Yunping Wang , Cunlei Zou , Shimin Liu , Chuang Dong
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Single-phase (TiZr2HfNbTa)C5 high-entropy carbide designed by cluster-plus-glue-atom model
High-entropy carbides are drawing increasing attention due to their extreme thermal stability at high temperatures. However, their composition design remains largely empirical. In the present work, a novel composition design tool, the cluster-plus-glue-atom model is used to develop MC-type rocksalt structure high-entropy carbide. According to this model, the composition unit in such a carbide is composed of a nearest-neighbor coordination cluster, centered by C and shelled by six M’s, plus a few next-neighbor “glue” C’s, or expressed in cluster formula as [C-M6]Cx (x represents the number of glue atoms), where M6 = TiZr2HfNbTa. We here report the synthesis of (TiZr2HfNbTa)C5 high-entropy carbide via sintering mixed Ti, Zr, Hf, Nb, Ta, and C powders at 1600–2150 °C for 10–30 min at a uniaxial pressure of 30 MPa under vacuum of 5 Pa. In particular, the sintering at 2150 °C for 20 min forms a single-phase state, reaching a Vickers hardness HV of 26.5 GPa and a fracture toughness KIC of 3.5 MPa m1/2, significantly higher than 22 GPa and 3.0 MPa m1/2 of the reported rocksalt-type equi-mole carbide (Ti0.2Zr0.2Hf0.2Nb0.2Ta0.2)C.
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Ceramics International covers the science of advanced ceramic materials. The journal encourages contributions that demonstrate how an understanding of the basic chemical and physical phenomena may direct materials design and stimulate ideas for new or improved processing techniques, in order to obtain materials with desired structural features and properties.
Ceramics International covers oxide and non-oxide ceramics, functional glasses, glass ceramics, amorphous inorganic non-metallic materials (and their combinations with metal and organic materials), in the form of particulates, dense or porous bodies, thin/thick films and laminated, graded and composite structures. Process related topics such as ceramic-ceramic joints or joining ceramics with dissimilar materials, as well as surface finishing and conditioning are also covered. Besides traditional processing techniques, manufacturing routes of interest include innovative procedures benefiting from externally applied stresses, electromagnetic fields and energetic beams, as well as top-down and self-assembly nanotechnology approaches. In addition, the journal welcomes submissions on bio-inspired and bio-enabled materials designs, experimentally validated multi scale modelling and simulation for materials design, and the use of the most advanced chemical and physical characterization techniques of structure, properties and behaviour.
Technologically relevant low-dimensional systems are a particular focus of Ceramics International. These include 0, 1 and 2-D nanomaterials (also covering CNTs, graphene and related materials, and diamond-like carbons), their nanocomposites, as well as nano-hybrids and hierarchical multifunctional nanostructures that might integrate molecular, biological and electronic components.