Scripta MaterialiaPub Date : 2025-03-08DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116632
Xin Hu , Chaoqiang Liu , Zhenggang Wu , Min Song
{"title":"Formation mechanism of β precipitate within α′ martensite in α+β titanium alloys","authors":"Xin Hu , Chaoqiang Liu , Zhenggang Wu , Min Song","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116632","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116632","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The precipitation mechanism of β within α′ martensite was systematically investigated in a representative Ti-2 wt.%Mo α+β alloy using atomic-resolution high-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy. The β precipitates consistently form on <em><strong>a</strong></em> perfect dislocations generated during the α′ martensitic transformation and exhibit a plate-like morphology with six variants. Their habit plane is oriented normal to the <strong>Δg</strong> vector (<strong>Δg</strong> = <strong>g</strong> (<span><math><mrow><mn>01</mn><mover><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow><mo>‾</mo></mover></mrow></math></span>)<sub>β</sub>-<strong>g</strong>(<span><math><mrow><mn>1</mn><mover><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow><mo>‾</mo></mover><mn>00</mn></mrow></math></span>)<sub>α′</sub>). The formation of β structure from α′ lattice involves a shear on the {<span><math><mrow><mn>01</mn><mover><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow><mo>‾</mo></mover><mn>0</mn></mrow></math></span>}<sub>α′</sub> plane, accompanied by an atomic shuffle on alternate (0001)<sub>α′</sub> plane. This shear generates two <em><strong>a</strong></em>/2 partial dislocations with opposite Burgers vector directions and the <strong><em>a</em></strong> perfect dislocation within α′ matrix can react with one of these partials, such as -<em><strong>a</strong></em>/ 2 + <em><strong>a</strong></em> → <em><strong>a</strong></em>/2, thereby reducing the system energy. The thickening of β precipitates is achieved by the accumulation of opposite shear, which minimizes the shear strain induced by β precipitation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"262 ","pages":"Article 116632"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143577571","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 : 2025-03-05DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116631
Jianxin Zhou , Hong Yang , Yuyang Gao , Wenlong Xie , Zhihua Dong , Bin Jiang , Fusheng Pan
{"title":"Temperature-dependent shear behavior of the β′ phase and its effect on high-temperature mechanical properties in magnesium alloy","authors":"Jianxin Zhou , Hong Yang , Yuyang Gao , Wenlong Xie , Zhihua Dong , Bin Jiang , Fusheng Pan","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116631","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116631","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The unique temperature-dependent shear behavior of the β′ phase in Mg-6Gd-5Y-1Zn-0.3Zr alloy was elucidated and its influence on high-temperature strength was discussed in depth. The β′ phase enhanced strength at room temperature (RT) and 250 °C, but the strength decreased sharply at 300 °C and 350 °C due to the increased susceptibility of β′ phase. At RT, the intrinsic properties of the β′ phase determined its ability to hinder dislocation movement without undergoing shear. At 250 °C, the thermal resistance of the β′ phase decreased, permitting shearing by basal 〈<em>a〉</em> dislocations but limiting pyramidal 〈<em>c</em> + <em>a〉</em> dislocation movement. At 300 °C, enhanced atomic mobility allowed basal 〈<em>a〉</em> and pyramidal 〈<em>c</em> + <em>a〉</em> dislocations to shear the β′ phase easily, causing rapid strength degradation. At 350 °C, the β′ phase completely dissolved. This study pioneers the exploration of the temperature-dependent shear behavior of the β′ phase, which aids future high-temperature applications of β′ phase-containing alloys.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"261 ","pages":"Article 116631"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143548686","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 : 2025-03-03DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116627
Satheasuweatha M. N , Lara Gigli , Nicola Demitri , C.S. Lue , C.N. Kuo , Sonachalam Arumugam , Boby Joseph
{"title":"Thermal stability and phase evolution of topological nodal-line semimetal PtSn₄ using synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction","authors":"Satheasuweatha M. N , Lara Gigli , Nicola Demitri , C.S. Lue , C.N. Kuo , Sonachalam Arumugam , Boby Joseph","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116627","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116627","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A systematic temperature-dependent synchrotron x-ray diffraction (XRD) of the topological nodal-line semimetallic PtSn<sub>4</sub> in the range of 300 to 873 K is presented. Single-crystal XRD revealed that the PtSn<sub>4</sub> structure belongs to space-group <em>Ccca</em> (n. 68) with lattice parameters <em>a</em> = 6.399, <em>b</em> = 11.306 and <em>c</em> = 6.363 Å at 100 K. This structure is found to be stable up to 613 K. At 673 K, Bragg peaks corresponding to the cubic PtSn<sub>2</sub> phase with weight fraction ∼7% is observed. However, the nascent PtSn<sub>2</sub> and the original PtSn<sub>4</sub> phases seem to co-exist with only a minimal increment in the PtSn<sub>2</sub> phase fraction with temperature till 793 K. Such a contrasting temperature dependence may be due to the peculiar topological properties of the title system. At 833 K, PtSn<sub>4</sub> is found to be no more stable, decomposing to an equal mixture of PtSn<sub>2</sub> and SnO<sub>2</sub>.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"261 ","pages":"Article 116627"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143529459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Anisotropy breaking in high level piezoelectric energy harvesting","authors":"Gaspard Taxil , Mickaël Lallart , Hung Hoang Nguyen , Benjamin Ducharne , Hiroki Kuwano , Takahito Ono , Gaël Sebald","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116629","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116629","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study focused on mechanical energy harvesting and particularly on the difference between low and high levels of stress and electric fields. Energy conversion abilities were assessed through Ericsson cycle involving the application and release of electric field and stress at different phases of the cycle. The investigation focused on PMN-27PT single crystals known for their exceptional piezoelectric coefficient. Different crystal directions were examined through both experimentation and modeling using the Landau–Devonshire theory. Results unveiled a significant contrast between low and high-stress regimes. With low-level energy harvesting, orientation dependence of the energy density follows the <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>d</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>33</mn></mrow></msub></math></span> piezoelectric coefficients symmetry, which is highly dependent on the crystal direction. However, our results under high levels indicated a more complex behavior caused by such conditions, yielding a more homogeneous energy distribution. Experimental assessments align well with modeling ones, confirming the unique response of ferroelectric materials when nonlinearities of polarization are involved.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"261 ","pages":"Article 116629"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143548685","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Scripta MaterialiaPub Date : 2025-03-01DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116630
Chen Ji , Quansheng Chen , Zhili Hu , Wenyu Zhao , Lin Hua
{"title":"Research on plastic deformation and machinability of zone-melted N-type bismuth telluride thermoelectric materials","authors":"Chen Ji , Quansheng Chen , Zhili Hu , Wenyu Zhao , Lin Hua","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116630","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116630","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Bismuth telluride, a leading thermoelectric material in the medium-to-low temperature range, is widely used in thermoelectric cooling and power generation. However, its brittleness limits plastic deformation and machinability, restricting miniaturization of thermoelectric devices. This paper introduces a stress-temperature plasticizing process that enables bismuth telluride to achieve over 50 % plastic deformation. Finite element simulations indicate the material remains under compressive stress, preventing cleavage along its layered structure. SEM analysis reveals that post-deformation, the internal structure shifts to a wrinkled form. After 40 % plastic deformation, the hardness of the sample on the plane parallel to the pressure direction increased by nearly 60 %, with greater stress leading to a larger increase in hardness. Following 30 % plastic deformation, the minimum machining size of bismuth telluride bulk samples during chip cutting was reduced to 0.26 mm, significantly improving the machinability, while the ZT value remained comparable to that of the matrix, ensuring excellent thermoelectric performance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"261 ","pages":"Article 116630"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143520563","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":"An unusual approach significantly improving the magnetostrain performance of Ni-Mn-Ga composite materials","authors":"DongKeun Han , Wan-Ting Chiu , Masaki Tahara , Naoki Nohira , Volodymyr Chernenko , Senentxu Lanceros-Mendez , Hideki Hosoda","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116624","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116624","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The magnetization and magnetostrain behaviors of “Cu/Ni-Mn-Ga single crystalline particles/Cu” laminate composite have been studied depending on the substitution of Cu foils with soft magnetic high-permeability Fe foils. It was found that this replacement caused both a significant reduction in the threshold magnetic field for martensitic variant reorientation and a sudden change in the \"magnetostrain versus magnetic field\" dependence. Quantitative analysis confirmed that these unusual effects in the particle layer were due to additional tensile stress generated by the magnetically induced repulsive force between the two Fe foils. The incorporation of soft magnetic materials with high permeability into ferromagnetic shape memory alloys (FSMA) composites offers an effective way to significantly improve their magnetostrain performance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"261 ","pages":"Article 116624"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143511864","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 : 2025-02-26DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116621
Yong Yang , Haokai Dong , Boning Zhang , Chenghao Song , Gang Sha , Wei Wang , Zhigang Yang , Hao Chen
{"title":"Cr microalloying enables high thermal stability of interphase-precipitated alloy carbides in low carbon ferritic steels","authors":"Yong Yang , Haokai Dong , Boning Zhang , Chenghao Song , Gang Sha , Wei Wang , Zhigang Yang , Hao Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116621","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116621","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The coarsening of interphase-precipitated carbides in hot-rolled ferritic steel products during coiling is an intractable issue as it will significantly deteriorate the mechanical performance due to the weakened precipitation hardening effect. In this contribution, we propose a useful but cost-effective approach to tune the thermal stability of interphase-precipitated carbide. By adding a small amount of Cr, we achieve an enhancement of coarsening resistance for both TiC and (Ti, Mo)C, with a more pronounced effect on the latter. Meanwhile, when the Cr addition is combined with Mo, it enables superior mechanical performance of the Ti-microalloyed steels through carbide refinement and pearlite inhibition. The underlying origins are addressed in terms of the Cr role in the interfacial energy of the carbide/matrix interface by first-principles calculations. These findings provide a new insight into optimization of thermal stability of multiple alloyed carbides.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"261 ","pages":"Article 116621"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143488292","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":"The probabilistic distribution model of the γ′ phase in nickel-based superalloys","authors":"Dingge Fan , Jian Zhang , Xiongxi Zhao , Hao Jiang , Jiantang Jiang , Liang Zhen","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116580","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116580","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study comprehensively analyzes the probabilistic distribution model of the γ′ phase in nickel-based superalloys. While the size distribution of the three-dimensional (3D) γ′ phase follows a log-normal distribution, the size distribution of the two-dimensional (2D) γ′ phase observed in transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images depends on the sample thickness <em>t</em>. As the thickness <em>t</em> approaches infinity, the 2D size distribution converges to a log-normal distribution. Conversely, when <em>t</em> = 0, it corresponds to the size distribution on the dislocation slip plane. Therefore, for polycrystalline nickel-based superalloys, strength predictions of γ′ hardening should employ the probability density function of the 2D γ′ phase size distribution on the dislocation slip plane, accounting for its probabilistic distribution.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"261 ","pages":"Article 116580"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143487525","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 : 2025-02-26DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116620
Zhengkai Hong , Songjie Ren , Ben Tian , Wangtu Huo , Sen Yang , Xiaoqin Ke
{"title":"Enhancement of electrostrictive coefficient Q33 at ferroelectric MPB and its contribution to the maximized piezoelectric coefficient d33","authors":"Zhengkai Hong , Songjie Ren , Ben Tian , Wangtu Huo , Sen Yang , Xiaoqin Ke","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116620","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116620","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>High piezoelectric performance is strongly desired to meet the ever-increasing demands of high-precision actuators and sensors. Ferroelectric morphotropic phase boundary (MPB) is known to exhibit high piezoelectric coefficient and the enhancement of piezoelectricity at MPB is generally ascribed to the maximum extrinsic piezoelectric contributions originating from the easiness of polarization switching. Here we show that in addition to the maximum extrinsic contributions, the highest electrostrictive coefficient <em>Q</em><sub>33</sub> at the MPB which determines how much strain is gained through polarization change, leads to the enhancement of intrinsic piezoelectric coefficient and in turn contributes to the maximized <em>d</em><sub>33</sub> at the MPB of the lead-free Ba(Zr<sub>0.25</sub>Ti<sub>0.75</sub>)O<sub>3</sub>-<em>x</em>(Ba<sub>0.7</sub>Ca<sub>0.3</sub>)TiO<sub>3</sub> system. The highest <em>Q</em><sub>33</sub> is ascribed to the small 4<sup>th</sup> order Landau coefficient at the MPB as found by a revised Landau model. This work helps clarify the origin of high piezoelectric coefficient <em>d</em><sub>33</sub> at ferroelectric MPB. It also suggests a general method to achieve high <em>Q</em><sub>33</sub>.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"261 ","pages":"Article 116620"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143488291","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 : 2025-02-25DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116623
Li Lin , Jia Yu , Panpan Lv, Andong Song, Lijia Chen
{"title":"Peritectic and incongruent equilibrium during surface electro-oxidation of C-276 Hastelloy for rapid fabrication of urea-assisted water-splitting anode","authors":"Li Lin , Jia Yu , Panpan Lv, Andong Song, Lijia Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116623","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116623","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>An anodic hetero-structure combining both electrocatalysis and electricity-conduction was obtained by simple surface electro-oxidation of C-276 Hastelloy to facilitate urea oxidation reaction (UOR) for water-splitting. The inactive and insulative Ni(OH)<sub>2</sub>, as the direct evidence of poisoning effect, was completely inhibited by the peritectic precipitation of NiFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>, which is identified as the pre-catalyst for UOR under the indirect or regeneration mechanism. The core-shell structure composed of the inner Ni(OH)<sub>2</sub>/NiCO<sub>3</sub> and the outer NiFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> suffered the subsequent incongruent decomposition of surface layer to form the more stable and active Ni-based oxyhydroxides as the real-time electrocatalyst. Cr and Mo elements were found to be converted easily into CrOOH and MoO<sub>3</sub> or MoC with stable relative ratios during surface electro-oxidation. The outstanding UOR performance of as-prepared hetero-structure is related to the predominance of NiOOH and the elimination of poisoning effect, as a result of the simultaneous equilibrium among all UOR-enhancing species.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"261 ","pages":"Article 116623"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143480522","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}