Plasticity without dislocations in a polycrystalline intermetallic

oleh: Hubin Luo, Hongwei Sheng, Hongliang Zhang, Fengqing Wang, Jinkui Fan, Juan Du, J. Ping Liu, Izabela Szlufarska

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2019-08-01

Deskripsi

The deformation of materials depends on dislocation activity, and suppressing dislocations should lead to brittleness. Here, the authors combine simulations and experiments to show a samarium-cobalt intermetallic can exhibit plasticity without dislocations.