{"title":"Deformation-induced nonequilibrium grain-boundary phase in submicrocrystalline iron","authors":"V.A. Shabashov , V.V. Ovchinnikov , R.R. Mulyukov , R.Z. Valiev , N.P. Filippova","doi":"10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00383-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00383-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>The shapes of Mössbauer spectra of coarse-grained annealed armco iron and submicrocrystalline (SMC) iron with a grain size of 0.22 μm were compared. The SMC was made from the armco iron by pressure shear and subsequent annealing at 420 °C. We intended to separate an additional subspectrum, which appears as a result of the grain refinement. That subspectrum was attributed to grain-boundary atoms or the “grain-boundary phase” (GBP). The volume fraction of that phase was determined. On the average, the GBP interatomic spacing was suggested to be 1% larger than that of the grain phase (GP) and the presence of considerable compressive stresses in the GBP were deduced. A possible reason for the satellite subspectrum appearing after the grain refinement was that it was attributed to a sudden change in the fundamental characteristics of the solid at a certain critical value of the </span>lattice parameter, which varies continuously in going from the geometrical boundary to the grain center.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":18878,"journal":{"name":"Nanostructured Materials","volume":"11 8","pages":"Pages 1017-1029"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00383-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91746233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nanostructured MaterialsPub Date : 1999-11-01Epub Date: 2000-05-19DOI: 10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00396-7
W.Q Li , L Gao
{"title":"Processing, microstructure and mechanical properties of 25 vol% YAG-Al2O3 nanocomposites","authors":"W.Q Li , L Gao","doi":"10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00396-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00396-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A co-precipitation method was investigated to manufacture 25 vol% YAG-Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> nanocomposites with excellent strength characteristics at room temperature. The as-prepared powders were sintered by hot-pressing in N<sub>2</sub> to nearly full density with heating rate of 10°Cmin<sup>−1</sup><span><span> to 1400°C for 1h and at 30MPa pressure. The microstructure was characterised using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and transmission electron microscope (TEM). Microstructural results of hot-pressed composites reveal that the intergranular </span>YAG grains of micrometer size (≈800nm) were dispersed at the grain boundaries of a dense Al</span><sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> matrix, and most fine grain YAG grains of nanometric size (≈100nm) were entrapped within the Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub><span> grains in the composite. The room temperature fracture strength and fracture toughness of the hot-pressed composites were 611MPa and 4.53MPa·m</span><sup>−1/2</sup>, respectively. These strength and fracture toughness values are higher than those reported in other studies for YAG-Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub><span> system. It is proposed that the improvement of mechanical property of hot-pressed nanocomposites is due to the reduction of the grain size of the matrix and the improved strength of the grain boundaries in 25 vol% YAG-Al</span><sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> nanocomposite.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":18878,"journal":{"name":"Nanostructured Materials","volume":"11 8","pages":"Pages 1073-1080"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00396-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91746240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nanostructured MaterialsPub Date : 1999-11-01Epub Date: 2000-05-19DOI: 10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00419-5
F Bonet , V Delmas , S Grugeon , R Herrera Urbina , P-Y Silvert , K Tekaia-Elhsissen
{"title":"Synthesis of monodisperse Au, Pt, Pd, Ru and Ir nanoparticles in ethylene glycol","authors":"F Bonet , V Delmas , S Grugeon , R Herrera Urbina , P-Y Silvert , K Tekaia-Elhsissen","doi":"10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00419-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00419-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Au, Pt, Pd, Ru and Ir nanoparticles<span> with a narrow size distribution have been synthesized by chemical reduction of their corresponding metal species in ethylene glycol. In all cases, the average particle size was found to be smaller than 10 nm. Particle size was mainly controlled by varying the initial total metal concentration, the reaction temperature, and the concentration of PVP. With the exception of Ir, metal particle agglomeration and sintering was prevented by the addition of PVP, a well known protective agent that also aids particle dispersion.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":18878,"journal":{"name":"Nanostructured Materials","volume":"11 8","pages":"Pages 1277-1284"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00419-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91746242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nanostructured MaterialsPub Date : 1999-11-01Epub Date: 2000-05-19DOI: 10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00413-4
P.I Gouma , P.K Dutta , M.J Mills
{"title":"Structural stability of titania thin films","authors":"P.I Gouma , P.K Dutta , M.J Mills","doi":"10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00413-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00413-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>This paper studies the stability of thin films of nanostructured titania at elevated temperatures. Thin films of titania are intended for use in many applications, including high-temperature gas sensing devices. The initial structure of the films consists of nanocrystalline anatase (∼8nm). Exposure of the films to temperatures > 400°C results in the nucleation and subsequent rapid growth of rutile grains (final grain size > 300nm). In-situ, hot-stage experiments in the TEM were carried out, which revealed details about the nucleation and </span>abnormal grain growth processes in this system. It is argued that coarsening of the nano-structure following the transformation is a characteristic of polymorphic reactions from metastable to stable phases. The nucleation process is a critical rate-controlling process for maintaining nanosize grains in the transformed material.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":18878,"journal":{"name":"Nanostructured Materials","volume":"11 8","pages":"Pages 1231-1237"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00413-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91746580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nanostructured MaterialsPub Date : 1999-11-01Epub Date: 2000-05-19DOI: 10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00410-9
J. Guerrero-Paz , D. Jaramillo-Vigueras
{"title":"Comparison of grain size distributions obtained by XRD and TEM in milled FCC powders","authors":"J. Guerrero-Paz , D. Jaramillo-Vigueras","doi":"10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00410-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00410-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Measurements of grain size in powders of the Cu-15at%Al, Cu-20at%Ni, Cu and Ni systems, milled for different times were conducted. X-ray diffraction (XRD) (Warren-Averbach method) and transmission electron microscopy were used for that purpose. From both techniques, distributions of grain diameter (length) were obtained, which permitted to compare both results. Such results were interpreted by considering previous studies of particle size evolution and </span>microstructural evolution. A better comprehension of phenomena that occur in the mechanical alloying, as the grain refinement and the solid solution formation, is attained.</p><p>The grain size results obtained by the two techniques were coincident for the Cu-15at%Al system. This system did not present adherence of the powders to the milling media. In the case of the Cu-20at%Ni, Cu and Ni systems, that presented adherence, the results were coincident solely in the powder milled for 864 ks. This is explained due to the microstructural homogenization, reached until that time.</p><p>The grain size as a function of the milling time of the two classes of FCC systems, being referred to the adherence phenomenon, presented opposed trends. For example, for the Cu-at15at%Al system, the 70% of the population of grains had a grain size smaller than 7.5, 12 and 20 nm for the milling times of 180, 360 and 864 ks respectively. In the case of the Cu-20at%Ni, Cu and Ni systems, the 70% of the population of grains had a grain size smaller than 35, 22 and 16 nm for the milling times of 180, 360 and 864 ks respectively. These contrary trends reflect different mechanisms of grain size refinement.</p><p>A maximum value of grain size of 20 nm required to form the solid solution in the Cu-at15%Al and Cu-20%atNi systems was found.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":18878,"journal":{"name":"Nanostructured Materials","volume":"11 8","pages":"Pages 1195-1204"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00410-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91746581","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Baoquan Huang, H. Jiang, R. Perez, S. Nutt, E. Lavernia
{"title":"The effect of Ni on the cryogenic attritor milling of Metglas Fe78B13Si9","authors":"Baoquan Huang, H. Jiang, R. Perez, S. Nutt, E. Lavernia","doi":"10.1016/S0965-9773(00)00428-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0965-9773(00)00428-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18878,"journal":{"name":"Nanostructured Materials","volume":"4 1","pages":"1009-1016"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77660933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Synthesis of powders and films using a new laser ablation technique","authors":"R. Houriet, R. Vacassy, H. Hofmann","doi":"10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00406-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00406-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18878,"journal":{"name":"Nanostructured Materials","volume":"63 1","pages":"1155-1163"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82031833","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nanostructured MaterialsPub Date : 1999-11-01Epub Date: 2000-05-19DOI: 10.1016/S0965-9773(00)00431-1
A.E.C Palmqvist , M Wirde , U Gelius , M Muhammed
{"title":"Surfaces of doped nanophase cerium oxide catalysts","authors":"A.E.C Palmqvist , M Wirde , U Gelius , M Muhammed","doi":"10.1016/S0965-9773(00)00431-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0965-9773(00)00431-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Solid solutions of nanophase cerium oxides<span> have been prepared and the relationship between their bulk crystal structure and surface characteristics has been studied at room temperature with X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Dopants with a valence lower than +4, such as Ca</span></span><sup>2+</sup>, Nd<sup>3+</sup>, and Pb<sup>2+</sup><span>, introduce structural defects (oxygen vacancies) in the cerium oxide lattice, which has been found to affect the redox catalytic activity of the materials. The introduction of oxygen vacancies leads to the appearance of an O1s core level peak with a shift of 2.0–2.5 eV to higher binding energies as compared to the core level peak of the lattice oxygen in CeO</span><sub>2</sub>. The intensity of this high binding energy O1s peak varies with the expected concentration of oxygen vacancies in the surface, the type of dopant cation and its concentration in the solid solution. It was found that carbonate and hydroxide species are responsible for the appearance of this O1s peak, presumably as a result of capping of oxygen vacancies at the surface. The implications of these surface groups on the catalytic activity of the materials are discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":18878,"journal":{"name":"Nanostructured Materials","volume":"11 8","pages":"Pages 995-1007"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0965-9773(00)00431-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91746231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nanostructured MaterialsPub Date : 1999-11-01Epub Date: 2000-05-19DOI: 10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00417-1
H Wang , L Gao , Weiqun li , Qiang li
{"title":"Preparation of nanoscale α-Al2O3 powder by the polyacrylamide gel method","authors":"H Wang , L Gao , Weiqun li , Qiang li","doi":"10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00417-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00417-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Nanoscale α-Al</span><sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> powder has been prepared by the polyacrylamide gel method. Because polymer-network inhibit the aggregate of Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>, nanoscale α-Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub><span> powder with about 10 nm size can be obtained. Its calcination temperature is 1100°C, which is 100°C lower than general calcination temperature in other methods.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":18878,"journal":{"name":"Nanostructured Materials","volume":"11 8","pages":"Pages 1263-1267"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00417-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91746244","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nanostructured MaterialsPub Date : 1999-11-01Epub Date: 2000-05-19DOI: 10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00409-2
S Shukla , S Seal
{"title":"Cluster size effect observed for gold nanoparticles synthesized by sol-gel technique as studied by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy","authors":"S Shukla , S Seal","doi":"10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00409-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00409-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Gold nanoparticles have been synthesized by sol-gel technique. AFM analysis shows the presence of ≤ 12–14 nm and 40–60 nm sized particles for H</span><sub>2</sub>S/not heated and H<sub>2</sub>S/heated samples respectively. XPS analysis of H<sub>2</sub><span>S/not heated sample reveals that the core-level Au 4f7/2 B.E. is shifted by +0.3 eV with increase in the FWHM by 0.2 eV relative to the respective bulk values of 84.0 eV and 1.1 eV. The results are interpreted in terms of the changes in the electronic structure due to finite cluster size and creation of +ve charge over the surface of cluster during the photoemission<span> process itself. The electronic structure of Au nanoparticles (or clusters) produced by present sol-gel technique is compared with that of Au clusters deposited by evaporation method described in the literature.</span></span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":18878,"journal":{"name":"Nanostructured Materials","volume":"11 8","pages":"Pages 1181-1193"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00409-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76543129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}