Direct Atomic-Scale Observation of Ultrasmall Ag Nanowires that Exhibit fcc, bcc, and hcp Structures under Bending.
Phys Rev Lett
; 128(1): 015701, 2022 Jan 07.
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Metals usually have three crystal structures face-centered cubic (fcc), body-centered cubic (bcc), and hexagonal-close packed (hcp) structures. Typically, metals exhibit only one of these structures at room temperature. Mechanical processing can cause phase transition in metals, however, metals that exhibit all the three crystal structures have rarely been approached, even when hydrostatic pressure or shock conditions are applied. Here, through in situ observation of the atomic-scale bending and tensile process of â¼5 nm-sized Ag nanowires (NWs), we show that bending is an effective method to facilitate fcc-structured Ag to access all the above-mentioned structures. The process of transitioning the fcc structure into a bcc structure, then into an hcp structure, and finally into a re-oriented fcc structure under bending has been witnessed in its entirety. This re-oriented fcc structure is twin-related to the matrix, which leads to twin nucleation without the need for partial dislocation activities. The results of this study advance our understanding of the deformation mechanism of small-sized fcc metals.
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