Ultra-large single crystals by abnormal grain growth

Tomoe Kusama; Toshihiro Omori; Takashi Saito; Sumio Kise; Toyonobu Tanaka; Yoshikazu Araki; Ryosuke Kainuma

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00383-0

Nature Communications (Aug 2017)

Ultra-large single crystals by abnormal grain growth

Tomoe Kusama,
Toshihiro Omori,
Takashi Saito,
Sumio Kise,
Toyonobu Tanaka,
Yoshikazu Araki,
Ryosuke Kainuma

Affiliations

Tomoe Kusama: Department of Materials Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University
Toshihiro Omori: Department of Materials Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University
Takashi Saito: Department of Materials Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University
Sumio Kise: Technology Development Department, Special Metals Division, Furukawa Techno Material Co., Ltd.
Toyonobu Tanaka: Technology Development Department, Special Metals Division, Furukawa Techno Material Co., Ltd.
Yoshikazu Araki: Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
Ryosuke Kainuma: Department of Materials Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00383-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Growing large single crystals cheaply and reliably for structural applications remains challenging. Here, the authors combine accelerated abnormal grain growth and cyclic heat treatments to grow a superelastic shape memory alloy single crystal to 70 cm.

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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