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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Shu-Wei Cheng, Bo-Syun Chen, Sheng-Rui Jian, Yu-Min Hu, Phuoc Huu Le, Le Thi Cam Tuyen, Jyh-Wei Lee, Jenh-Yih Juang
Summary: In this study, the nanoindentation responses of Bi2Se3 thin film were quantitatively analyzed and simulated using the finite element method (FEM). The study also investigated the geometric shape dependency of nanoindentation-induced stress distribution at the film/substrate interface.
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Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
S. Chayoukhi, H. Dhifelaoui, N. Boucherou, A. Boukhachem, M. Amlouk, A. Zghal
Summary: Cobalt-doped tin oxide (SnO2:Co) thin films were successfully deposited on ordinary glass substrate using a simple spray pyrolysis technique at 450 degrees C. XRD analysis revealed a tetragonal crystalline structure with (1 1 1) preferred orientation. Calculations were performed for lattice parameters, crystallite size, strain, and dislocation densities. Optical investigations showed a large optical band gap, which increased significantly with higher cobalt doping. Mechanical properties, such as microhardness, Young modulus, and yield strength, were studied through nanoindentation measurements. Numerical study in Abaqus finite element demonstrated the validity of the model and the effect of cobalt doping on the mechanical properties of SnO2.
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
R. Nicholaus Quammen, Paul F. Rottmann
Summary: The study on low temperature oxidation behavior of MoNbTaW alloy in air revealed the formation of an amorphous oxidized layer, which was softer and more compliant than the underlying metal. MoNbTaW oxidized more quickly and exhibited different oxidation pathways compared to pure W samples under the same annealing conditions.
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Z. T. Jiang, Y. G. Li, M. K. Lei
Summary: The fracture toughness of TiAlN thin films on AISI 304 austenitic stainless steel was inversely investigated using nanoindentation experiment and simulation methods. By controlling the displacement of the nanoindenter and observing the crack number and position, the fracture toughness of TiAlN thin films was calculated to be 1.09 MPa m1/2.
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Zhengxing He, Yuehua Yang, Hongyuan Jiang
Summary: This study investigates the detachment process of a spherical indenter from a thin elastic film and reveals the influence of confinement ratio on the pull-off force. It also examines the effects of indentation depth, indenter radius, and adhesion energy density on the initial instability pattern. Furthermore, allowing lateral slip of the film proves to be an effective method in suppressing fingering instabilities.
JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS
(2022)
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
M. Chamani
Summary: This paper investigates the application of concurrent multiscale methods in atomic simulations, validates the effectiveness of multiscale models, and discusses the effects on hardness and elastic modulus.
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR GRAPHICS & MODELLING
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Mechanical
Kunqing Ding, Yin Zhang, Andrew J. Birnbaum, John G. Michopoulos, David L. McDowell, Ting Zhu
Summary: This study investigates the nanoindentation behavior of additively manufactured stainless steel materials through gradient plasticity finite element simulations, revealing size dependence of indentation hardness and strengthening effects due to the interplay of characteristic length scales.
EXTREME MECHANICS LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Enze Wang, Zekun Chen, Run Shi, Zixin Xiong, Zeqin Xin, Bolun Wang, Jing Guo, Ruixuan Peng, Yonghuang Wu, Chenyu Li, Hongtao Ren, Xiaoyan Li, Kai Liu
Summary: In this study, dynamic engineering of buckling deformation in MoS2 thin films was achieved by humidity-tuned interfacial adhesion, allowing the transformation of 1D telephone-cord buckles to 2D web-like buckles. These buckled films have potential applications as patterned templates for liquid condensation and sensing units for tactile sensors.
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Engineering, Mechanical
Kaiwen Wang, Wenjun Cai
Summary: A multiphysics finite element model was developed to study the material deformation and degradation during tribocorrosion from wear, corrosion, as well as their synergy, providing insights into the design and optimization strategies of NMMs against tribocorrosion. The effects of individual layer thickness and layer orientation on the tribocorrosion behavior of Al/Cu NMMs were studied, showing their impact on subsurface stress, plastic strain distribution, and localized surface corrosion kinetics.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yuemin Wang, Xingang Li, Jiarui Lu, Yao Li, Xiangqiao Yan, Shuliang Dou, Lei Wang
Summary: This work investigates the mechanical behavior of vanadium dioxide (VO2) thin film on a SiO2 substrate through nanoindentation tests and a theoretical model. The effect of phase transition on mechanical parameters was examined by varying the test temperature. A new model that can extract both the elastic modulus and hardness was developed. The results show a decrease in the intrinsic mechanical parameters after the phase transition. Numerical simulation results are consistent with experimental findings, validating the effectiveness of the new method. This study also provides valuable guidance for mechanical testing of other ultra-thin films.
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Mechanics
Konrad Perzynski, Grzegorz Cios, Lukasz Madej
Summary: This study presents a new approach to numerically investigate the fracture evolution in pulsed laser-deposited titanium nitride thin films under loading conditions, and demonstrates that the full-field model based on the digital material representation concept can reliably predict local fracture behavior.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Mehmet Isik, Cansu Emir, Hasan Huseyin Gullu, Nizami Gasanly
Summary: The optical and nanomechanical properties of Ga(2)Se(3) single crystals and thin films were investigated using reflection, transmission, and nanoindentation measurements. The band gap energies and refractive index were determined, and nanohardness and elastic modulus were calculated for both crystal and thin film structures.
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Paul Baral, Andrey Orekhov, Ralf Dohmen, Michael Coulombier, Jean Pierre Raskin, Patrick Cordier, Hosni Idrissi, Thomas Pardoen
Summary: The study reveals that amorphous olivine thin films deposited by pulsed laser deposition exhibit viscoelastic-viscoplastic behavior with significant rate dependency, suggesting a complex out-of-equilibrium structure. The ambient temperature creep behavior of the amorphous olivine films differs significantly from single crystal olivine, which is related to the activation of grain boundary sliding in polycrystalline olivine following grain boundary amorphization under high-stress conditions.
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Karuppasamy Pandian Marimuthu, Giyeol Han, Hyungyil Lee
Summary: The study investigates the effect of modulation ratio on the mechanical characteristics of multilayer Zr-based TFMG, demonstrating that appropriate selection of layer pattern and modulation ratio can improve mechanical performance. The proposed FE model can be utilized for achieving maximum mechanical performance of TFMG coated products.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY-JMR&T
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Coatings & Films
Y. Gaillard, E. Jimenez-Pique, M. Oliva-Ramirez, V. J. Rico, A. R. Gonzalez-Elipe
Summary: This work focused on the indentation analysis of nanocolumnar thin films and revealed the importance of microstructure in determining mechanical properties. The study found that a unique analytical thin-film nanoindentation model did not exist and developed a numerical finite element model to understand the contributions of different physical phenomena. By incorporating two length scales and considering densification and buckling of nanocolumnar units, a parametrical representation was developed to accurately predict the elastic modulus variation with depth during indentation tests, leading to a better agreement with experimentally determined values.
SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Junfeng Cui, Liang Ma, Guoxin Chen, Nan Jiang, Peiling Ke, Yingying Yang, Shiliang Wang, Kazuhito Nishimura, Javier Llorca
Summary: This article reports the abnormal phenomenon that twin boundaries weaken the strength of body-centered cubic (BCC) tungsten. [1-11]-oriented W nanowires with (121) twin planes and free of dislocations were fabricated, and in situ tensile tests were performed. The fracture strength of the twinned W nanowire was found to be 13.7 GPa, 16% lower than that of the single-crystal W nanowire (16.3 GPa). The weakening mechanism was revealed to be the early nucleation of a crack at the intersection of the twin boundary with the surface.
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Maral Sarebanzadeh, Alberto Orozco-Caballero, Javier LLorca
Summary: The transfer of basal-to-basal slip across grain boundaries was studied in weakly-textured pure Mg specimens deformed in tension using slip trace analysis and electron back-scatterer diffraction. Basal slip was the dominant deformation mechanism in most grains, and the transfer/blocking of slip at grain boundaries was examined. The active slip system(s) in the grains were determined by analyzing the rotation of grains caused by plastic slip along the basal slip systems. Additionally, the orientation of grain boundaries was measured to determine the twist angle theta.
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Chemistry, Physical
Cristina Madrona, Seungki Hong, Dongju Lee, Julia Garcia-Perez, Jose Manuel Guevara-Vela, Ramon Bernardo Gavito, Anastasiia Mikhalchan, Javier Llorca, Bon-Cheol Ku, Daniel Granados, Jun Yeon Hwang, Juan J. Vilatela
Summary: This work describes macroscopic fibers composed of aligned double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWCNTs) intercalated with bromine. The intercalated structure consists of bromine ions lying inside the interstitial sites between the DWCNTs, forming ordered supramolecular wires. The intercalation greatly increases the electrical conductivity and retains the exceptional mechanical properties of the CNT fiber host.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Wei Shao, Sha Liu, Javier LLorca
Summary: The whole Al-Li phase diagram is accurately predicted from first principles calculations and statistical mechanics, taking into account the effect of configurational and vibrational entropy. The predicted phase diagram shows excellent agreement with the experimental results in terms of stable and metastable phases, phase boundaries, and maximum stability temperature of line compounds. The methodology demonstrates that accurate phase diagrams of technologically important alloys can be obtained from first principles calculations.
COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
John A. Wu, Amey Luktuke, Nikhilesh Chawla
Summary: With the development of heterogeneous integration packaging, there is a growing demand for solders with ideal mechanical properties and melting temperatures. Sn-Ag-Cu (SAC) solders are a reliable alternative to PbSn solders, offering ideal mechanical properties and low melting points when alloyed with other elements. SAC-3Bi solder is found to have bismuth precipitation at room temperature after being aged, specifically on the exposed surface. Different cooling rates during solder solidification affect the coarsening rates, indicating varying diffusion and nucleation rates influenced by the cooling process.
JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Jiawei Lu, Ryan Khawarizmi, Miguel Monclus, Jon Molina-Aldareguia, Patrick Kwon, Thomas R. Bieler
Summary: The hardness and orientations of the primary αp and transformed βt grains in segmented chips obtained by turning Ti-6Al-4V bar were analyzed. The hardness of αp grains highly depends on the crystal orientation, varying from 4.5 GPa to 6.7 GPa. In the machined chips, αp grains showed similar hardness values while βt grains became slightly harder. The width of shear bands in the chips varied and smaller shear strain was correlated with larger shear cracks.
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING
(2023)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
A. Sierra-Soraluce, G. Li, M. J. Santofimia, J. M. Molina-Aldareguia, A. Smith, M. Muratori, I. Sabirov
Summary: This article investigates the effect of chemistry and heat treatment parameters on the microstructure and properties of Q&P treated martensitic stainless steels. It is demonstrated that these steels show a good combination of enhanced strength and sufficient tensile ductility, with the ability of the martensitic matrix to accumulate plastic deformation playing an important role. The relationship between the Q&P process, microstructure, and properties is discussed.
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Biaobiao Yang, Jun Wang, Yunping Li, Matthew Barnett, Javier LLorca
Summary: A dual-textured Mg-6.5 Zn alloy with limited yield asymmetry is studied. The deformation mechanisms responsible for the behavior are analyzed and it is found that compressive deformation is accommodated by basal slip and extension twinning, while tensile deformation promotes basal and nonbasal slip. The contribution of rotated grains leads to similar values of the yield strength in tension and compression.
Article
Engineering, Manufacturing
Mario Rueda-Ruiz, Miguel Herraez, Federico Sket, Francisco Galvez, Carlos Gonzalez, Jon M. Molina-Aldareguia
Summary: The use of composite materials for impact-resistant structures requires understanding the dynamic behavior of the material. A physically-based computational micromechanics simulation tool has been developed to predict failure initiation in a composite ply under different strain rates. The simulation tool incorporates constitutive models calibrated with novel micromechanical testing techniques. By comparing simulation and experimental results, a change in failure initiation mechanism of the composite ply with strain rate has been identified and confirmed through observations of fracture surfaces.
COMPOSITES PART A-APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Mechanical
Mingdi Yu, Yuchi Cui, Jingya Wang, Yiwen Chen, Zhigang Ding, Tao Ying, Javier Llorca, Xiaoqin Zeng
Summary: The presence of Y and Ca in a magnesium-based alloy led to a significant increase in the critical resolved shear stress (CRSS) for different deformation mechanisms, including basal slip, pyramidal slip, and tensile twin nucleation. This change in CRSS altered the dominant deformation mechanisms in polycrystals, replacing tensile twinning with prismatic slip during compressive deformation. The reduction of twinning and the activation of prismatic slip were responsible for the high tensile ductility of the alloy.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLASTICITY
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Biomaterials
Wahaaj Ali, Monica Echeverry-Rendon, Guillermo Dominguez, Kerstin van Gaalen, Alexander Kopp, Carlos Gonzalez, Javier LLorca
Summary: This study analyzed the corrosion, mechanical degradation, and biological performance of cold-drawn WE43 Mg wires. The results showed that the surface-modified Mg wires by continuous PEO had better corrosion resistance and biocompatibility. In contrast, the non-surface-treated Mg wires had a high corrosion rate, resulting in the loss of strength and ductility and no cell attachment. The PEO process formed a dense oxide layer that suppressed pitting corrosion and improved the strength of the Mg wires, enabling cell attachment.
BIOMATERIALS ADVANCES
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Meijuan Zhang, Anxin Ma, Javier Llorca
Summary: A numerical strategy is proposed to simulate plastic deformation in Mg alloys, which includes dislocation slip through a crystal plasticity model solved using the finite element method, and twin propagation through a phase field model solved using a fast Fourier transform algorithm. The crystal plasticity and phase field equations are solved using different discretizations of the simulation domain with the same time step. The strategy is used to simulate the compression deformation of a Mg micro-pillar and successfully predicts the stress-strain curve and dominant deformation mechanisms, demonstrating the capability of explicitly considering twin propagation in the simulation of plastic deformation in Mg alloys. Furthermore, a simulation of slip/twin interaction in polycrystals is presented to showcase the model's capabilities.
MECHANICS OF MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Polymer Science
Yu-Yao Liu, Juan Pedro Fernandez Blazquez, Guang-Zhong Yin, De-Yi Wang, Javier Llorca, Monica Echeverry-Rendon
Summary: This study presents a strategy for manufacturing biodegradable and biocompatible 3D printable biomaterials with tunable mechanical properties and degradation rate for tissue regeneration scaffolds. The PCEC copolymers synthesized in this study showed tunable mechanical properties and degradation rate, as well as excellent cytocompatibility and cell attachment. It was also demonstrated that PCEC scaffolds with excellent dimensional accuracy and controlled microporosity can be manufactured using 3D printing.
EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Biaobiao Yang, Jun Wang, Yunping Li, Matthew Barnett, Javier LLorca
Summary: The transformation from compression twins (CT) to double twins (DT) was studied in a dual-textured Mg-6.5%Zn(wt.) alloy during deformation along the extrusion axis. After 7.3% compression, 85% of CT transformed to DT. However, during tension, the transformation ratio dropped to 22% and 36% despite higher applied stresses and strains. The differences in DT activity could not be explained by the Schmid factor, indicating that the activation of non-basal slip plays a role in suppressing the CT to DT transformation.
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
(2023)
Meeting Abstract
Zoology
G. C. Cope, D. Goss, N. Chawla, A. Grishin, D. Bhate, C. Penick
INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Nizar Lefi, Salem Neily, Roland Bonnet
Summary: This paper investigates the elastic field in a bi-material crystal with an angular dislocation line with one branch placed in the crystal and the other along a strongly bound or welded interface. The analysis formulates the elastic field of a closed dislocation loop and solves it using the knowledge of the Green's tensor of the bi-material. The study provides a faster calculation method and has important implications for solving interfacial angular dislocation problems.
PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE
(2024)