Effect of Surface Nanocrystallization Induced by Fast Multiple Rotation Rolling on Cr-Rare Earth-Boronizing for Steel 45 under Low-Temperature

In this paper, fast multiple rotation rolling （FMRR） is applied to fabricate a nanostructured layer on the surface of steel 45. The FMRR samples are then Cr-Rare earth-boronized under low-temperature. The boride layer is characterized by using Scanning electron microscopy （SEM） and X-ray diffraction （XRD）. Experimental results indicate that the thickness of the boride layer is greatly increased by surface nanocrystallization. The boride layer with relatively continuous structure instead of the zigzag teeth structure is obtained, and the penetrating rate is enhanced by 2. 5-3.7 times when the FMRR samples are Cr-Rare earth- boronized at the temperature of 570 %, 600℃ and 650℃ for 6 h. The boride layer fabricated on the FMRR sample consists of single phase Fe2B. Severe plastic deformation with the grain size of approximately 100 nm in the top surface layer of steel 45 is observed, and the thickness of the plastic deformation layer is about 30 6xm. The microstructure in the top surface layer is characterized by Transmission electron microscopy （TEM）. Grain boundaries are largely increased with high stacking fault energy after FMRR, leading to a significant enhancement of RE boron-chromizing speed.

Surface Nanocrystallization of Steel 20 Induced by Fast Multiple Rotation Rolling

In order to expand the application of steel 20 in precision device,fast multiple rotation rolling( FMRR) is applied to fabricate a nanostructured layer on the surface of steel 20. The FMRR samples are then Cr-Rare earth-boronized under low-temperature. The microstructure of the top surface layer is characterized by transmission electron microscopy( TEM). Microhardness of the top surface is measured by a Vickers microhardness tester. The boride layer is characterized by using scanning electron microscopy( SEM).Experimental results show that a nanostructured layer with their grain size range from 200 to 400 nm is obtained in the top surface layer. The microhardness of FMRR sample changes gradiently along the depth from about274 HV in the top surface layer to about 159 HV in the matrix,which is nearly 1.7 times harder than that of the original sample. The penetrating rate is enhanced significantly when the FMRR samples are Cr-Rare earthboronized at 600 ℃ for 6 h. Thickness of the boride layer increases to around 20 μm,which is nearly twice thicker than that of the original sample.

Preparation and mechanism study of bulk pure rare-earth metals with amorphous and nanocrystalline structures

The preparation and the mechanism study of bulk pure rare-earth metals with amorphous and nanocrystalline structures, which were produced by spark plasma sintering (SPS), were carried out in this paper. With different processing parameters, the amorphous, two phases of amorphous and nanocrystalline, and complete nanocrystalline microstructures have been obtained. The nano-grain sizes in the bulk nanocrystalline materials are found smaller than the original powder particles sizes, which may change the conventional viewpoint that the grains in the sintered bulk are generally coarser than the raw powder particles. The technique developed in the present work can be extended to the preparation of many other nano bulk metal materials, and thus enables the studies of the nano-size effects on the physical, chemical and mechanical properties of bulk nano materials.

钢的快速渗氮技术研究现状

综述各种钢快速渗氮技术的研究进展,分析了渗氮工艺参数优化、稀土催渗与表面处理三方面对渗氮层深度的影响及快渗的原理。

低温HVOF微粒撞击稀土镁合金表面纳米化的组织特征

材料失效多发生于表面,采用超音速火焰喷涂设备获得了低温HVOF微粒,对稀土镁合金表面进行纳米化处理,并利用金相显微镜和透射电镜对处理后的试样进行微观组织表征分析,沿试样厚度方向进行显微硬度测试。结果表明:镁合金表层晶粒细化明显,形成了晶粒尺寸小于20nm的随机取向的纳米晶,纳米晶层深约80μm,随着深度的增加晶粒尺寸增加。表面纳米化是通过位错和孪晶的协调变形,导致大晶粒被分割细化而成。表层硬度显著提高,是基体硬度的2倍。

Highly doped NaErF_(4)-based nanocrystals for multi-tasking application

How to engineer single nanocrystal to achieve multiple functions is still a huge challenge.In this work,a novel highly doped rare earth nanocrystal NaErF_(4)@NaGdF_(4)@NaDyF_(4)(Er@Gd@Dy)was designed and fabricated,which exhibits various performances by itself,including the longitudinal(T1)and transverse relaxation time(T2)double-mode magnetic resonance imaging(MRI),upconversion luminescence and down-shifting luminescence.Upon irradiation of 808 nm near-infrared(NIR)light,the upconverted red light can indirectly activate the photo sensitizer Ce6 conjugated on the surface of nanocrystals for photodynamic therapy(PDT).In vivo experiments demonstrate that the nano materials can eradicate notably primary tumors without obvious systematic toxicity.In addition,the longitudinal and transverse relaxation rates of Er@Gd@Dy are 24.83 and 319.86(mmol/L)^(-1)/s,respectively,which are superior to those of the nanocrystals reported previously.Simultaneously,the nanocrystals have the ability to generate NIR-Ⅱlight located at 1530 nm,favorable in bioimaging in deeper tissues.As a consequence,this new nanoplatform will advance the improvement of multimodal imaging guided tumor diagnosis and treatment.

Synergistic effect of crystal structure and concentration quenching on photoluminescence of Er^(3+) doped upconversion nanocrystals

YbF（2.357, YbF3, Ba2 YbF7, and Ba 2 upconversion nanocrystals doped with emitter Er^3＋ ion were synthesized in the same solvent system just with changing the molar ratio of Ba^2＋ to Yb^3＋ in the precursor, which corresponed to the crystal phases of rhombohedral, orthorhombic, tetragonal, and cubic, respectively. All the samples emitted both 660 nm red light and 543/523 nm green light which originated from Er^3＋-4f^n electronic transitions ~4F（9/2-~4I（15/2 and ~4S（3/2/~2H（11/2-~4I（15/2, respectively. It was worth mentioning that YbF 3：Er^3＋, Ba2 YbF7：Er^3＋, and BaF2：Er^3＋ could emit dazzlingly bright light even under the excitation of a 980 nm CW laser with output power of 0.1 W. Upconversion emission mechanism analysis indicated that the intensity ratio of red to green light highly depended on the synergistic effect of crystal structure, concentration quenching, and particle size, but were not sensitive to crystallinity as previously reported for NaL nF4（Ln=lanthanide.

Effects of lanthanum and cerium on low temperature plasma nitrocarburizing of nanocrystallized 3J33 steel

Plasma nitrocarburizing of nanocrystallized （NC） 3J33 steel were carried out at 400 and 430 ℃ for 4 h in a mixed gas of N2：3H2 and different flow rates of rare earths （RE） La and Ce reagents in this paper. Effects of temperature, rare earth addition and its addition amount on the microstructure and hardness of the nitrocarburized layer of NC 3J33 steel were also investigated. Surface phase composition of the nitrocarburized samples was analyzed by X-ray diffraction. Metallurgical structure, La and Ce concentration and microhardness profiles of cross-sectional nitrocarburized samples were studied using an optical microscope, a scanning electron microscope equipped with an energy dispersive X-ray analyzer and Vickers microhardness tester, respectively. The results showed that the surfaces of the nitrocarburized samples were mainly composed of γ＇-Fe4N and α＇-Fe （α-Fe dissolved with N and C） when the NC 3J33 steel was nitrocarburized at 400 ℃. As the temperature was enhanced up to 430 ℃, the surfaces consisted of γ＇-Fe4N, α＇-Fe and low nitrogen compound FeNx （x=0.0324–0.0989）, and simple substance La was presented when RE flow rate was 0.1 L/min. The addition of La and Ce into nitrocarburized gas increased the thickness and hardness of the nitrocarburized layers. The samples nitrocarburized at 400 ℃ with RE flow rate of 0.025 L/min and 430 ℃ of 0.05 L/min possessed the thickest nitrocarburized layer, highest proportion of nitrides and hardness profile. RE elements could diffuse into the nitrocarburized layer and their concentration increased with temperature. The excess RE impeded the permeation of N, C elements and led to thinner compound layer as well as the diffusion layer.

Optical properties and Judd-Ofelt analysis of Nd2O3 nanocrystals embedded in polymethyl methacrylate

PMMA matrices were doped with nano-crystalline neodymium oxides synthesized by thermal decomposition process. X-ray diffraction and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy measurements were carried out to investigate the structure, phase, and the morphology of the Nd_2O_3 nanocrystals and those embedded in the PMMA matrix. The average grain sizes were estimated 35 ± 6 nm and 46 ± 4 nm for non-annealed and annealed Nd_2O_3 particles, respectively. The grain size distributions（GSD） were calculated from the diffraction peaks of the annealed and non-annealed Nd_2O_3 powders and doped PMMA samples. The mass density, refractive index. UV-Visible absorption spectra were measured and the data were analyzed using the Judd-Ofelt approach to determine the oscillator strengths, the spontaneous emission probabilities and the branching ratios as a function of the nano-crystalline Nd_2O_3 content in the range of 0.1 wt.%-20 wt.% of MMA. Luminescence spectra upon 808 nm diode laser excitation were carried out in the wavelength range of 850-1550 nm at room temperature. The photoluminescence study has shown that the reasonably sharp emission peaks were observed upon heat treatment at 800 ℃ for 24 h for all concentrations of Nd_2O_3 nanopowders in PMMA. The infrared laser transition of Nd^（3＋） ions at about 1.06 μm due to the ~4F_（3/2）→~4I_（11/2） transition was analyzed and discussed in Nd_2O_3 system for their possible applications in the photonic technology.