Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2020
Keywords
Nanocrystalline, phase transformation, in-situ TEM, Cu6Sn5
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1080/21663831.2020.1791272
Abstract
A new phase-transformation-induced path to spontaneous formation of extreme nanograin structure is reported. In-situ-heating-mode-microscopy exhibited a substantial grain-growth of Cu6Sn5. During cooling, the grain-growth continued, but it spontaneously switched to grain-refinement mode on phase transformation through ∼180 °C from η-Cu6Sn5 to η’-Cu6Sn5, ending up with an extremely small nanograin size of ∼2.5 nm. The cooling cycling always restores the nanograin size regardless of thermal exposure history, making this to be the first demonstration to stabilize the nanograin with its own spontaneous behavior. The Young’s Modulus was significantly reduced by ∼×3, and the elongation was remarkably increased by ∼×8 to ∼9%.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Materials Research Letters, v. 8, issue 11, p. 431-437
Scholar Commons Citation
Zhong, Ying; Wang, Chunqing; Wang, Jin; Ma, Huiwen; Krishnamoorthy, Sriram; Paley, Vladislav; Weng, Zijian; and Jin, Sungho, "Spontaneous Formation of Sub-4 nm Nanocrystalline Alloy Via Polymorphic Phase Transformation" (2020). Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications. 242.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/egr_facpub/242
