Lattice expansion and phase stability in nanocrystalline titanium thin films

IF 1.2 4区材料科学 Q4 MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Philosophical Magazine Letters Pub Date : 2021-06-22 DOI:10.1080/09500839.2021.1937367

J. Chakraborty

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Crystallite-size-dependent lattice expansion of the hcp Ti phase has been observed by X-ray diffraction of polycrystalline Ti thin films. X-ray line profile analysis (XLPA) revealed a systematic reduction of crystallite size in the hcp Ti phase with decreasing film thickness. Increase of specific volume (i.e. volume/atom) of the hcp Ti phase with decreasing crystallite size has confirmed such lattice expansion. The observed lattice expansion has been simulated using an existing theoretical model after appropriately incorporating a crystallite-size-dependent width of the grain boundaries. It is further revealed that decreasing crystallite size and accompanying lattice expansion leads to lattice instability of the hcp Ti phase and eventually to a hcp-fcc phase transformation of elemental Ti in these thin films as reported earlier by the author.

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纳米晶钛薄膜的晶格膨胀和相稳定性

摘要用X射线衍射方法观察了多晶Ti薄膜中hcp-Ti相的晶粒尺寸相关晶格膨胀。X射线线轮廓分析（XLPA）显示，随着膜厚度的减小，hcp-Ti相中的晶粒尺寸有系统地减小。hcp-Ti相的比体积（即体积/原子）随着晶粒尺寸的减小而增加，证实了这种晶格膨胀。在适当地结合晶粒尺寸相关的晶界宽度之后，已经使用现有的理论模型模拟了观察到的晶格膨胀。进一步揭示了晶粒尺寸的减小和伴随的晶格膨胀导致hcp-Ti相的晶格不稳定性，并最终导致元素Ti在这些薄膜中的hcp-fcc相变，正如作者早些时候报道的那样。

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Philosophical Magazine Letters 物理-物理：凝聚态物理

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2.60

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审稿时长

2.7 months

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