Twinning-assisted dynamic adjustment of grain boundary mobility

Qishan Huang; Qi Zhu; Yingbin Chen; Mingyu Gong; Jixue Li; Ze Zhang; Wei Yang; Jian Wang; Haofei Zhou; Jiangwei Wang

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-27002-3

Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

Twinning-assisted dynamic adjustment of grain boundary mobility

Qishan Huang,
Qi Zhu,
Yingbin Chen,
Mingyu Gong,
Jixue Li,
Ze Zhang,
Wei Yang,
Jian Wang,
Haofei Zhou,
Jiangwei Wang

Affiliations

Qishan Huang: Center for X-Mechanics and State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Zhejiang University
Qi Zhu: Center of Electron Microscopy and State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
Yingbin Chen: Center of Electron Microscopy and State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
Mingyu Gong: Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Jixue Li: Center of Electron Microscopy and State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
Ze Zhang: Center of Electron Microscopy and State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
Wei Yang: Center for X-Mechanics and State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Zhejiang University
Jian Wang: Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Haofei Zhou: Center for X-Mechanics and State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Zhejiang University
Jiangwei Wang: Center of Electron Microscopy and State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27002-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Grain boundary can change its structure upon deformation. Here, the authors show that during this process, grain boundary mobility can be tuned dynamically via a self-stimulated twinning process.

Published in Nature Communications

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