{"title":"Effect of applied stress on radiation-induced loop and raft formation in molybdenum","authors":"H.T. Vo , M.M. Schneider , W.Y. Chen , A.A. Kohnert","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116757","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116757","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Historically, different competing mechanisms have been proposed to explain the influence of applied stress on the formation and evolution of radiation-induced microstructures under irradiation. The active mechanism in cascade-producing environments, like ion or neutron irradiation, remains uncertain. This study presents direct evidence through in situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) observations confirming the stress-induced preferential nucleation mechanism in body-centered cubic (BCC) pure molybdenum for cascade-producing particles. In this study, under external stress, radiation-induced loops mainly agglomerate into rafts along the {111} plane experiencing the highest applied stress while the average loop size is not affected by the external applied stress.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"265 ","pages":"Article 116757"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144068018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Scripta MaterialiaPub Date : 2025-05-16DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116764
Lu Jiang , Kathleen Wood , Anna Sokolova , Thomas Dorin
{"title":"Solute clustering behaviour during natural ageing in Al-Cu alloys containing Sc and Zr","authors":"Lu Jiang , Kathleen Wood , Anna Sokolova , Thomas Dorin","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116764","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116764","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates the effects of scandium (Sc) and zirconium (Zr) microalloying on solute clustering in Al-Cu alloys during natural ageing. Using atom probe tomography (APT), we reveal a full suppression of Cu-rich cluster formation in the AlCuScZr alloy compared to its Sc- and Zr-free counterpart. Instead, a distinct type of cluster, comprising Si, Sc and Zr forms, preferentially at Al<sub>3</sub>(Sc, Zr) dispersoids/Al interfaces, driven by strong Si-Sc-vacancy and Si-Zr-vacancy binding energies. These sites act as vacancy traps, redirecting clustering pathways away from the Cu-rich clusters typically observed in Al-Cu alloys. Small-angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) indicates suggest that the natural ageing kinetics in the AlCuScZr alloys are significantly delayed, likely due to the limited availability of Si, Sc and Zr solutes in the matrix. As a result, the AlCuScZr alloy exhibits slower hardening response during natural ageing. This is the first report of Si-Sc-Zr cluster formation during natural ageing in Al alloys, providing critical insights into how dispersoids, solute interactions, and vacancies govern early-stage clustering and mechanical evolution.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"265 ","pages":"Article 116764"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144068017","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Scripta MaterialiaPub Date : 2025-05-15DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116756
M. Seo , L.B. Bayu Aji , S.C. Kim , Y.K. Tzeng , A.A. Baker , F.M. O'Neill , S. Chu , S.O. Kucheyev
{"title":"Damage buildup in multilayer hexagonal boron nitride films under Ar ion bombardment","authors":"M. Seo , L.B. Bayu Aji , S.C. Kim , Y.K. Tzeng , A.A. Baker , F.M. O'Neill , S. Chu , S.O. Kucheyev","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116756","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116756","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Ion irradiation can be used to modify properties of two-dimensional hexagonal boron nitride (2D-hBN). However, the behavior of multilayer 2D-hBN under ion bombardment remains essentially unexplored. Here, we systematically study the damage buildup in 40-nm-thick multilayer 2D-hBN films irradiated at room temperature with 500 keV Ar ions with doses up to 0.64 displacements per atom. Transmission electron microscopy, soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy, and Raman spectroscopy are employed to study effects of ion irradiation. Results reveal a monotonic buildup of damage that can be described by the phenomenological zero cascade overlap model. Compared to the behavior of other group-III nitride semiconductors, radiation damage in hBN is influenced by polymorphism, involving transitions between bonding configurations of hexagonal, cubic, and amorphous phases.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"265 ","pages":"Article 116756"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144068014","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Scripta MaterialiaPub Date : 2025-05-15DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116738
M. Landes, M. Dierner, J. Krönert, J. Will, E. Spiecker
{"title":"Mitigating solid-state dewetting via abnormal grain growth under epitaxial conditions","authors":"M. Landes, M. Dierner, J. Krönert, J. Will, E. Spiecker","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116738","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116738","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The influence of temperature on the thermal stability of Au thin films on polar Zn-ZnO(0001) substrates is systematically investigated via correlative scanning electron microscopy methods. While solid-state dewetting leads to thin film degradation at elevated temperatures, a processing window including rapid thermal annealing processes around 800 °C is identified in which abnormal grain growth stabilizes the thin film against dewetting. Here, we identify the mazed bicrystalline structure solely consisting of low-energy grain boundaries as a stabilizing factor. It is demonstrated that the resulting structure i) exhibits a high stability against dewetting during subsequent heat treatments and ii) can be used to fabricate large triangular and highly oriented Au structures via a two-step annealing process. The contribution highlights the competition between grain growth under epitaxial conditions and dewetting including the role of fast versus slow heating ramps and their impact on the resulting thin film properties.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"265 ","pages":"Article 116738"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144068015","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Scripta MaterialiaPub Date : 2025-05-15DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116760
Jianling Liu , Yadunandan Das , Pavel Korzhavyi , Stephen M. King , Joakim Odqvist , Peter Hedström
{"title":"In-situ SANS observations on the magnetic-field-suppressed phase separation in duplex stainless steels","authors":"Jianling Liu , Yadunandan Das , Pavel Korzhavyi , Stephen M. King , Joakim Odqvist , Peter Hedström","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116760","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116760","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In-situ small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) experiments, with and without an applied magnetic field of 1.5 T, were performed for two duplex stainless steels: 22Cr-5Ni and 25Cr-7Ni (wt.%) during isothermal heat treatment at 450 <span><math><msup><mrow></mrow><mo>∘</mo></msup></math></span>C. The kinetics of phase separation was suppressed by the external magnetic field in both steels; however, the suppression was much more pronounced in 25Cr-7Ni, where phase separation was nearly eliminated. The difference in magnetic energy contributions from the external field in each steel explain their different degrees of phase separation. The findings are believed to have large technical implications for mitigating low-temperature embrittlement in Fe-Cr-Ni based alloys.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"265 ","pages":"Article 116760"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143946485","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intrinsic pre-strain effect in Ti-Ni based shape memory alloys","authors":"Jinglin Ren, Yulin Chen, Jiawei Gu, Peng Zhang, Chen Chen, Jian Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116754","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116754","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Shape memory effect (SME) in shape memory alloys (SMAs) results from deformation below <em>A</em><sub>f</sub>, accompanying pre-strain effect (PSE) which was usually implicated by dislocations. We systematically investigate the effects of small pre-strain (<3.8 %, average martensitic transformation strain) in Ti<sub>49</sub>Ni<sub>45.7</sub>Cu<sub>4.9</sub>Cr<sub>0.4</sub> SMA with strong dislocation resistance against (negligible dislocations introduced during) martensitic transformations. It is demonstrated by the disappearance of functional fatigue upon thermal cycling, and unchanged transformation characteristics after removing PSE by reverse transformation. With small pre-strain, martensites remaining twinned (multi-domain) by TEM, however exhibit increased reverse transformation characteristic temperatures. It is thus defined as intrinsic PSE (IPSE), which is contrast to the common belief that PSE is solely attributed to elastic energy releasing of detwinning (single-domain). The IPSE is explained by local stress field raised by surrounding constraints on the pre-detwinned and reoriented martensites. Our findings shed lights on the understandings of PSE and thus associated SME in SMAs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"265 ","pages":"Article 116754"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144068016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Scripta MaterialiaPub Date : 2025-05-14DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116723
Yuki Ikeda , Seungchang Han , Theophilus Wallis , Reza Darvishi Kamachali , Robert Maaß
{"title":"On the preference of liquid-metal embrittlement along high-angle grain-boundaries in galvanized steels","authors":"Yuki Ikeda , Seungchang Han , Theophilus Wallis , Reza Darvishi Kamachali , Robert Maaß","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116723","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116723","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Focusing on the early stages of liquid-metal embrittlement (LME) of Zinc (Zn) coated advanced high-strength steels, we show that the Zn infiltration path prior to grain-boundary decohesion and therefore cracking distinctly follows high-angle grain boundaries (HAGBs). This selective transport prior to LME-induced microcracking rationalizes the experimentally observed post-mortem cracking along martensitic HAGBs. We discuss the selective Zn transport and GB-weakening in terms of an misorientation-angle dependent atomic density and diffusivity, and its effect on GB-segregation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"265 ","pages":"Article 116723"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143946483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Scripta MaterialiaPub Date : 2025-05-14DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116759
Kunlei Hou , Suyun He , Boxin Wei , Luqing Cui , Yihu Zang , Peng Zhao , Tian Liang , Guangcai Ma , Yingche Ma
{"title":"Tailoring intermetallics via cellular boundary enables strong yet ductile property: An example in Gd-enriched neutron shielding alloys","authors":"Kunlei Hou , Suyun He , Boxin Wei , Luqing Cui , Yihu Zang , Peng Zhao , Tian Liang , Guangcai Ma , Yingche Ma","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116759","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116759","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Gd is a highly effective element for neutron shielding, but its minimal solubility promotes Gd-rich intermetallics that degrade alloy properties if not properly controlled. This study introduces an innovative approach to refine these intermetallics to a sub-micron scale and achieve a uniform distribution by leveraging the cellular boundaries formed during laser powder bed fusion. These cellular boundaries, combined with the tailored intermetallics, act as “modulators” that effectively impede plastic deformation while permitting dislocation motion, resulting in a satisfying strength-ductility synergy. The findings offer a promising direction for incorporating elements with low solubility but functional properties by tailoring intermetallics through cellular boundary engineering.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"265 ","pages":"Article 116759"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143943155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Scripta MaterialiaPub Date : 2025-05-14DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116763
Muhammad Shehryar Khan , Christopher A. Schuh
{"title":"Eutectic melting of alloy microparticles upon low velocity impact","authors":"Muhammad Shehryar Khan , Christopher A. Schuh","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116763","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116763","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although impact melting has been quantified in a number of pure metals, alloyed microparticles have access to low melting-point eutectics that can promote earlier melting. Through real-time monitoring of single particle impacts resolved at the nanosecond- and micron-scales, we explore the impact melting of AA7075 from high velocities, where it is abundant and clear, to velocities as low as ∼269 m/s. Using a hard substrate to isolate the deformation largely to the particle, we show that the adiabatic heat produced by the plasticity of the impact can explain the onset of melting at low velocity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"265 ","pages":"Article 116763"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143946484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Scripta MaterialiaPub Date : 2025-05-14DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116748
Qing Wang , Zhenhua Wang , Rui Wang , Alexander J. Knowles , Christopher H. Zenk , Gian Song , Chanho Lee , Peter K. Liaw , Tongmin Wang
{"title":"Mechanical behavior of BCC-superalloys","authors":"Qing Wang , Zhenhua Wang , Rui Wang , Alexander J. Knowles , Christopher H. Zenk , Gian Song , Chanho Lee , Peter K. Liaw , Tongmin Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116748","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116748","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Body-centered-cubic (BCC)-base superalloys primarily containing refractory elements have great potential as one kind of ‘beyond Ni-base superalloy’ materials, owing to their increased melting points and analogous coherent microstructures composed of BCC solid solution and its ordered B2 or L2<sub>1</sub> phases. The mechanical behavior of BCC superalloys (including ferritic and refractory superalloys) is a key topic that has been progressively investigated. However, major challenges remain in terms of room-temperature brittleness and high-temperature creep resistance, as well as mechanical property degradation induced by the coarsening of BCC-B2/L2<sub>1</sub> coherent microstructure or/and brittle phase precipitation. This viewpoint paper concentrates on the capability and issues regarding the mechanical behavior (strength, ductility, and creep) of BCC superalloys across diverse systems, in which the crucial influence factors are highlighted. Then the ductility challenges of these high-strength superalloys will be discussed. And possible approaches to improve mechanical properties will also be explored for developing novel BCC superalloys.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"267 ","pages":"Article 116748"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144522200","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}