Theory of transformation-mediated twinning

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dc.contributor.authorLu, S.
dc.contributor.authorSun, X.
dc.contributor.authorTian, Y.
dc.contributor.authorAn, X.
dc.contributor.authorLi, W.
dc.contributor.authorChen, Y.
dc.contributor.authorZhang, H.
dc.contributor.authorVitos, L.
dc.contributor.editorYortsos, Y.
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractHigh-density and nanosized deformation twins in face-centered cubic (fcc) materials can effectively improve the combination of strength and ductility. However, the microscopic dislocation mechanisms enabling a high twinnability remain elusive. Twinning usually occurs via continuous nucleation and gliding of twinning partial dislocations on consecutive close-packed atomic planes. Here we unveil a completely different twinning mechanism being active in metastable fcc materials. The transformation-mediated twinning (TMT) is featured by a preceding displacive transformation from the fcc phase to the hexagonal close-packed (hcp) one, followed by a second-step transformation from the hcp phase to the fcc twin. The nucleation of the intermediate hcp phase is driven by the thermodynamic instability and the negative stacking fault energy of the metastable fcc phase. The intermediate hcp structure is characterized by the easy slips of Shockley partial dislocations on the basal planes, which leads to both fcc and fcc twin platelets during deformation, creating more twin boundaries and further enhancing the prosperity of twins. The disclosed fundamental understanding of the complex dislocation mechanism of deformation twinning in metastable alloys paves the road to design novel materials with outstanding mechanical properties.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilitySong Lu, Xun Suna, Yanzhong Tian, Xianghai An, Wei Li, Yujie Chen, Hualei Zhang, and Levente Vitos
dc.identifier.citationPNAS Nexus, 2023; 2(1):1-11
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac282
dc.identifier.issn2752-6542
dc.identifier.issn2752-6542
dc.identifier.orcidChen, Y. [0000-0002-6588-6266]
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2440/139775
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherOxford University Press (OUP)
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DE170100053
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DE210101773
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of National Academy of Sciences. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac282
dc.subjectmartensitic transformation
dc.subjectmetastable alloy
dc.subjectstacking fault
dc.subjecttwinning
dc.titleTheory of transformation-mediated twinning
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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