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Screw-rotation twinning through helical movement of triple-partials

  • Pan Liu
  • , Kui Du
  • , Jianxin Zhang
  • , Lihua Wang
  • , Yonghai Yue
  • , Evan Ma
  • , Yuefei Zhang
  • , Ze Zhang
  • , Mingwei Chen
  • , Xiaodong Han
  • Beijing University of Technology
  • CAS - Institute of Metal Research
  • Shandong University
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • Zhejiang University
  • Tohoku University

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Abstract

By in situ uniaxial-tensile tests with dynamic and atomic scale observation, we report the quantitative investigation of strain-induced deformation-twinning process through incoherent twin boundary propagation in nanocrystalline Au. The consecutive and quantitative strain maps revealed that a strong compressive strain, up to 5.8%, was formed. A screw-rotation twinning mechanism by consecutive and collective screw-rotations of triple-partials along a [111] screw-axis is proposed. This twin generates a macro-strain of 0.707, same as the conventional shear twins, but in a helical manner.

Original languageEnglish
Article number121901
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume101
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 17 Sep 2012
Externally publishedYes

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