Shear-banding behavior in metallic glasses plays a key role in the operation of plastic deformation,which is associated with yield strength.In a micro-scale,the shear-banding behavior must be affected by many factors ...Shear-banding behavior in metallic glasses plays a key role in the operation of plastic deformation,which is associated with yield strength.In a micro-scale,the shear-banding behavior must be affected by many factors from the test machine and the substrate.Therefore,in this study,comprehensively considering a machine compliance,a geometry imperfection of micro-pillar,and a substrate sink-in the machine-sample-substrate system,we developed a plastic-strength model at a micrometer scale in this study,which is evidenced by the microscale compressive properties of 18 kinds of metallic glasses.The the-oretical model provides a guidance for the elastic limits and shear-banding dynamics of metallic glasses at the micro-scale,which can be applicable to characterize the microscale deformation behavior of other amorphous materials.展开更多
Ir-Ni-Ta metallic glasses(MGs)exhibit an array of superior high-temperature properties,making them attractive for applications at high temperatures or in harsh environments.However,Ir-Ni-Ta bulk MGs are quite brittle ...Ir-Ni-Ta metallic glasses(MGs)exhibit an array of superior high-temperature properties,making them attractive for applications at high temperatures or in harsh environments.However,Ir-Ni-Ta bulk MGs are quite brittle and often fracture catastrophically even before plastic yielding,significantly undercutting their high-strength advantage.Here,we show that the Ir-Ni-Ta MGs are not intrinsically brittle,but rather malleable when the feature size is reduced to micro/nano-scales.All tested Ir-Ni-Ta MG micropillars with a diameter ranging from~500 nm to~5μm display a large plastic strain above 25%(the maximum up to 35%),together with a yield strength up to 7 GPa,well exceeding the strength recorded in most metallic materials.The intrinsic shear stability of Ir-Ni-Ta MGs,as characterized by the normalized shear displacement during a shear event,is much larger than those malleable Zr-and Cu-based MGs.Our results suggest that Ir-Ni-Ta MGs are excellent candidates for micro/nanoscale structural applications used at high-temperature or extreme conditions.展开更多
基金This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51925103,51801027)the program 173(No.2020-JCIQ-ZD-186-01)+1 种基金China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2022M713334)the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,China(No.PolyU 15222017).
文摘Shear-banding behavior in metallic glasses plays a key role in the operation of plastic deformation,which is associated with yield strength.In a micro-scale,the shear-banding behavior must be affected by many factors from the test machine and the substrate.Therefore,in this study,comprehensively considering a machine compliance,a geometry imperfection of micro-pillar,and a substrate sink-in the machine-sample-substrate system,we developed a plastic-strength model at a micrometer scale in this study,which is evidenced by the microscale compressive properties of 18 kinds of metallic glasses.The the-oretical model provides a guidance for the elastic limits and shear-banding dynamics of metallic glasses at the micro-scale,which can be applicable to characterize the microscale deformation behavior of other amorphous materials.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Plan(2018YFA0703603)Guangdong Major Project of Basic and Applied Basic Research,China(2019B030302010)+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51822107,11790291 and 61888102)the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB30000000)。
文摘Ir-Ni-Ta metallic glasses(MGs)exhibit an array of superior high-temperature properties,making them attractive for applications at high temperatures or in harsh environments.However,Ir-Ni-Ta bulk MGs are quite brittle and often fracture catastrophically even before plastic yielding,significantly undercutting their high-strength advantage.Here,we show that the Ir-Ni-Ta MGs are not intrinsically brittle,but rather malleable when the feature size is reduced to micro/nano-scales.All tested Ir-Ni-Ta MG micropillars with a diameter ranging from~500 nm to~5μm display a large plastic strain above 25%(the maximum up to 35%),together with a yield strength up to 7 GPa,well exceeding the strength recorded in most metallic materials.The intrinsic shear stability of Ir-Ni-Ta MGs,as characterized by the normalized shear displacement during a shear event,is much larger than those malleable Zr-and Cu-based MGs.Our results suggest that Ir-Ni-Ta MGs are excellent candidates for micro/nanoscale structural applications used at high-temperature or extreme conditions.
