Nature Communications (Jan 2022)
Visualization and validation of twin nucleation and early-stage growth in magnesium
- Lin Jiang,
- Mingyu Gong,
- Jian Wang,
- Zhiliang Pan,
- Xin Wang,
- Dalong Zhang,
- Y. Morris Wang,
- Jim Ciston,
- Andrew M. Minor,
- Mingjie Xu,
- Xiaoqing Pan,
- Timothy J. Rupert,
- Subhash Mahajan,
- Enrique J. Lavernia,
- Irene J. Beyerlein,
- Julie M. Schoenung
Affiliations
- Lin Jiang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
- Mingyu Gong
- State Key Lab of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Jian Wang
- Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Zhiliang Pan
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
- Xin Wang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
- Dalong Zhang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
- Y. Morris Wang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles
- Jim Ciston
- Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Andrew M. Minor
- Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Mingjie Xu
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
- Xiaoqing Pan
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
- Timothy J. Rupert
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
- Subhash Mahajan
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
- Enrique J. Lavernia
- National Academy of Engineering
- Irene J. Beyerlein
- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials, University of California
- Julie M. Schoenung
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27591-z
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
The origins of deformation twins in Mg have remained unclear in the past. Here the authors, by combining in situ experimental observations and atomistic simulations, capture the rapid twinning phenomena in Mg crystals and show that twinning occurs through pure atomic shuffle.
