Journal
ACTA MATERIALIA
Volume 59, Issue 10, Pages 3804-3816Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2011.02.036
Keywords
Nanocomposite; Compression test; Nanoindentation; Plastic deformation
Funding
- Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) of the Office of Science, Department of Energy of the United States Government
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The mechanical behavior of nanoscale Al-TiN multilayered composites was studied using micropillar compression experiments, which were compared with previously performed nanoindentation experiments, and the microstructure was investigated using scanning and transmission electron microscopy. It was found that at extremely small layer thicknesses (<5 nm) the nanoscale multilayers acquire remarkable hardness (similar to 6 GPa), high flow strengths (similar to 4.5 GPa maximum) and high compressive deformability (5-7% plastic strain). These high strengths were accompanied by extraordinarily high strain-hardening rates in the Al layers, which were of the order of 16-35 GPa (similar to E/4-E/2) in regime II of the stress-strain curve of the compression tests in the 2-4 nm layered films and 5-9 GPa in the Al-18 nm-TiN-2 nm layered films, where Al layers deform plastically and TiN layers are deformed elastically. The high strengths and high work-hardening rates are discussed and analyzed using the concepts of dislocation motion and interactions within the confined nanoscale Al layers. (C) 2011 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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