Scripta MaterialiaPub Date : 2025-07-09DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116869
Yuxuan Chen , Zhaowei Luo , Lihua Xu , Zepei Yao , Yuxuan Wang , Donghao Zhu , Yuejiao Sun , Kaiyuan Yu , Junsong Zhang , Yang Ren , Wei-Feng Rao
{"title":"Morphology evolution of R phase in a NiTiFeNb alloy: insights from in situ experiments and phase field modeling","authors":"Yuxuan Chen , Zhaowei Luo , Lihua Xu , Zepei Yao , Yuxuan Wang , Donghao Zhu , Yuejiao Sun , Kaiyuan Yu , Junsong Zhang , Yang Ren , Wei-Feng Rao","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116869","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116869","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Martensite, thermoelastic or non-thermoelastic, typically prefers a plate-like morphology along habit planes to minimize elastic strain energy. A particle-like morphology is thereby rarely seen and its underlying mechanism remains unclear. This study investigates the morphology evolution of martensitic R phase in a well-crystallized NiTiFeNb alloy using <em>in situ</em> experimental and phase field modeling methods. It is found that the particle-like morphology of R phase is probably related to the minimal elastic constants upon transformation. Furthermore, numerous anti-phase boundaries (APBs) are observed within the R phase plates. These APBs arise due to the opposite shuffling of atoms within a single R variant. These findings advance the current understanding in the martensitic transformation physics of R-containing NiTi-based alloys.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"268 ","pages":"Article 116869"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144581425","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 : 2025-07-09DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116871
Supriyo Chakraborty , Stephen R. Niezgoda
{"title":"A unified mesoscale framework for predicting the orientation-dependent substructure evolution in FCC metals","authors":"Supriyo Chakraborty , Stephen R. Niezgoda","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116871","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116871","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Numerous studies indicate that the type of dislocation substructure in FCC metals depends on the crystal orientation. However, a predictive model is still lacking in the literature. This work aims to establish a mesoscale modeling framework capable of predicting the orientation-dependent substructure in polycrystalline aluminum. A physics-based crystal plasticity (CP) model was employed for this purpose. Based on the CP simulation results, we formulate various descriptor functions that could potentially characterize the type of dislocation substructure. The function that accounts for both slip activity and cross-slip-based dynamic recovery effectively captures the orientation-dependent substructure evolution under tension and plane strain compression. Furthermore, it demonstrates the ability to predict intragranular heterogeneity and the effect of deformation temperature on the substructure evolution. Therefore, the CP model in conjunction with the descriptor function constitutes a mesoscale framework that can enhance the prediction of substructure morphology and optimize material properties sensitive to these substructures.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"268 ","pages":"Article 116871"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144581426","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 : 2025-07-09DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116866
Peng Chen , Denghang Li , Hong Wu , Xiangnan Gong , Guowei Wang , Guangqian Ding , Jun Liu , Dengfeng Li , Yanci Yan , Xiaoyuan Zhou , Guoyu Wang
{"title":"Boosting thermoelectric performance of Ga doped GeSb2Te4 single crystals by impurity level and defect engineering","authors":"Peng Chen , Denghang Li , Hong Wu , Xiangnan Gong , Guowei Wang , Guangqian Ding , Jun Liu , Dengfeng Li , Yanci Yan , Xiaoyuan Zhou , Guoyu Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116866","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116866","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The GeSb<sub>2</sub>Te<sub>4</sub> compound, with a layered structure, shows potential for mid-temperature thermoelectric applications. In this study, we successfully synthesized Ga-doped GeSb<sub>2</sub>Te<sub>4</sub> single crystals using the Bridgman method, resulting in a significant enhancement in thermoelectric performance. Ga doping at Ge sites optimized carrier concentration and introduced impurity levels in the bandgap, as confirmed by first-principles calculations, significantly enhancing the Seebeck coefficient of GeSb<sub>2</sub>Te<sub>4</sub>. Additionally, the introduction of the Ga element brought about point defects in the lattice, which strengthen phonon scattering. Due to the reduced thermal conductivity and increased power factor, the Ge<sub>0.93</sub>Ga<sub>0.07</sub>Sb<sub>2</sub>Te<sub>4</sub> single-crystal sample achieved a peak <em>zT</em> of ∼0.87 at 773 K and an average <em>zT</em> of ∼0.6 over 323‒773 K, representing improvements of ∼34 % and ∼58 %, respectively, compared to the pristine GeSb<sub>2</sub>Te<sub>4</sub> crystal. This research provides a new strategy for optimizing the thermoelectric performance of other layered compounds.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"268 ","pages":"Article 116866"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144581427","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 : 2025-07-08DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116841
Yang Hu , Vladyslav Turlo
{"title":"Hydroxylation-driven surface reconstruction at the origin of compressive-to-tensile stress transition in MgO nanoparticles","authors":"Yang Hu , Vladyslav Turlo","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116841","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116841","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Experiments demonstrate negative (non-Laplacian) surface stresses in metal oxide nanoparticles, partly associated with humidity during fabrication and annealing. Using a neural network interatomic potential for MgO as a model oxide, we prove that water adsorption induces surface hydroxylation, shifting facets from {100} to {110} to {111} and switching the average surface stress from positive to negative. Predicted lattice strains versus nanoparticle size agree well with experiments, clarifying experimental correlations. The new framework informs broad applications in catalysis, sensors, batteries, and biomedicine.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"268 ","pages":"Article 116841"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144581424","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 : 2025-07-08DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116868
Qianyong Zhu , Yan Chong , Ran Li , Shiteng Zhao
{"title":"Amorphization and its impact on nano-mechanical properties in martensitic Ti50Ni50 alloy","authors":"Qianyong Zhu , Yan Chong , Ran Li , Shiteng Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116868","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116868","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Deformation-induced amorphization (DIA) plays a crucial role in tailoring the mechanical and functional properties of TiNi shape memory alloys. However, the formation condition of amorphization under local shear deformation remain unclear. Here, we employ high-throughput nanoindentation to investigate the critical condition of DIA in a martensitic TiNi alloy and its impact on nanoscale mechanical properties. As indentation depth reaches 400 nm (equivalent strain 1.644), a distinct amorphous phase nucleates beneath the indenter. High-pressure torsion (HPT) experiments further reveal increased amorphous volume fraction with shear strain. The resulting DIA-TiNi alloy achieves a 90 % hardness gain over its as-cast crystalline counterpart and exhibits dramatically lower strain-rate sensitivity. Cooperative shear model analysis discloses an exceptional shear transformation zone volume (STZ) of 25.82 nm³, significantly surpassing that of melt-quenched metallic glasses. This cross-scale investigation defines the critical strain threshold and strain–amorphization relationship, guiding the design of amorphous–nanocrystalline TiNi alloys with enhanced stability and performance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"268 ","pages":"Article 116868"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144581423","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 : 2025-07-07DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116865
Tianjiao Li , Qiyang He , Shuaishuai Liu , Wenhuan Chen , Liuyong He , Jinru Luo , Dongdi Yin , Jiang Zheng , Bin Jiang , Fusheng Pan , Manoj Gupta
{"title":"The high dependence of non-Schmid tension twinning behavior on intergranular misorientation in magnesium under hard-orientation loading","authors":"Tianjiao Li , Qiyang He , Shuaishuai Liu , Wenhuan Chen , Liuyong He , Jinru Luo , Dongdi Yin , Jiang Zheng , Bin Jiang , Fusheng Pan , Manoj Gupta","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116865","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116865","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Tension twinning with a negative Schmid factor was extensively activated when a [0002]⊥extrusion direction (ED) textured magnesium rod was subjected to tension along the ED (hard-orientation loading). Notably, 84.5 % of these non-Schmid twinning (NST) events occurred at grain boundaries with misorientation angles exceeding 30° The underlying mechanism was examined by establishing a quantitative relationship between intergranular misorientation and the strain compatibility factor for slip-twinning transfer. Enhanced slip-twinning transferability at grain boundaries with relatively high misorientation angles was identified as the key factor governing this behavior. The NST behavior is beneficial for bulk plastic deformation by alleviating high local stresses induced by dislocation pile-ups at grain boundaries.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"268 ","pages":"Article 116865"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144570807","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 : 2025-07-05DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116862
Gaoming Zhu , Young Min Kim , Ulrich Lienert , Dietmar Letzig , Sangbong Yi
{"title":"Effect of Zn and Al alloying on slip system activation and strengthening mechanisms in magnesium alloys","authors":"Gaoming Zhu , Young Min Kim , Ulrich Lienert , Dietmar Letzig , Sangbong Yi","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116862","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116862","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The deformation mechanisms of Zn- and Al-alloyed Mg were investigated using in-situ three-dimensional synchrotron X-ray diffraction (3DXRD). The activation of basal and prismatic slip was quantified in Mg-1Al (A1), Mg-1 Zn (Z1), and Mg-1Al-1 Zn (ZA11) alloys in order to assess the influence of solute alloying on slip system competition. The results reveal that the combined addition of Zn and Al facilitates prismatic slip activation by reducing its critical resolved shear stress (CRSS), and leads to the lowest RSS<sub>prism</sub>/RSS<sub>basal</sub> ratio of 5.44, compared to 6.25 in A1 and 6.23 in Z1. This indicates a more balanced activation of basal and non-basal slip systems. Grain rotation analysis further suggests that ZA11 accommodates deformation more effectively through non-basal slip, reducing stress localization. These findings provide direct insights into how solute interactions influence slip system activity and offer guidelines for optimizing Mg alloys for improved ductility and mechanical performance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"268 ","pages":"Article 116862"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144563365","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 : 2025-07-05DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116863
Wenhua Li , Wahyu Setyawan , Fei Gao , Xuelin Wang , Ning Gao
{"title":"Effects of dislocation network on radiation damage in iron investigated by molecular dynamics method","authors":"Wenhua Li , Wahyu Setyawan , Fei Gao , Xuelin Wang , Ning Gao","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116863","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116863","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Effects of dislocation networks on the evolution of displacement cascades and related mechanical properties and void swelling in BCC-Fe are investigated at atomic scale through molecular dynamics simulations. An atomistic model containing dislocation networks is built based on a coupled method developed in this work. Formation of more sub-cascades, strong biased absorption of interstitials, formation of more vacancies, and existence of pinned 1/2<111> interstitial loops are explored, which may be induced by inhomogeneous stress fields and related changes of dislocation network-defect interactions. The ultimate tensile and shear stresses of the dislocation network model are only slightly affected by multiple cascades, while void swelling is higher than that obtained in a perfect lattice under the same conditions. Thus, the effects of dislocation networks provide new understanding for some experimental results and should be considered in meso/macro-scale simulations to obtain more reliable results.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"268 ","pages":"Article 116863"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144563975","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 : 2025-07-05DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116842
Faisal Waqar Syed , Ujjal Saikia , Binhan Sun , Srikakulapu Kiranbabu , Ali Tehranchi , Tilmann Hickel , Stefan Zaefferer , Dirk Ponge
{"title":"Interfacial segregation of carbon atoms: the competition between grain boundaries and phase boundaries","authors":"Faisal Waqar Syed , Ujjal Saikia , Binhan Sun , Srikakulapu Kiranbabu , Ali Tehranchi , Tilmann Hickel , Stefan Zaefferer , Dirk Ponge","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116842","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116842","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The microstructure of a two-phase medium manganese steel is decorated by interfaces whose character is defined by crystallography and the misorientation between adjacent grains, which in turn influences elemental segregation and shapes the resulting decorations. This study investigates how adjacent grain and phase boundaries impact a boundary’s segregation behavior, with a focus on the competition for carbon (C) enrichment in a laminated ferrite (α)- austenite (γ) microstructure subjected to a series of heat treatments. It was found that semi-coherent α-γ Kurdjumov-Sachs (KS) phase boundaries show less carbon segregation than general γ grain boundaries. Furthermore, when a γ grain boundary is present at a junction with the phase boundaries, it acts as an extracting agent for C. DFT calculations support these observations, demonstrating that carbon segregation is energetically more favorable at the γ grain boundary compared to the α/γ phase boundary, due to the more negative segregation energy at the former.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"268 ","pages":"Article 116842"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144563977","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":"Fabrication of high-strength and ductile titanium matrix composites reinforced with intragranular bimodal micro/nano TiC particles by using Al4C3 as carbon source","authors":"Jinglun Yang, Biao Chen, Kaiyue Liu, Mingju Chen, Bingbing Cai, Jinshan Li","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116856","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116856","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Carbonaceous substances are commonly used to fabricate in-situ-TiC-reinforced titanium matrix composites (TMCs). However, those TiC tend to locate at/near primary powder boundaries, causing coarsening, agglomeration, and limited mechanical properties. Here, by using Al<sub>4</sub>C<sub>3</sub> particles as carbon source, TMCs reinforced with fine TiC dispersed within the matrix grains were fabricated via powder metallurgy, which exhibit both high strength and excellent ductility. Results showed that, in TiC/Ti(Al<sub>4</sub>C<sub>3</sub>) (using Al<sub>4</sub>C<sub>3</sub> as precursor), TiC particles with bimodal sizes of several micrometers and tens of nanometers were in situ formed inside matrix grains, resulting in a homogeneous distribution of fine TiC. Consequently, the hot-extruded TiC/Ti(Al<sub>4</sub>C<sub>3</sub>) exhibits remarkable advantages in strength and ductility, with increases of 52 % and 41 % over the conventional TiC/Ti(C) (using carbon black as precursor), and 57 % and 12 % over the TiC/Ti(ex-situ) (using ex-situ TiC particles), respectively. This study provides a new strategy to optimize the microstructure and mechanical properties of TMCs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"268 ","pages":"Article 116856"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144563976","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}