Composition design is one of the signifcant methods to break the trade-of relation between strength and ductility of medium-/high-entropy alloys(M/HEAs).Herein,we introduced three fundamental principles for the compos...Composition design is one of the signifcant methods to break the trade-of relation between strength and ductility of medium-/high-entropy alloys(M/HEAs).Herein,we introduced three fundamental principles for the composition design:high elastic modulus,low stacking-fault energy(SFE),and appropriate phase stability.Subsequently,based on the three principles of component design and the frst-principles calculation results,we designed and investigated a non-equiatomic Ni28 MEA with a single-phase and uniform microstructure.The Ni28 MEA has great mechanical properties with yield strength of 329.5 MPa,tensile strength of 829.4 MPa,and uniform elongation of 56.9%at ambient temperature,respectively.The high ductility of Ni28 MEA may be attributed to the dynamically refned microstructure composed of hexagonal close-packed(HCP)lamellas and stacking faults(SFs),which provide extremely high work-hardening ability.This work demonstrates the feasibility of the three principles for composition design and can be extended to more M/HEAs in the future.展开更多
We report experimental discovery of tantalum polyhydride superconductor.It was synthesized under highpressure and high-temperature conditions using diamond anvil cell combined with in situ high-pressure laser heating ...We report experimental discovery of tantalum polyhydride superconductor.It was synthesized under highpressure and high-temperature conditions using diamond anvil cell combined with in situ high-pressure laser heating techniques.The superconductivity was investigated via resistance measurements at pressures.The highest superconducting transition temperature T_(c)was found to be~30 K at 197 GPa in the sample that was synthesized at the same pressure with~2000 K heating.The transitions are shifted to low temperature upon applying magnetic fields that support the superconductivity nature.The upper critical field at zero temperatureμ_0H_(c2)(0)of the superconducting phase is estimated to be~20 T that corresponds to Ginzburg-Landau coherent length~40 A.Our results suggest that the superconductivity may arise from 143d phase of TaH_(3).It is,for the first time to our best knowledge,experimental realization of superconducting hydrides for the VB group of transition metals.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.52130002 and 52321001)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2022YFB3708200)the Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS(No.2018226).
文摘Composition design is one of the signifcant methods to break the trade-of relation between strength and ductility of medium-/high-entropy alloys(M/HEAs).Herein,we introduced three fundamental principles for the composition design:high elastic modulus,low stacking-fault energy(SFE),and appropriate phase stability.Subsequently,based on the three principles of component design and the frst-principles calculation results,we designed and investigated a non-equiatomic Ni28 MEA with a single-phase and uniform microstructure.The Ni28 MEA has great mechanical properties with yield strength of 329.5 MPa,tensile strength of 829.4 MPa,and uniform elongation of 56.9%at ambient temperature,respectively.The high ductility of Ni28 MEA may be attributed to the dynamically refned microstructure composed of hexagonal close-packed(HCP)lamellas and stacking faults(SFs),which provide extremely high work-hardening ability.This work demonstrates the feasibility of the three principles for composition design and can be extended to more M/HEAs in the future.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11921004)the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant Nos.2021YFA1401800 and 2022YFA1402301)+2 种基金Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDB33010200)supported by the National Science Foundation Earth Sciences(EAR 1634415)used resources of the Advanced Photon Source,a U.S.Department of Energy(DOE)Office of Science User Facility operated for the DOE Office of Science by Argonne National Laboratory(Grant No.DEAC02-06CH11357)。
文摘We report experimental discovery of tantalum polyhydride superconductor.It was synthesized under highpressure and high-temperature conditions using diamond anvil cell combined with in situ high-pressure laser heating techniques.The superconductivity was investigated via resistance measurements at pressures.The highest superconducting transition temperature T_(c)was found to be~30 K at 197 GPa in the sample that was synthesized at the same pressure with~2000 K heating.The transitions are shifted to low temperature upon applying magnetic fields that support the superconductivity nature.The upper critical field at zero temperatureμ_0H_(c2)(0)of the superconducting phase is estimated to be~20 T that corresponds to Ginzburg-Landau coherent length~40 A.Our results suggest that the superconductivity may arise from 143d phase of TaH_(3).It is,for the first time to our best knowledge,experimental realization of superconducting hydrides for the VB group of transition metals.
