Article
Chemistry, Physical
Adam Debski, Sylwia Terlicka, Magda Peska, Agnieszka Bigos, Wladyslaw Gasior, Wojciech Gierlotka, Marek Polanski
Summary: In this paper, the interactions between mechanically alloyed Mg6Pd1-xAgx alloys and hydrogen were studied. The structures of the alloys were analyzed using X-ray diffraction (XRD), which confirmed the presence of a single Mg6Pd-type phase for samples with up to x=0.5 silver concentration. The kinetics of hydrogenation process and the properties of synthesized hydride were investigated using a Sievert-type sorption analyzer and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) with thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The results showed that partial substitution of palladium with silver improved the hydrogen sorption kinetics compared to pure Mg6Pd intermetallic phase, but resulted in lower hydrogen content. The influence of silver on the decomposition kinetics was also observed.
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Mechanical
Rachel E. Lim, Darren C. Pagan, Joel Bernier, Paul A. Shade, Anthony D. Rollett
Summary: High-energy synchrotron x-rays are used to track the evolution of grain-averaged lattice reorientation and stress-state in Ti-7Al during cyclic loading. Accumulating plastic strain is observed even when the sample did not exceed its elastic limit. The largest changes in lattice orientation and stress state occur after the first cycle, followed by a slower evolution in subsequent cycles. The variation of axes for lattice reorientation is highly dependent on the maximum resolved shear stress and activation of different slip systems.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FATIGUE
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Risheng Pei, Yongchun Zou, Muhammad Zubair, Daqing Wei, Talal Al-Samman
Summary: This study investigates the synergistic effect of various alloying elements on the texture and microstructure evolution in magnesium alloys. The results demonstrate that adjusting the precipitation and solute segregation can lead to desired texture modifications.
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Chuanlong Xu, Mingyi Zhang, Xiaobao Tian, Wentao Jiang, Qingyuan Wang, Haidong Fan
Summary: The interaction between Mg17Al12 precipitate and low-angle grain boundaries in Mg-Al alloys was investigated using molecular dynamics simulations. The precipitate was found to be sheared by grain boundaries with a rotation angle of 9 degrees or larger, but not sheared with a rotation angle smaller than 8 degrees. An analytical model based on Eshelby theory was proposed to explain this behavior, and it showed good agreement with the simulation results. The critical shear of the grain boundary was found to be related to the aspect ratio of the precipitate.
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
(2023)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Mingzhe Bian, Xinsheng Huang, Yasumasa Chino
Summary: In the solution treated state, Ag and Ca atoms segregate to grain boundaries, promoting the early formation of GB precipitates compared to the grain interior. Prolonged aging results in the growth of GB precipitates, which serve as preferred initiation sites for microcracks.
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING
(2021)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Zhi Zhang, Jinghuai Zhang, Jinshu Xie, Shujuan Liu, Yuying He, Ru Wang, Daqing Fang, Wei Fu, Yunlei Jiao, Ruizhi Wu
Summary: The addition of trace Sm can significantly increase the grain boundary segregation concentration in the dilute Mg-Zn-Ca-Mn alloy, improve its yield strength, inhibit grain growth during annealing, and contribute to the design of advanced Mg alloys.
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
M. Vollmer, S. Degener, A. Bolender, A. Bauer, A. Liehr, A. Stark, N. Schell, P. Barriobero-Vila, G. Requena, T. Niendorf
Summary: A recently developed strategy for promoting abnormal grain growth during cyclic heat treatment has the potential to manufacture single crystals with a size of several centimeters. However, there is still a lack of detailed understanding of the elementary mechanisms involved in this kind of abnormal grain growth. This study provides time resolved insights into the interplay of these mechanisms for the first time, using in situ synchrotron high energy X-ray diffraction analysis. The results not only deepen our understanding of abnormal grain growth, but also lay the foundation for improving the efficiency of the cyclic heat treatment process and obtaining even larger single crystals.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
J. Kang, K. Walter, H. Bale, A. J. Shahani
Summary: This study visualizes a new three-dimensional grain boundary sample using laboratory-based X-ray diffraction tomography and determines the percolation threshold of grain boundaries in the thermodynamic limit. Comparison with past simulations shows good agreement. The study also investigates the percolation threshold of triple junction lines and finds them to be lower than that of grain boundaries. These findings have implications for the design of failure-resistant materials.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Risheng Pei, Yongchun Zou, Daqing Wei, Talal Al-Samman
Summary: Alloying additions in magnesium can modify common basal textures during recrystallization based on their solid solubility and precipitation behavior. The type and level of solute segregation in grain boundaries play a key role in controlling the growth behavior. Further research can advance current alloy design strategies by tweaking the solute concentration in the solid solution.
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
J. Zuo, T. Nakata, C. Xu, Y. P. Xia, H. L. Shi, X. J. Wang, G. Z. Tang, W. M. Gan, E. Maawad, G. H. Fan, S. Kamado, L. Geng
Summary: A high strength dilute Mg-0.8Al-0.1Ca-0.6Mn alloy wire was successfully developed by hot drawing, with the high strength attributed to the ultra-fine DRXed grains, coarse elongated unrecrystallized grains with dense dislocations, and nano sized Al2Ca and Al-Mn precipitates dispersed in the alloy wire.
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING
(2022)
Review
Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering
H. T. Jeong, W. J. Kim
Summary: By extensively reviewing the literature, the tensile elongation behavior and deformation mechanisms of superplastic Mg alloys and Mg composites were examined. The effects of grain size and secondary phase particles on superplasticity were systematically reviewed, and the importance of grain boundary diffusion- and lattice diffusion-controlled grain boundary sliding as dominant deformation mechanisms was discussed.
JOURNAL OF MAGNESIUM AND ALLOYS
(2022)
Article
Physics, Applied
Yanxu Wang, Wu Gong, Takuro Kawasaki, Stefanus Harjo, Kun Zhang, Zhidong Zhang, Bing Li
Summary: In this study, the deformation behavior of the plastic inorganic semiconductor Ag2S was investigated using in situ neutron diffraction at different temperatures. The results showed that at room temperature, the distribution of lattice strain among different crystallographic plane families may be responsible for the significant work-hardening behavior in bulk Ag2S. At 453 K, Ag2S undergoes a phase transformation from monoclinic to body-centered cubic phase, with a stress plateau and subsequent rehardening. The deformation mode of bulk Ag2S at the initial stage is likely due to the migration of silver ions, and as strain increases, it resembles the behavior at room temperature, leading to rehardening.
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Jie Feng, Lianpeng Zhang, Yufeng Zhang, Guizhen Feng, Chen Wang, Wenbin Fang
Summary: Multi-pass rolling can improve the strength and ductility synergy in ultrafine-grained AZQ310 alloy sheet by reducing grain boundary segregation. The as-extruded alloy has high yield strength but poor elongation due to the presence of ultra-fine grains and co-segregation of Al/Zn atoms at grain boundaries. In contrast, after multi-pass rolling, the sheet exhibits higher yield and ultimate strength, as well as improved elongation along the rolling direction.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY-JMR&T
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Alok Singh, Takanobu Hiroto, Machiko Ode, Hiroyuki Takakura, Karel Tesar, Hidetoshi Somekawa, Toru Hara
Summary: The precipitation of a stable quasicrystalline i-phase has been observed in a Mg-6Zn-3Al magnesium alloy, which may be the first discovery of a stable i-phase in this alloy. The dissolution of i-phase at grain boundaries leads to precipitation in the Mg-matrix during cooling. Nucleation characteristics, phase transformation, and interface morphology were investigated.
Article
Crystallography
Qizhen Li
Summary: This study analyzed the GND densities of five selected fine-grained magnesium samples. Different fatigue-loading conditions were applied to three samples at 0 degrees C, one experienced quasi-static tensile loading at 0 degrees C, and one represented the as-rolled state. The results provide new insights into the deformation mechanism of fine-grained magnesium at 0 degrees C, showing significant increases in GND density for the tested samples compared to the as-rolled sample, especially for the sample with low-maximum applied stress.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Gregory J. Rees, Dominic Spencer Jolly, Ziyang Ning, T. James Marrow, Galina E. Pavlovskaya, Peter G. Bruce
Summary: This study utilized Na-23 MRI to directly observe the microstructural growth of sodium in an all-solid-state cell, revealing a porous dendritic morphology which was confirmed through various methods. The significantly larger T-2 contrast for dendritic growth compared to bulk metal electrode is attributed to increased sodium ion mobility within the dendrite. Na-23 T-2 contrast MRI of metallic sodium provides a clear and routine method for observing and isolating microstructural growth, complementing current techniques for analyzing dendritic growth in all-solid-state cells.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2021)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Zhao He, Zhanjun Liu, T. James Marrow, Jinliang Song
Summary: The study demonstrates the good barrier property of commercial nuclear graphite with different microstructures in molten lead-bismuth eutectic, and the chemical stability of graphite in molten LBE has been preliminarily verified. Nuclear graphite with small pores has the potential to act as an ideal coolant channel material for compact high temperature reactors.
JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS
(2021)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Abdalrhaman Koko, Elsiddig Elmukashfi, Kalin Dragnevski, Angus J. Wilkinson, Thomas James Marrow
Summary: The strain fields of deformation twins in an age-hardened duplex stainless-steel were studied using HR-EBSD. The study parameterised the 2D elastic strain field at the twin tip using J-integral and decomposed it into mode I and mode II stress intensity factors. It was found that the elastic field described by KI increased with twin thickness, while the in-plane shear field described by KII relaxed when the load was removed.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Xin Zhang, Zhenjun Yang, Miao Pang, Yong Yao, Q. M. Li, T. James Marrow
Summary: In this study, micro-structures of ultrahigh-performance fibre reinforced concrete (UHPFRC) beams were examined using ex-situ micro X-ray Computed Tomography (mu XCT) tests. The spatial distribution, number, orientation and dimension of pores and fibres were quantified, and micro-scale failure mechanisms were visualised and analysed. It was found that the position, dimension and orientation of fibres and pores significantly influence damage and fracture initiation and evolution.
CEMENT & CONCRETE COMPOSITES
(2021)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Hao Zhou, Ricardo A. Lebensohn, Peter Reischig, Wolfgang Ludwig, Kaushik Bhattacharya
Summary: A methodology is presented to impose micromechanical constraints by finding the equilibrated stress field closest to a non-equilibrated stress field through an optimization problem. The method uses the Hodge decomposition of a symmetric matrix field to extract the equilibrated part of a general field, and involves high-order derivatives that can be efficiently calculated in Fourier space. The method is applied to filter non-equilibrated stress fields in synthetic and experimental data, with the largest corrections near grain boundaries.
MECHANICS OF MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
T. J. Marrow, I Sulak, B-S Li, M. Vuksic, M. Williamson, D. E. J. Armstrong
Summary: Nano-indentation was used to study the (0001) surface of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite at temperatures up to 600 degrees C. The results revealed an increased tendency for inelastic deformation at high temperature, with buckling and kink formation of the graphite crystals.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Jie Shen, T. James Marrow, Daniel Scotson, Xiaochao Jin, Houzheng Wu, Hongniao Chen
Summary: The fracture toughness of fine-grained nuclear graphite SNG742 was investigated through observation of stable crack propagation and numerical simulations using digital volume correlation and image processing algorithms. The method allows evaluation of fracture toughness without prior knowledge of the material's elastic properties and has potential applications.
JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Y. El Hachi, S. Berveiller, B. Piotrowski, J. Wright, W. Ludwig, B. Malard
Summary: In this study, the superelastic behavior of a Cu-Al-Be alloy was investigated using two high-energy synchrotron techniques. The microstructure and elastic strain/stress tensors of individual grains were determined, and finite element modeling was performed to validate the experimental results, revealing significant stress heterogeneities between grains.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Abdalrhaman Koko, Elsiddig Elmukashfi, Thorsten H. Becker, Phani S. Karamched, Angus J. Wilkinson, James Marrow
Summary: This study used high angular resolution electron backscatter diffraction to quantify the local elastic field in intragranular slip bands of age-hardened duplex stainless steel, revealing the changes in elastic fields around the tip of slip bands under different loading conditions.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
S. Zhao, Y. Chen, L. Saucedo-Mora, T. Connolley, T. J. Marrow
Summary: This study aims to develop a novel methodology for measuring the deformation of ceramic composite tubes. By observing the burst test of SiC/SiC composite tubes using high resolution X-ray tomography and measuring the three-dimensional displacements using digital volume correlation, the results regarding strain and cracking were obtained.
EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Yang Chen, James Marrow
Summary: A microscale model was developed to predict the mechanical behavior of irradiated fibre composites, and the effects of swelling mismatch on the mechanical properties were investigated. The sensitivity of the composites' properties to irradiation swelling was affected by the fibre volume fraction, while the porosity affected the initial unirradiated properties.
JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Eloise Veys, Louis Makower, Marcus Williamson, Lena M. Saure, Rainer Adelung, Fabian Schutt, Nicola M. Pugno, Thomas James Marrow
Summary: Zinc oxide tetrapods possess remarkable functional and mechanical properties and can be applied in various fields including nanoelectronic and optoelectronic sensing, functional composites and coatings, and energy harvesting and storage. Through assembly into high porosity macroscopic ceramic framework structures, they can serve as versatile templates for fabricating other foam-like materials with multiple scales. In this study, we investigated the three-dimensional structure of low density interconnected zinc oxide tetrapod networks using high resolution X-ray computed tomography. In-situ observations during mechanical loading revealed the heterogeneous development of anelastic strain (damage) during compression and the homogeneous elastic recovery during unloading. Individual tetrapods were observed to deform through arm rotation to accommodate strain.
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Abdalrhaman Koko, Thorsten H. Becker, Elsiddig Elmukashfi, Nicola M. Pugno, Angus J. Wilkinson, James Marrow
Summary: Understanding the local fracture resistance of microstructural features is crucial for the microstructure-informed design of materials. This study presents a novel approach to evaluate stress intensity factors directly from experimental measurements, using high-resolution electron backscatter diffraction. An exemplar study is conducted on a quasi-static crack propagating on low index {hkl} planes in a (001) single crystal silicon wafer.
JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Thomas Zillhardt, Genoveva Burca, Wolfgang Ludwig, Dong Liu, T. James Marrow
Summary: This study demonstrates that the reorientation of crystal domains accompanies the accommodation of mechanical strain in unirradiated polygranular graphite. The researchers used in situ neutron and synchrotron X-ray experiments to observe the changes in crystal orientation and local neutron scattering when strain was applied. The study provides new evidence for crystal deformation mechanisms that contribute to the elastic non-linearity and permanent set of polycrystalline graphite.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Y. Liu, K. Zweiacker, C. Liu, J. T. McKeown, J. M. K. Wiezorek
Summary: The evolution of rapid solidification microstructure and solidification interface velocity of hypereutectic Al-20at.%Cu alloy after laser melting has been studied experimentally. It was found that the formation of microstructure was dominated by eutectic, alpha-cell, and banded morphology grains, and the growth modes changed with increasing interface velocity.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Bharat Gwalani, Julian Escobar, Miao Song, Jonova Thomas, Joshua Silverstein, Andrew Chihpin Chuang, Dileep Singh, Michael P. Brady, Yukinori Yamamoto, Thomas R. Watkins, Arun Devaraj
Summary: Castable alumina forming austenitic alloys exhibit superior creep life and oxidation resistance at high temperatures. This study reveals the mechanism behind the enhanced creep performance of these alloys by suppressing primary carbide formation and offers a promising alloy design strategy for high-temperature applications.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Jian Song, Qi Zhang, Songsong Yao, Kunming Yang, Houyu Ma, Jiamiao Ni, Boan Zhong, Yue Liu, Jian Wang, Tongxiang Fan
Summary: Recent studies have shown that achieving an atomically flat surface for metals can greatly improve their oxidation resistance and enhance their electronic-optical applications. Researchers have explored the use of graphene as a covering layer to achieve atomically flat surfaces. They found that high-temperature deposited graphene on copper surfaces formed mono-atomic steps, while annealed copper and transferred graphene on copper interfaces formed multi-atomic steps.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Jennifer A. Glerum, Jon-Erik Mogonye, David C. Dunand
Summary: Elemental powders of Al, Ti, Sc, and Zr are blended and processed via laser powder-bed fusion to create binary and ternary alloys. The microstructural analysis and mechanical testing show that the addition of Ti results in the formation of primary precipitates, while the addition of Sc and Zr leads to the formation of fine grain bands. The Al-0.25Ti-0.25Zr alloy exhibits comparable strain rates to Al-0.5Zr at low stresses, but significantly higher strain rates at higher stresses during compressive creep testing. Finite element modeling suggests that the connectivity of coarse and fine grain regions is a critical factor affecting the creep resistance of the alloys.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
P. Jannotti, B. C. Hornbuckle, J. T. Lloyd, N. Lorenzo, M. Aniska, T. L. Luckenbaugh, A. J. Roberts, A. Giri, K. A. Darling
Summary: This work characterizes the thermo-mechanical behavior of bulk nanocrystalline Cu-Ta alloys under extreme conditions. The experiments reveal that the alloys exhibit unique mechanical properties, behaving differently from conventional nanocrystalline Cu. They do not undergo grain coarsening during extrusion and exhibit behavior similar to coarse-grained Cu.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Yiqing Wei, Jingwei Li, Daliang Zhang, Bin Zhang, Zizhen Zhou, Guang Han, Guoyu Wang, Carmelo Prestipino, Pierric Lemoine, Emmanuel Guilmeau, Xu Lu, Xiaoyuan Zhou
Summary: This study proposes a new strategy to modify microstructure by phase regulation, which can simultaneously enhance carrier mobility and reduce lattice thermal conductivity. The addition of Cu in layered SnSe2 induces a phase transition that leads to increased grain size and reduced stacking fault density, resulting in improved carrier mobility and lower lattice thermal conductivity.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Jia Chen, Zhengyu Zhang, Eitan Hershkovitz, Jonathan Poplawsky, Raja Shekar Bhupal Dandu, Chang-Yu Hung, Wenbo Wang, Yi Yao, Lin Li, Hongliang Xin, Honggyu Kim, Wenjun Cai
Summary: In this study, the structural origin of the pH-dependent repassivation mechanisms in multi-principal element alloys (MPEA) was investigated using surface characterization and computational simulations. It was found that selective oxidation in acidic to neutral solutions leads to enhanced nickel enrichment on the surface, resulting in reduced repassivation capability and corrosion resistance.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
X. Y. Xu, C. P. Huang, H. Y. Wang, Y. Z. Li, M. X. Huang
Summary: The limited slip systems of magnesium (Mg) and its alloys hinder their wide applications. By conducting tensile straining experiments, researchers discovered a rate-dependent transition in the dislocation mechanisms of Mg alloys. At high strain rates, glissile dislocations dominate, while easy-glide dislocations dominate at low strain rates. Abundant glissile dislocations do not necessarily improve ductility.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
M. S. Szczerba, M. J. Szczerba
Summary: Inverse temperature dependences of the detwinning stress were observed in face-centered cubic deformation twins in Cu-8at.%Al alloy. The detwinning stress increased with temperature when the pi detwinning mode was involved, but decreased when the pi/3 mode was involved. The dual effect of temperature on the detwinning stress was due to the reduction of internal stresses pre-existing within the deformation twins. The complete reduction of internal stresses at about 530 degrees C led to the equivalence of the critical stresses of different detwinning modes and a decrease in the yield stress anisotropy of the twin/matrix structure.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Taowen Dong, Tingting Qin, Wei Zhang, Yaowen Zhang, Zhuoran Feng, Yuxiang Gao, Zhongyu Pan, Zixiang Xia, Yan Wang, Chunming Yang, Peng Wang, Weitao Zheng
Summary: The interaction between the electrode and the electric double layer (EDL) significantly influences the energy storage mechanism. By studying the popular alpha-Fe2O3 electrode and the EDL interaction, we find that the energy storage mechanism of the electrode can be controlled by modulating the EDL.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Matthew R. Barnett, Jun Wang, Sitarama R. Kada, Alban de Vaucorbeil, Andrew Stevenson, Marc Fivel, Peter A. Lynch
Summary: The elastic-plastic transition in magnesium alloy Mg-4.5Zn exhibits bursts of deformation, which are characterized by sudden changes in grain orientation. These bursts occur in a coordinated manner among nearby grains, with the highest burst rate observed at the onset of full plasticity. The most significant burst events are associated with twinning, supported by the observation of twinned structures using electron microscopy. The bursts are often preceded and followed by a stasis in peak movement, indicating a certain "birth size" for twins upon formation and subsequent growth at a later stage.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Vaidehi Menon, Sambit Das, Vikram Gavini, Liang Qi
Summary: Understanding solute segregation thermodynamics is crucial for investigating grain boundary properties. The spectral approach and thermodynamic integration methods can be used to predict solute segregation behavior at grain boundaries and compare with experimental observations, thus aiding in alloy design and performance control.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Feiyu Qin, Lei Hu, Yingcai Zhu, Yuki Sakai, Shogo Kawaguchi, Akihiko Machida, Tetsu Watanuki, Yue-Wen Fang, Jun Sun, Xiangdong Ding, Masaki Azuma
Summary: This study reports on the negative and zero thermal expansion properties of Cd2Re2O7 and Cd1.95Ni0.05Re2O7 materials, along with their ultra-low thermal conductivity. Through investigations of their structures and phonon calculations, the synergistic effect of local structure distortion and soft phonons is revealed as the key to achieving these distinctive properties.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Thomas Beerli, Christian C. Roth, Dirk Mohr
Summary: A novel testing system for miniature specimens is designed to characterize the plastic response of materials for which conventional full-size specimens cannot be extracted. The system has an automated operation process, which reduces the damage to specimens caused by manual handling and improves the stability of the test results. The experiments show that the miniature specimens extracted from stainless steel and aluminum have high reproducibility, and the results are consistent with those of conventional-sized specimens. A correction procedure is provided to consider the influence of surface roughness and heat-affected zone caused by wire EDM.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Rani Mary Joy, Paulius Pobedinskas, Nina Baule, Shengyuan Bai, Daen Jannis, Nicolas Gauquelin, Marie-Amandine Pinault-Thaury, Francois Jomard, Kamatchi Jothiramalingam Sankaran, Rozita Rouzbahani, Fernando Lloret, Derese Desta, Jan D'Haen, Johan Verbeeck, Michael Frank Becker, Ken Haenen
Summary: This study investigates the influence of film microstructure and composition on the Young's modulus and residual stress in nanocrystalline diamond thin films. The results provide insights into the mechanical properties and intrinsic stress sources of these films, and demonstrate the potential for producing high-quality nanocrystalline diamond films under certain conditions.
