Nucleation of amorphous shear bands at nanotwins in boron suboxide

Qi An; K. Madhav Reddy; Jin Qian; Kevin J. Hemker; Ming-Wei Chen; William A. Goddard III

doi:10.1038/ncomms11001

Nature Communications (Mar 2016)

Nucleation of amorphous shear bands at nanotwins in boron suboxide

Qi An,
K. Madhav Reddy,
Jin Qian,
Kevin J. Hemker,
Ming-Wei Chen,
William A. Goddard III

Affiliations

Qi An: Department of Chemistry, Materials and Process Simulation Center, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard
K. Madhav Reddy: WPI Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
Jin Qian: Department of Chemistry, Materials and Process Simulation Center, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard
Kevin J. Hemker: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
Ming-Wei Chen: WPI Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
William A. Goddard III: Department of Chemistry, Materials and Process Simulation Center, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11001
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Grain boundaries affect the physical properties of metals but their influence on covalent solids is less well established. Here, the authors use scanning transmission electron microscopy and quantum mechanics to understand deformation mechanisms in perfect and twinned boron suboxide crystals.

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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