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S Ahmadi, H. R. Shahverdi,
Volume 11, Issue 4 (12-2014)
Abstract
Achieving extreme hardness in the newly synthetic steel formed by converting from initial amorphous state to subse-quent crystalline structure –named as devitrification process- was studied in this research work. Results of TEM observa-tions and XRD tests showed that crystallized microstructure were made up four different nano-scale phases i.e., α-Fe, Fe 36 Cr12 Mo10 , Fe 3 C and Fe3 B. More, Vickers hardness testing revealed a maximum hardness of 18.6 GPa which is signifi-cantly harder than existing hardmetals. Detailed kinetic and structural studies have been proof that two key factors were contributed to achieve this extreme hardness supersaturation of transition metal alloying elements (especially Nb) and also reduction in the structure to the nano-size crystals.
D. Gharailou, A. Abbasi,
Volume 12, Issue 3 (9-2015)
Abstract
Effect of electro migration on crystal structures of platinum nanowire (Nano bridge) during Nano-gap
formation is investigated by means of Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). Selected area diffraction patterns as
well as bright field images are used for this investigation. There were severely recessions in the polycrystalline Nano
bridge and crystal structures around the nanogap changed completely during electro migration. Due to Joule heating,
original small crystal with random orientation disappeared and newly crystals with a preferred orientation grew. They
have [111] orientations (respect to beam direction) with slight misorientations. α and θ was defined to calculate the
misorientation and used to represent Nano-gap formation mechanism. The calculation gives the breaking of Nano
bridge occurred along grain boundaries in most of Nano bridges. The controlling system during eletromigration may
affect on the shapes of tips so that the shape of tips in Nano bridges, in which feedback control is applied, is more
symmetric than others. The effect of temperature on atomic diffusivity might be the reason of the behaviour. {422}
could be a preferred surface plane for mass transport in platinum Nano bridge in which atoms move along it
