Disorder in Mn+1AXn phases at the atomic scale

Chenxu Wang; Tengfei Yang; Cameron L. Tracy; Chenyang Lu; Hui Zhang; Yong-Jie Hu; Lumin Wang; Liang Qi; Lin Gu; Qing Huang; Jie Zhang; Jingyang Wang; Jianming Xue; Rodney C. Ewing; Yugang Wang

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08588-1

Nature Communications (Feb 2019)

Disorder in Mn+1AXn phases at the atomic scale

Chenxu Wang,
Tengfei Yang,
Cameron L. Tracy,
Chenyang Lu,
Hui Zhang,
Yong-Jie Hu,
Lumin Wang,
Liang Qi,
Lin Gu,
Qing Huang,
Jie Zhang,
Jingyang Wang,
Jianming Xue,
Rodney C. Ewing,
Yugang Wang

Affiliations

Chenxu Wang: Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University
Tengfei Yang: State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Center for Applied Physics and Technology, Peking University
Cameron L. Tracy: Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University
Chenyang Lu: Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan
Hui Zhang: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University
Yong-Jie Hu: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan
Lumin Wang: Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan
Liang Qi: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan
Lin Gu: Institute of Physics, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Qing Huang: Ningbo Institute of Material Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jie Zhang: Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jingyang Wang: Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jianming Xue: State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Center for Applied Physics and Technology, Peking University
Rodney C. Ewing: Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University
Yugang Wang: State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Center for Applied Physics and Technology, Peking University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08588-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Highly ordered and compositionally complex ceramics are prone to disordering under irradiation, but exactly how is unclear. Here, the authors use high resolution microscopy to directly image the order-to-disorder phase transformations in Ti3AlC2 into otherwise unattainable solid solutions.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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