Journal
SMALL
Volume 18, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/smll.202104091
Keywords
boride nanoparticles; mechanical properties; metal matrix nanocomposites
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- Stellantis
- ANRT
- Sorbonne University
- Sorbonne Universite
- CNRS
- C'Nano projects of the Region Ile-de-France
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Incorporating boride nanocrystals can significantly impact the mechanical properties of aluminum alloys. Molten salts synthesis offers opportunities to fabricate superhard boride nanoparticles. HfB2 nanoparticles dispersed in aluminum through molten salt synthesis demonstrate grain boundary strengthening and grain refinement effects.
Incorporating boride nanocrystals could significantly impact the mechanical properties of aluminum alloys. Molten salts synthesis offers opportunities to fabricate superhard boride nanoparticles, which can sustain the harsh conditions during the liquid-phase design of metallic nanocomposites. Here hafnium diboride-aluminum nanocomposites are unveiled from molten salt-derived HfB2 nanoparticles sequentially dispersed in aluminum by ultrasound treatment. The structure and size of the nanocrystals are retained in the final nanocomposites, supporting their high chemical stability. Semicoherent interfaces between the nanoparticles and the matrix are then evidenced by TEM, suggesting that the nanocrystals could promote heterogeneous nucleation of Al and then limit the Al grain size to approximate to 20 mu m. Nanoindentation measurements reveal significant grain boundary strengthening and grain refinement effects. It is finally shown that HfB2 nanoparticles also enable a decrease in matrix grain size and an increase in the hardness of the AlSi7Cu0.5Mg0.3 alloy. These proof-of-concept materials are paving the way to light-weight Al matrix nanocomposites doped by molten-salt synthesized nanoparticles.
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