The stress induced martensitic phase transformation of spherical ZrCu nanocrystals embedded in an amorphous matrix was studied in this paper. Microstructural observations revealed that the martensitic transformation o...The stress induced martensitic phase transformation of spherical ZrCu nanocrystals embedded in an amorphous matrix was studied in this paper. Microstructural observations revealed that the martensitic transformation of the nanocrystal was hindered by the surrounding amorphous coating. The existence of two-step transformation from the austenite phase(B2) to the base structure martensite(B19') and finally to the most stable superstructure martensite(Cm) was also demonstrated. The Cm martensite with(021) type I twinning symmetrically accommodation was surrounded by the B19' martensite with dislocation morphologies.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51171052 and 51322102)National Basic Research Program of China (973 Projects) (Nos. 2011CB012904 and 2012CB619400)+2 种基金Doctoral Program Foundation of Institutions of Higher Education of China (No. 20112302130006)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (HIT. BRET Ⅲ 20120the1)the State Key Lab of Advanced Metals and Materials (2015-Z01)
文摘The stress induced martensitic phase transformation of spherical ZrCu nanocrystals embedded in an amorphous matrix was studied in this paper. Microstructural observations revealed that the martensitic transformation of the nanocrystal was hindered by the surrounding amorphous coating. The existence of two-step transformation from the austenite phase(B2) to the base structure martensite(B19') and finally to the most stable superstructure martensite(Cm) was also demonstrated. The Cm martensite with(021) type I twinning symmetrically accommodation was surrounded by the B19' martensite with dislocation morphologies.