Inherent tensile strength of molybdenum nanocrystals

Autor: Anatoly P Shpak, Sergiy O Kotrechko, Tatjana I Mazilova and Igor M Mikhailovskij
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, Vol 10, Iss 4, p 045004 (2009)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1468-6996
1878-5514
Popis: The strength of Mo nanorods was measured under uniaxial tension. Tensile tests of lang 110rang-oriented single-crystalline molybdenum rod-shaped specimens with diameters from 25 to 90 nm at the apex were conducted inside a field-ion microscope (FIM). The nanocrystals were free from dislocations, planar defects and microcracks, and exhibited the plastic mode of failure under uniaxial tension with the formation of a chisel-edge tip by multiple gliding in the (11ar{2})[111] and (112)[11ar{1}] deformation systems. The experimental values of tensile strength vary between 6.3 and 19.8 GPa and show a decrease with increasing nanorod diameter. A molecular dynamic simulation of Mo nanorod tension also suggests that the strength decreases from 28.8 to 21.0 GPa when the rod diameter increases from 3.1 to 15.7 nm. The maximum values of experimental strength are thought to correspond to the inherent strength of Mo nanocrystals under uniaxial tension (19.8 GPa, or 7.5% of Young's modulus).
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