变形量对热压/热变形纳米复合Nd_9Fe_(84.5)Co_1B_(5.5)永磁体晶粒尺寸和矫顽力的影响

采用热压/热变形工艺制备纳米复合Nd9Fe84.5Co1B5.5永磁体,研究了热变形过程中的变形量对磁体平均晶粒尺寸的影响以及由此带来的晶间相互作用和矫顽力的变化。结果表明变形量54%的磁体中的硬、软磁性相的平均晶粒尺寸分别为61.0和51.8nm,与其热压状态时的两相平均晶粒尺寸(52.1和54.0nm)接近;而变形量74%的磁体中的硬、软磁性相的平均晶粒尺寸则分别显著减小至19.2和22.4nm。随着两相晶粒尺寸的显著细化,磁体中的晶间相互作用由以静磁耦合作用为主转变为以晶间交换耦合作用为主,这导致其矫顽力提高了64%。

无标记生物检测中微悬臂层合梁的纳米热机变形

以无标记生物检测引起的探针挠度为未知量,放弃单向受力假设,建立了在杂交表面应力和热载荷作用下生物探针纳米力学行为的连续介质力学层合梁模型.分别采用线性和均匀温度场模拟了生物探针在生物化学反应中的瞬态和稳态温度分布,从而解释了Fritz有关DNA分子杂交实验中的双金属效应.

煤岩结构纳米级变形与变质变形环境的关系

煤岩结构的纳米级变形与变质变形环境有着较密切的关系.在不同变质变形环境中,煤岩结构可以发生显微变形,甚至可以表现在纳米级尺度上,由此并导致分子结构和纳米级孔隙结构(<100nm)的变化,后者是煤层气的主要吸附空间.通过X射线衍射和液氮吸附法对不同变质变形环境、不同变形系列构造煤大的分子结构与纳米级孔隙结构特征进行了深入研究,并结合高分辨透射电子显微镜对大分子结构和孔隙结构直观观测,结果表明:构造煤大分子基本结构单元(BSU)堆砌度Lc从低煤级变质变形环境至高煤级变质变形环境增长较快,这主要反映了不同变形机制下构造煤不同变质变形环境的差异.尽管温度因素对大分子结构参数Lc的变化也取重要作用,但应力作用更明显.煤BSU堆砌度Lc以及La/Lc参数的变化反映了构造变形强弱的变化,可以当作构造煤结构纳米级变形程度的指示剂.由于温度、压力的增大,主要是定向应力的作用,分子的局部定向性增强,BSU内各碳网及BSU间排列的秩理化程度明显增强.对于纳米级孔隙结构的变形,随着应力作用的增强,同一变质变形环境不同类型构造煤纳米级过渡孔孔容所占比例明显降低,微孔及其以下孔径段孔容明显增多,可见亚微孔和极微孔;过渡孔比表面积所占比例大幅度降低,而亚微孔却增加得较快.非均质结构煤孔隙参数与弱脆性变形煤相当.但不同变质变形环境构造煤的纳米级孔隙的变形又有所区别.温度与围压条件对纳米级孔隙特征参数的演化也有一定的作用,但应力的变化却对纳米级孔隙特征参数的演化起到主要作用.

Microstructure refinement of a dual phase titanium alloy by severe room temperature compression

Microstructure refinement of a dual phase titanium alloy, Ti-3AI-4.5V-5Mo, by severe room temperature compression was investigated. Nanocrystalline grains were observed in the sample with 75% reduction, in which the grain sizes of a phase and β phase were approximately 50 and 100 nm. Conversely, the average thicknesses of a phase and β phase in as-received microstructure were measured to be 0.7 and 0.5 μm, respectively. TEM and XRD methods were used to analyze the microstructure and texture changes after severe deformation. Microstructure refinement was deduced to the complex interaction among slip dislocations in the a phase, the complex interaction among slip dislocations and martensites in the β phases. In addition, the interaction between the a phase and the β phase also contributed to the microstructure refinement.

Microstructure and mechanical properties of TiC nanoparticle-reinforced Mg−Zn−Ca matrix nanocomposites processed by combining multidirectional forging and extrusion

TiC nanoparticle-reinforced Mg−4Zn−0.5Ca matrix nanocomposites were processed by combining multidirectional forging(MDF)and extrusion(EX).The grain size of the nanocomposite after MDF+EX multi-step deformation was significantly decreased compared with that processed only by MDF.The average size of the recrystallized grains gradually increased after EX with increasing the number of MDF passes at 270℃.However,the grain size significantly decreased by MDF processing at 310℃.Both fine and coarse MgZn2 phases appeared in the(MDF+EX)-processed nanocomposites,and their volume fractions gradually increased with increasing the number of MDF passes before EX.Ultrahigh tensile properties(yield strength of^404 MPa,ultimate tensile strength of^450.3 MPa and elongation of^5.2%)were obtained in the nanocomposite after three MDF passes at 310℃ followed by EX.This was attributed to the refinement of the recrystallized grains,together with the improved Orowan strengthening provided by the precipitated MgZn2 particles that were generated by MDF+EX multi-step deformation.

Tuning optical properties of ITO films grown by rf sputtering:Effects of oblique angle deposition and thermal annealing

Indium tin oxide(ITO)thin films were prepared using the technique of rf-sputtering with oblique angle deposition(OAD).The films were as-deposited and thermally treated at 250℃.The combination of substrate inclination and annealing was used for modifying morphological and structural properties that lead to changes of the optical properties.The resulting films show morphology of tilted nanocolumn,fissures among columns,and structural changes.The as-deposited films are structurally disordered with an amorphous component and the annealed films are crystallized and more ordered and the film diffractograms correspond to the cubic structure of In2O3.The refractive index could be modified up to 0.3 in as-deposited films and up to 0.15 in annealed films as functions of the inclination angle of the nanocolumns.Similarly,the band gap energy increases up to about 0.4 eV due to the reduction of the microstrain distribution.It is found that the microstrain distribution,which is related to lattice distortions,defects and the presence of fissures in the films,is the main feature that can be engineered through morphological modifications for achieving the adjustment of the optical properties.

Numerical Analysis of Tensile Bifurcation Phenomenon of a Film Bonded to a Substrate

To study the mechanical properties of the film/substrate structure, the finite element code ABAQUS v6.9-1 is adopted to simulate the tensile mechanical behavior of the nanoscale thin film bonded to a substrate. The bifurcation phenomenon of the structure under uniaxial tension is found： the single-neck deformation, the multiple-neck deforma- tion and the uniform deformation. The substrate and the film are regarded as power-hardening materials obeying the J2 deformation theory. Firstly, the influence of material hardening match on tensile bifurcation mode is analyzed under perfectly well-bonded interface condition. Then, the effects of interfacial stiffness and other superficial defects sur- rounding the imperfection on bifurcation mode are investigated. It is concluded that under the well-bonded interface condition, if the stress of the substrate is larger than the film, the film will uniformly deform with the substrate; if the stress of the substrate is smaller than the film, the film will form a single neck, except the case that a weakly-hardening film is bonded to a steeply-hardening substrate when multiple necks can be formed. With the decrease of interracial stiffness, the uniform deformation mode can transform into the multiple-neck deformation mode, and further transform into the single-neck deformation mode. And other defects surrounding the imperfection can influence the wavelength of deformation and neck number.

Deformation behavior of explosive detonation in electroformed nickel liner of shaped charge with nano-sized grains

Nickel liner of shaped charge with nano-sized grains was prepared by electroforming technique and the ultra-highstrain-rate deformation was performed by explosive detonation.The as-electroformed and post-deformed microstructures of electroformed nickel liner of shaped charge were observed by optical metallography(OM),scanning electron microscopy(SEM) and transmission electron microscopy(TEM) and the orientation distribution of the grains was analyzed by electron backscattering pattern(EBSP) technique.Both melting phenomenon in the jet fragment and recovery and recrystallization in the slug after ultra-high-strain-rate deformation were observed.The research evidence shows that dynamic recovery and recrystallization play an important role in ultra-high-strain-rate deformation for electroformed nickel liner of shaped charge with nano-sized grain.

单壁碳纳米管电子输运特性的稳定性分析

基于变形单壁碳纳米管能量色散关系,计算了碳纳米管最低导带的电子速度及有效质量随形变系数变化的各种曲线,以此推测碳纳米管输运性质的稳定性问题.计算结果表明:对于特定类型的碳纳米管,只当其形变发生在某特定方向、且处于低形变(形变系数ε≤0.02)区时,电子平均速度vmean及平均有效质量mm*ean随形变改变才会很小(相对改变量≤2%),这意味着此时的碳纳米管低偏压电子输运性能是基本稳定的.而其他形变情形,电子平均速度vmean或电子平均有效质量mm*ean或两者随形变变化明显,甚至有跃变,这意味着其低偏压电子输运性能是不稳定的,甚至极不稳定.

Relationship between nano-scale deformation of coal structure and metamorphic-deformed environments

There is a more consanguineous relation be-tween nano-scale deformation of coal structure and meta-morphic-deformed environment. In different metamor-phic-deformed environments, deformation in the coal struc-ture can occur not only at micro-scale, but also at nano-scale, and even leads to the change of molecular structure and nano-scale pore (<100 nm) structure. The latter is the main space absorbing coalbed methane. Through X-ray diffraction (XRD) and liquid–nitrogen absorption methods, the charac-teristics of macromolecular and nano-scale pore structures of coals in different metamorphic-deformed environments and deformational series of coals have been studied. By combin-ing with high-resolution transmission electron microcopy (HRTEM), the macromolecular and nano-scale pore struc-tures are also directly observed. These results demonstrate that the stacking Lc of the macromolecular BSU in tectonic coals increases quickly from the metamorphic-deformed environment of low rank coals to that of high rank coals. For different deformed tectonic coals, in the same metamor-phic-deformed environment, the difference of Lc is obvious. These changes reflect chiefly the difference of different tem-perature and stress effect of nano-scale deformation in tec-tonic coals. The factor of temperature plays a greater role in the increase of macromolecular structure parameters Lc, the influence of stress factor is also important. With the stress strengthening, Lc shows an increasing trend, and La /Lc shows a decreasing trend. Therefore, Lc and La /Lc can be used as the indicator of nano-scale deformation degree of tectonic coals. With increasing temperature and pressure, especially oriented stress, the orientation of molecular structure be-comes stronger, and ordering degree of C-nets and the ar-rangement of BSU are obviously enhanced. For the deforma-tion of nano-scale pore structure, in the same metamor-phic-deformed environment, along with the strengthening of stress, the ratio of mesopores to its total pores volume of tec-tonic coals reduces to a large extent, the ratio of volume of micropores and the pores whose diameters are lower than micropores increases, and sub-micropores and ultra- micro-pores can be found. Moreover, the ratio of specific surface area of mesopores to its total pores reduces rapidly while theamount of sub-micropores increases more quickly. The duc-tile structure coal has a change in pore parameters similar to that of weak brittle deformation. There are differences in the deformation and evolution of nano-scale pore structure of different kinds of tectonic coals formed in different meta-morphic-deformational environments. In short, temperature and confining pressure play some role in the change of nano-scale pore structure parameters, whereas stress has important influence on the evolution of characteristic parameters in nano-scale pore structure of tectonic coals.

Size-dependent transition of the deformation behavior of Au nanowires

Inspired by the controversy over tensile deformation modes of single-crystalline 〈110〉/{111} Au nanowires, we investigated the dependency of the deformation mode on diameters of nanowires using the molecular dynamics technique. A new criterion for assessing the preferred deformation mode-slip or twin propagation--of nanowires as a function of nanowire diameter is presented. The results demonstrate the size-dependent transition, from superplastic deformation mediated by twin propagation to the rupture by localized slips in deformed region as the nanowire diameter decreases. Moreover, the criterion was successfully applied to explain the superplastic deformation of Cu nanowires.

Cold-temperature deformation of nano-sized tungsten and niobium as revealed by in-situ nano-mechanical experiments

We constructed and developed an in-situ cryogenic nanomechanical system to study small-scale mechanical behavior of materials at low temperatures. Uniaxial compression of two body-centered-cubic （bcc） metals, Nb and W, with diameters between 400 and 1300 rim, was studied at room temperature and at 165 K. Experiments were conducted inside of a Scanning Electron Microscope （SEM） equipped with a nanomechanical module, with simultaneous cooling of sample and diamond tip. Stress-strain data at 165 K exhibited higher yield strengths and more extensive strain bursts on average, as compared to those at 298 K. We discuss these differences in the framework of nano-sized plasticity and intrinsic lattice resistance. Dislocation dynamics simulations with surface-controlled dislocation multiplication were used to gain insight into size and temperature effects on deformation of nano-sized bcc metals.

Surface Dislocation Nucleation Mediated Deformation and Ultrahigh Strength in Sub-10-nm Gold Nanowires

The plastic deformation and the ultrahigh strength of metals at the nanoscale have been predicted to be controlled by surface dislocation nucleation. In situ quantitative tensile tests on individual 〈111〉 single crystalline ultrathin gold nanowires have been performed and significant load drops observed in stress-strain curves suggest the occurrence of such dislocation nucleation. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy （HRTEM） imaging and molecular dynamics simulations demonstrated that plastic deformation was indeed initiated and dominated by surface dislocation nucleation, mediating ultrahigh yield and fracture strength in sub-lO-nm gold nanowires.

Atomistic simulation study of tensile deformation in bulk nanocrystalline bcc iron

In the present work,the mechanical properties of bulk nanocrystalline(NC) bcc Fe under tensile deformation have been studied by molecular dynamics(MD) simulations.Average flow stress was found to decrease with grain refinement below 13.54 nm,indicating a breakdown in the Hall-Petch relation.A change from grain boundary(GB) mediated dislocation activities to GB activities may be a possible explanation of the breakdown in the Hall-Petch relation.The results also indicate that the average flow stress increases with increasing strain rates and decreasing temperatures.Stress induced phase transformations were observed during the tensile deformation of NC Fe,and such phase transformations were found to be reversible with respect to the applied stress.The maximum fraction of the cp atoms was also found to increase with increasing applied stress.Significant phase transformation occurred in the stacking fault zone due to dislocation activities for large grain size(13.54 nm),while significant phase transformation occurred in the GBs due to GB activities for small grain size(3.39 nm).At deformation temperature of 900 K and above,no apparent phase transformation occurred because all atoms at GBs and grain interior could easily rearrange their position by thermal activation to form local vacancies/disordered structures rather than ordered close packed(cp) structures.

Role of plastic deformation in tailoring ultrafine microstructure in nanotwinned diamond for enhanced hardness

Nanotwinned diamond（nt-diamond）,which demonstrates unprecedented hardness and stability,is synthesized through the martensitic transformation of onion carbons at high pressure and high temperature（HPHT）.Its hardness and stability increase with decreasing twin thickness at the nanoscale.However,the formation mechanism of nanotwinning substructures within diamond nanograins is not well established.Here,we characterize the nanotwins in nt-diamonds synthesized under different HPHT conditions.Our observation shows that the nanotwin thickness reaches a minimum at ~20 GPa,below which phase-transformation twins and deformation twins coexist.Then,we use the density-functional-based tight-binding method and kinetic dislocation theory to investigate the subsequent plastic deformation mechanism in these pre-existing phase-transformation diamond twins.Our results suggest that pressure-dependent conversion of the plastic deformation mechanism occurs at a critical synthetic pressure for nt-diamond,which explains the existence of the minimum twin thickness.Our findings provide guidance on optimizing the synthetic conditions for fabricating nt-diamond with higher hardness and stability.

Size-dependent mechanical properties and deformation mechanisms in Cu/NbMoTaW nanolaminates

High entropy alloys(HEAs)have attracted extensive attention due to their excellent properties in harsh environments.Here,we introduced the HEA NbMoTaW into the laminated structure to synthesize the Cu/HEA nanolaminates(NLs)with equal layer thickness h spanning from 5 to 100 nm,and comparatively investigated the size dependent mechanical properties and plastic deformation.The experimental results demonstrated that the hardness of Cu/HEA NLs increased with decreasing h,and reached a plateau at h≤50 nm,while the strain rate sensitivity m unexpectedly went through a maximum with reducing h.The emergence of maximum m results from a transition from the synergetic effect of crystalline constituents to the competitive effect between crystalline Cu and amorphous-like NbMoTaW.Microstructural examinations revealed that shear banding caused by the incoherent Cu/HEA interfaces occurred under severe deformation,and the soft Cu layers dominated plastic deformation of Cu/HEA NLs with large h.

Deformation study of bicrystalline and nano-polycrystalline structures using phase field crystal method

Deformation behaviors of bicrystalline and nano-polycrystalline structures of various tilt angles and inclination angles in two dimensions are investigated in detail using a two-mode phase field crystal model.The interaction between grain boundary(GB)and dislocation is also examined in bicrystals and nano-polycrystals that both contain asymmetric and symmetric tilt GBs,with energy analysis being carried out to analyze these processes.During deformation simulations,we assume the volume of each simulation cell at every time step is coincident with that of the initial state just before deformation.Our simulation results show that the behaviors of symmetric and asymmetric GBs in bicrystals and nano-polycrystals differ from each other depending on tilt angle and inclination angle.A new dislocation emission mechanism of interest is observed in bicrystals which contain low angle symmetric tilt GBs.Low angle GB has a higher mobility relative to high angle GB in both bicrystalline and nano-polycrystalline structures,as does asymmetric GB to symmetric GB.The generation,motion,pileup and annihilation of dislocations,grain rotation and grain coalescence are observed,which is consistent with the simulation results obtained by molecular dynamics.These simulation results can provide strong guidelines for experimentation.

Quantitative analysis of nanoscale deformation fields of a crack-tip in single-crystal silicon

A mode II crack in single-crystal silicon was investigated experimentally using high-resolution transmission electron microscopy.Geometric phase analysis and numerical moiré method were employed to map the deformation fields of the crack-tip area.The normal strain field maps of the crack-tip area indeed showed the deformation occurs primarily in the vicinity of the dislocations and the normal strains are near zero in the crack-tip area.The shear strain field map shows that the relatively large shear strain is in the crack-tip area.The experimental results were compared with the predictions of linear elastic fracture mechanics.The comparison shows that measured strain distribution ahead of the crack-tip agrees with the predictions of linear elastic fracture mechanics up to 1 nm from the crack-tip.

Size effect for achieving high mechanical performance body-centered cubic metals and alloys

Submicron and nanostructured body-centered cubic(BCC) metals exhibit unusual mechanical performance compared to their bulk coarse-grained counterparts, including high yield strength and outstanding ductility. These properties are important for their applications in micro-, nano-and even atomic-scale devices as well as for their usages as components for enhancing the performances of structural materials. One aspect of the unusual mechanical properties of small-sized BCC metals is closely related to their dimensional confinement. Decreasing the dimensions of single crystalline metals or the grain sizes of polycrystalline metals contributes significantly to the strengthening of the small-sized BCC metals.In the last decade, significant progress has been achieved in understanding the plasticity and deformation behaviors of small-sized BCC metals. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive review on the current understanding of size effects on the plasticity and deformation mechanisms of small-sized BCC metals. The techniques used for in situ characterization of the deformation behavior and mechanical properties of small-sized samples are also presented.

Radial deformation and adhesion of carbon nanotube

The van der Waals(vdW) interactions of carbon nanotube(CNT)–substrate and CNT–CNT can cause strong adhesion. The adhesion can lead to radial deformation of CNTs, which is shown in both experiments and theoretical analysis. A scaling approach is used to predict the mechanical properties, vdW adhesion, and the elastic deformation of CNTs. It is found that the indentation of CNT is proportional to R7/4 and h3/2 in nanotube–substrate system and two same CNT system. Here, R and h are the radius and the wall thickness of CNT, respectively. The indentation ratio H1/H2 for CNT–CNT is proportional to(R1/R2)3/2 and(h2/h1)3/2.