properties and mechanisms have been scarcely reported and are largely unclear to instruct material design for aerospace and other high-tech applications.Herein,the tribological properties of polytetrafluoroethylene(PTFE)-based hybrid-fabric composites were investigated at cryogenic and ambient temperatures in the form of pin-on-disk friction under heavy loads.The results suggest that the friction coefficients of the hybrid-fabric composites obviously increase with a decrease in wear when the temperature drops from 25 to−150°C.Moreover,thermoplastic polyetherimide(PEI),as an adhesive for fabric composites,has better cryogenic lubrication performance than thermosetting phenol formaldehyde(PF)resin,which can be attributed to the flexible chemical structure of PEI.The excellent lubrication performance of hybrid-fabric composites is attributed to the transfer film formed by PTFE fibers on the surface of fabrics.

Molecular levers enable anomalously enhanced strength and toughness of cellulose nanocrystal at cryogenic temperature

The quest for widespread applications especially in extreme environments accentuates the necessity to design materials with robust mechanical and thermodynamic stabilities.Almost all existing materials yield temperature-variant mechanical properties,essentially determined by their different atomic bonding regimes.In general,weak non-covalent interactions are considered to diminish the structural anti-destabilization of covalent crystals despite the toughening effect.Whereas,starting from multiscale theoretical modeling,we herein reveal an anomalous stabilizing effect in cellulose nanocrystals(CNCs)by the cooperation between the non-covalent hydrogen bonds and covalent glucosidic skeleton,namely molecular levers(MLs).It is surprising to find that the hydrogen bonds in MLs behave like covalent bindings under cryogenic conditions,which provide anomalously enhanced strength and toughness for CNCs.Thermodynamic analyses demonstrate that the unique dynamical mechanical behaviors from ambient to deep cryogenic temperatures are synergetic results of the intrinsic temperature dependence veiled in MLs and the overall thermo-induced CNC destabilization/amorphization.As the consequence,the variation trend of mechanical strength exhibits a bilinear temperature dependence with~77 K as the turning point.Our underlying investigations not only establish the bottom–up interrelations from the hydrogen bonding thermodynamics to the crystal-scale mechanical properties,but also facilitate the potential application of cellulose-based materials at extremely low temperatures such as those in outer space.

Effects of Grain Size and Cryogenic Temperature on the Strain Hardening Behavior of VCoNi Medium‑Entropy Alloys

The mechanical behavior of VCoNi medium-entropy alloys with five different grain sizes at three different temperatures was investigated.The VCoNi alloys with different grain sizes exhibit a traditional strength–ductility trade-off at 77 K,194 K and 293 K.Both the yield strength and the uniform elongation of the VCoNi alloys with similar grain size increase with decreasing the deformation temperature from 293 to 77 K.Obvious strain hardening rate recovery characterized by an evident up-turn behavior at stage II is observed in VCoNi alloys with the grain size above 11.1μm.It is found that the extent of the strain hardening rate recovery increases with increasing grain size or decreasing deformation temperature.This may mainly result from the faster increase in the dislocation multiplication rate caused by the decrease in the dislocation mean free path,the decrease in the absorption of dislocations by grain boundaries and the dynamic recovery from the cross-slip with increasing grain size,as well as the suppressed dynamic recovery at cryogenic temperatures.The critical grain sizes for the occurrence of the recovery of strain hardening rate are determined to be around 9.5μm,8.3μm and 3μm for alloys deformed at 293 K,194 K and 77 K,respectively.The basic mechanism for the strain hardening behavior of the VCoNi alloys associated with grain size and deformation temperature is analyzed.

Excellent strength-ductility combination of Cr_(26)Mn_(20)Fe_(20)Co20Ni_(14) high-entropy alloy at cryogenic temperatures

In the present study,a face-centered cubic non-equiatomic Cr_(26)Mn_(20)Fe_(20)Co20Ni_(14) high-entropy alloy(HEA)with a low stacking fault energy of 17.6 mJ m^(−2) was prepared by vacuum induction melting,forging and annealing processes.The recrystallized sample is revealed to exhibit an excellent combination of strength and ductility over a wide temperature range of 4.2–293 K.With decreasing temperature from 293 to 77 K,the ductility and ultimate tensile strength(UTS)gradually increase by 30% to 95% and 137% to 1020 MPa,respectively.At the lowest temperature of 4.2 K,the ductility keeps 65% and the UTS increases by 200% to 1300 MPa,which exceed those published in the literature,including conventional 300 series stainless steels.Detailed microstructural analyses of this alloy reveal a change of deformation mechanisms from dislocation slip and nano-twinning at 293 K to nano-phase transformation at 4.2 K.The cooperation and competition of multiple nano-twinning and nano-phase transformation are responsible for the superior tensile properties at cryogenic temperatures.Our study provides experimental evidence for potential cryogenic applications of HEAs.

Novel Co-free high performance TRIP and TWIP medium-entropy alloys at cryogenic temperatures

Recently,high-and medium-entropy alloys(HEAs and MEAs) have been found to exhibit excellent cryogenic mechanical properties,but most of them contain high-priced Co element.Therefore,developing HEAs or MEAs with high strength and ductility and relatively low cost is urgent.In this work,novel Cofree Fex Mn(75-x) Ni(10)Cr(15)(x=50 and 55 at.%) MEAs were developed,which exhibit a good combination of low cost,high strength and ductility at cryogenic temperature.It was found that the Fe(50)Mn(25)Ni(10)Cr(15)MEA exhibits a combination of cryogenic tensile strength of^0.98 GPa and ductility of^83 %.The excellent cryogenic mechanical properties were attributed to joint of twinning-induced plasticity(TWIP) and transformation-induced plasticity(TRIP) effects.The present study sheds light on developing low cost MEAs with high perfo rmance for cryogenic-tempe rature applications.

Twinning Behavior of a Basal Textured Commercially Pure Titanium Alloy TA2 at Ambient and Cryogenic Temperatures

Twinning greatly affects the microstructure and mechanical performance of titanium alloys.The twinning behavior of a basal textured commercially pure titanium TA2 plates rolled to 4% reduction at the ambient and cryogenic temperatures has been investigated.Microstructures of the rolled samples were investigated by optical microscope（OM）and the twinning analysis was carried out based on orientation data collected by electron back-scatter diffraction（EBSD）.{1122}contraction twins,{1124}contraction twins and {1012}extension twins have been observed.Twinning mode activity varied with rolling temperature.Twinning is considered as the dominant deformation mechanism during rolling at both temperatures for the strain condition.Larger proportion of grains activates twinning during cryorolling,and greater number and more diverse types of twins are observed;manifestly related to the suppression of dislocation slips at the cryogenic temperature.{1122}contraction twins are the dominate twin type within samples rolled at both temperatures.Several{1124}contraction twins are observed in the cryorolled sample while there are only a few in the sample rolled at room temperature.A few tiny{1012}twins have been identified in both samples.{1124}contraction twins are preferentially activated at cryogenic deformation temperature and the{1012}extension twins may result in local strain accommodation.

Effects of cryogenic temperature on tensile and impact properties in a medium-entropy VCoNi alloy

Multi-principal element alloys usually exhibit outstanding strength and toughness at cryogenic temperatures,especially in CrMnFeCoNi and CrCoNi alloys.These remarkable cryogenic properties are attributed to the occurrence of deformation twins,and it is envisaged that a reduced stacking fault energy(SFE)transforms the deformation mechanisms into advantageous properties at cryogenic temperatures.A recently reported high-strength VCoNi alloy is expected to exhibit further notable cryogenic properties.However,no attempt has been made to investigate the cryogenic properties in detail as well as the underlying deformation mechanisms.Here,the effects of cryogenic temperature on the tensile and impact properties are investigated,and the underlying mechanisms determining those properties are revealed in terms of the temperature dependence of the yield strength and deformation mechanism.Both the strength and ductility were enhanced at 77 K compared to 298 K,while the Charpy impact toughness gradually decreased with temperature.The planar dislocation glides remained unchanged at 77 K in contrast to the CrMnFeCoNi and CrCoNi alloys resulting in a relatively constant and slightly increasing SFE as the temperature decreased,which is confirmed via ab initio simulations.However,the deformation localization near the grain boundaries at 298 K changed into a homogeneous distribution throughout the whole grains at 77 K,leading to a highly sustained strain hardening rate.The reduced impact toughness is directly related to the decreased plastic zone size,which is due to the reduced dislocation width and significant temperature dependence of the yield strength.

Suppression of grain boundary migration at cryogenic temperature in an extremely fine nanograined Ni-Mo alloy

Microindentation creep tests on an electrodeposited extremely fine(4.9 nm) nanograined(ng) Ni-14.2 at.% Mo(Ni-14.2 Mo) at both room temperature(RT) and liquid nitrogen temperature(LNT) demonstrated that lowering temperature retarded softening in the ng Ni-Mo alloy. The obtained strain rate sensitivity at LNT was one order of magnitude lower than that at RT. Microstructural characterization revealed that mechanically-driven grain boundary(GB) migration was greatly suppressed by lowering temperature,which might be ascribed to the presence of solute Mo atoms that significantly retarded coupled GB motion at LNT. Deformation was instead carried by shear bands.

Precipitation and heterogeneous strengthened CoCrNi-based medium entropy alloy with excellent strength-ductility combination from room to cryogenic temperatures

The improved understandings of the mechanical properties as well as deformation mechanisms at cryogenic temperatures are the prerequisite for realizing the application of any new engineering materials to cryogenic industries.Here,a(CoCrNi)_(94)Al_(3)Ti_(3) medium entropy alloy(MEA)with nanoscale L12 coherent precipitates and heterogeneous grain structures was prepared by codoping Al and Ti elements with subsequent cold rolling and heat treatment processes.The mechanical properties were evaluated at the temperature range of 293–113 K.The ultimate strength of the MEA increases almost linearly from 1326 to 1695 MPa as the temperature decreases from 293 to 113 K,while the total elongation remains approximately constant of~35%.The underlying deformation and strengthening mechanisms were investigated using various characterization techniques.Due to the effect of co-doped Al/Ti on channel width of the matrix and the increasing critical twinning stress induced by heterogeneous ultrafine grain size,the formation of deformation twins is inhibited at all temperatures.Consequently,only a slight increase of the deformation twins and stacking faults in the deformed specimens with a decreasing temperature,which leads to the relative temperature-independence of the ductility.The dislocation cutting mechanism of L1_(2) coherent precipitates and the heterodeformation induced(HDI)hardening both significantly contribute to the strain hardening so that an excellent combination of strength and ductility is obtained.Additionally,the evolution of lattice friction stress with deformation temperature is determined by quantitative analysis,indicating an approximately linear relationship between the lattice friction and temperature.The present work provides new insights into the strategy of achieving outstanding strength-ductility synergy of the MEA under the wide temperature range by coupling heterogeneous ultrafine-grained structure and coherent precipitation strategy.

Electrical characteristics of AlInN/GaN HEMTs under cryogenic operation

Electrical properties of an AIlnN/GaN high-electron mobility transistor （HEMT） on a sapphire substrate are investigated in a cryogenic temperature range from 295 K down to 50 K. It is shown that drain saturation current and conductance increase as transistor operation temperature decreases. A self-heating effect is observed over the entire range of temperature under high power consumption. The dependence of channel electron mobility on electron density is investigated in detail. It is found that aside from Coulomb scattering, electrons that have been pushed away from the AIInN/GaN interface into the bulk GaN substrate at a large reverse gate voltage are also responsible for the electron mobility drop with the decrease of electron density.

Analysis of the Tool Condition Monitoring System Using Fuzzy Logic and Signal Processing

In the present investigation, an attempt was made to facilitate tool condition monitoring system on cryogenic treated using fuzzy logic and signal processing. Cryogenic treatment is carried out at -196°C for 48 hours followed on tempering at 200°C for 2 hours. The AISI4340 steel is machined with cryogenically treated inserts. Speed, feed and depth of cut are selected as input parameters. The results of the proposed method are encouraged in minimizing tool vibration, flank and crater wear. Good correlation is shown between the neural fuzzy and experimental data. As a result, it is found that cryogenically treated inserts have superior tool wear and vibration resistance, and confirmed by conducting further confirmation tests.

Dissimilar laser welding of CrMnFeCoNi high entropy alloy and 316LN stainless steel for cryogenic application

The microstructure and mechanical properties of dissimilar laser beam welded joint between CrMnFeCoNi alloy and 316LN stainless steel was investigated.The results showed that the defect-free dissimilar joint was obtained by laser beam welding.The ultimate strength of the welded joints can reach∼90%of the base materials at both room and cryogenic temperatures.The deformation substructure mainly consisted of planar dislocation,the stacking faults and the dissociation of stacking faults into nanotwins.The volume fraction of the nanotwins was increasing at cryogenic temperature.The hardness fluctuates greatly in welded joint and the lowest hardness was located at fusion zone near the fusion line.The fracture of the welded joint was located at the fusion zone in consistence with the lowest hardness area.It is mainly attributed to the coarse grain and stress concentration at this area.

Cryogenic wear behaviors of a metastable Ti-based bulk metallic glass composite

Bulk metallic glass composites(BMGCs)are proven to be excellent candidates for cryogenic engineering applications due to their remarkable combination of strength,ductility and toughness.However,few efforts have been done to estimate their wear behaviors that are closely correlated to their practical service.Here,we report an improvement of∼48%in wear resistance for a Ti-based BMGC at the cryogenic temperature of 113 K as compared to the case at 233 K.A pronounced martensitic transformation(β-Ti→α''-Ti)was found to coordinate deformation underneath the worn surface at 233 K but was significantly suppressed at 113 K.This temperature-dependent structural evolution is clarified by artificially inducing a pre-notch by FIB cutting on aβ-Ti crystal,demonstrating a strain-dominated martensitic transformation in the BMGC.The improved wear resistance and suppressed martensitic transformation in BMGC at 113 K is associated with the increased strength and strong confinement of metallic glass on metastable crystalline phase at the cryogenic temperature.The current work clarifies the superior cryogenic wear resistance of metastable BMGCs,making them excellent candidates for safety-critical wear applications at cryogenic temperatures.