Unstable twin in body-centered cubic tungsten nanocrystals

Xiang Wang; Jiangwei Wang; Yang He; Chongmin Wang; Li Zhong; Scott X. Mao

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-16349-8

Nature Communications (May 2020)

Unstable twin in body-centered cubic tungsten nanocrystals

Xiang Wang,
Jiangwei Wang,
Yang He,
Chongmin Wang,
Li Zhong,
Scott X. Mao

Affiliations

Xiang Wang: Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh
Jiangwei Wang: Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh
Yang He: Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh
Chongmin Wang: Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Li Zhong: Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh
Scott X. Mao: Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16349-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Body-centred cubic metals rarely show twinning during deformation. Here, the authors use high resolution transmission electron microscopy to show tungsten, a body-centred cubic metal, spontaneously undergoes detwinning when unloaded.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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