Visualization and validation of twin nucleation and early-stage growth in magnesium

oleh: Lin Jiang, Mingyu Gong, Jian Wang, Zhiliang Pan, Xin Wang, Dalong Zhang, Y. Morris Wang, Jim Ciston, Andrew M. Minor, Mingjie Xu, Xiaoqing Pan, Timothy J. Rupert, Subhash Mahajan, Enrique J. Lavernia, Irene J. Beyerlein, Julie M. Schoenung

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2022-01-01

Deskripsi

The origins of deformation twins in Mg have remained unclear in the past. Here the authors, by combining in situ experimental observations and atomistic simulations, capture the rapid twinning phenomena in Mg crystals and show that twinning occurs through pure atomic shuffle.