Deformation twinning in materials of the A 4 (diamond) crystal structure

Deformation under certain conditions causes twinning in silicon, germanium, gallium antimonide, indium antimonide and zinc blende which have the A 4 crystal structure. In material beneath hardness impressions formed at elevated temperatures a flow stress is superimposed upon hydrostatic compression; under these circumstances deformation twins form at temperatures between 0⋅44 and 0⋅74 of the absolute melting-points. Twins of the {111} type and, except in the case of zinc blende, of {123} type have been observed. Minor boundaries of thick growth twins may be {123} planes which also form boundary faces of etch pits. The only coherent interface possible between a {111} twin and matrix is a {111} plane; it is shown that among semi-coherent boundaries a {123} plane gives the best fit. The translational shears for twinning have been determined: for (111) twinning the shear is 0⋅4084 a in the [11 ¯ 2] direction with ( ¯ 110) as the shear plane; for (123) twinning the shear is 0⋅6552 a in [41 ¯ 2] direction with (1 ¯ 21) as the shear plane; where a is the parameter of the A 4 unit cell.

Author(s):  
Д.В. Крыльский ◽  
Н.Д. Жуков

Large (up to 20 nm) quantum dots (QD) of indium antimonide were synthesized using colloidal chemistry at elevated temperatures (250-300 °C). In terms of optical and electrophysical characteristics, they exhibit properties similar to those of conventional QD (4-5 nm), with the difference that the spectral maximum of luminescence is shifted inappropriately to the size difference. This, together with measurements of the QD shape by transmission electron microscopy, may indicate a deterioration in the perfection of the crystal structure of large QD, possibly due to insufficient synthesis temperature


1997 ◽  
Vol 51 (12) ◽  
pp. 1896-1904 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kurt G. Vandervoort ◽  
Kristin N. McLain ◽  
David J. Butcher

Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) was used to elucidate monolayer etch pits that form on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) heated in an electrothermal analyzer. Pits form at elevated temperatures due to reactions between oxygen and exposed carbon edge atoms (defects) and additionally with intraplanar carbon atoms (through abstraction). Samples of HOPG without analyte or matrix modifier were placed in the depression of a pure pyrolytic graphite platform and heated by using standard analysis furnace programs. Under argon stop-flow conditions, pits form in less than a second at atomization temperatures equal to and above 1200 °C. With low argon flow rates (40 mL/min), pits formed at atomization temperatures equal to and greater than 1750 °C in less than a second. Quantitative pit formation rates were used to indicate oxygen partial pressure, which may be as high as ∼ 10−3 atm at 1200 °C. Reaction rates were used to predict surface degradation due to oxygen attack and determine that 1-μm depth normal to the surface would be removed by 200 successive 5-second-period furnace firings at 1200 °C. Implications for increases in surface reactivity and analyte intercalation are discussed.


Author(s):  
Xaver Schuler ◽  
Karl-Heinz Herter ◽  
Jürgen Rudolph

Titanium and niobium stabilized austenitic stainless steels X6CrNiTi18-10S (material number 1.4541, correspondent to Alloy 321) respectively X6CrNiNb18-10S (material number 1.4550, correspondent to Alloy 347) are widely applied materials in German nuclear power plant components. Related requirements are defined in Nuclear Safety Standard KTA 3201.1. Fatigue design analysis is based on Nuclear Safety Standard KTA 3201.2. The fatigue design curve for austenitic stainless steels in the current valid edition of KTA 3201.2 is essentially identical with the design curve included in ASME-BPVC III, App I (ed. 2007, add. July 2008 respectively back editions). In the current code revision activities of KTA 3201.2 the compatibility of latest in air fatigue data for austenitic stainless steels with the above mentioned grades were examined in detail. The examinations were based on statistical evaluations of 149 strain controlled test data at room temperature and 129 data at elevated temperatures to derive best-fit mean data curves. Results of two additional load controlled test series (at room temperature and 288°C) in the high cycle regime were used to determine a technical endurance limit at 107 cycles. The related strain amplitudes were determined by consideration of the cyclic stress strain curve. The available fatigue data for the two austenitic materials at room temperature and elevated temperatures showed a clear temperature dependence in the high cycle regime demanding for two different best-fit curves. The correlation of the technical endurance limit(s) at room temperature and elevated temperatures with the ultimate strength of the materials is discussed. Design fatigue curves were derived by application of the well known factors to the best-fit curves. A factor of SN = 12 was applied to load cycles correspondent to the NUREG/CR-6909 approach covering influences of data scatter, surface roughness, size and sequence. In terms of strain respectively stress amplitudes in the high cycle regime, for elevated temperatures (>80°C) a factor of Sσ = 1.79 was applied considering and combining in detail the partial influences of data scatter surface roughness, size and mean stress. For room temperature a factor of Sσ = 1.88 shall be applied. As a result, new design fatigue curves for austenitic stainless steel grades 1.4541 and 1.4550 will be available within the German Nuclear Safety Standard KTA 3201.2. The fatigue design rules for all other austenitic stainless steel grades will be based on the new ASME-BPVC III, App I (ed. 2010) design curve.


2000 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. J. Reece ◽  
S. A. T. Redfern ◽  
M. D. Welch ◽  
C. M. B. Henderson

AbstractThe crystal structure of a manganoan cummingtonite, composition [M4](Na0.13Ca0.41Mg0.46Mn1.00) [M1,2,3](Mg4.87Mn0.13)(Si8O22)(OH)2, (Z = 2), a = 9.5539(2) Å, b = 18.0293(3) Å, c = 5.2999(1) Å, β = 102.614(2)° from Talcville, New York, has been refined at high temperature using in situ neutron powder diffraction. The P21/m to C2/m phase transition, observed as spontaneous strains +ε1 = −ε2, occurs at ˜107°C. Long-range disordering between Mg2+ and Mn2+ on the M(4) and M(2) sites occurs above 550°C. Mn2+ occupies the M(4) and M(2) sites preferring M(4) with a site-preference energy of 24.6±1.5 kJ mol−1. Disordering induces an increase in XMnM2 and decrease in XMnM4 at elevated temperatures. Upon cooling, the ordered states of cation occupancy are ‘frozen in’ and strains in lattice parameters are maintained, suggesting that re-equilibration during cooling has not taken place.


1999 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 752-757 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir H. Mahmoudkhani ◽  
Vratislav Langer

The crystal structure of the title compound, dimethylammonium tetrachlorocobaltate(II), has been determined at four temperatures between 297 and 366 K, in order to investigate possible phase transitions at 313 and 353 K [Kapustianik, Polovinko & Kaluza et al. (1996). Phys. Status Solidi A, 153, 117–122]. We found that there is no significant change either in the hydrogen-bonding network or in the cell parameters, apart from a linear dilatation with temperature. This study reveals that the anomalous variation in electric conductivity and some of the other physical properties of the compound cannot be explained by structural changes.


NANO ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (08) ◽  
pp. 1950098
Author(s):  
Kaili Qin ◽  
Jingling Li ◽  
Yanqing Zhu ◽  
Xueqing Xu ◽  
Xiudi Xiao ◽  
...  

Crystal structure control is so important to the fluorescence properties that each element should be considered carefully. In conventional synthesis of ZnxCd[Formula: see text]S alloyed nanocrystals (NCs), most of studies focus on ligand–surface interaction on the formation of either zinc blende or wurtzite ZnxCd[Formula: see text]S nanocrystals, instead of the reactant source. In this work, mixed crystal phase was found easily in ZnxCd[Formula: see text]S alloyed NCs when reaction proceeded at high Zn/Cd source ratio condition. Therefore, we regulate the Zn/Cd ratio to obtain relative pure zinc-blende structure, and study the influence of structure change on the fluorescence properties. Further, we have proposed a two-step ZnS coating method to acquire ZnxCd[Formula: see text]S/ZnS NCs with separated crystal-phase between core and shell. Compared with maximum QY of 81% for ZnxCd[Formula: see text]S/ZnS NCs synthesized by conventional one-step coating method, the performance of the optimized NCs has significantly improved with maximum QY of 93%.


1999 ◽  
Vol 564 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing-Tang Jiang ◽  
Michael E. Thomas ◽  
Gennadi Bersuker ◽  
Brendan Foran ◽  
Robert Mikkola ◽  
...  

AbstractTransformations in electroplated Cu films from a fine to course grain crystal structure (average grain sizes went from ∼0.1 µm to several microns) were observed to strongly depend on film thickness and geometry. Thinner films underwent much slower transformations than thicker ones. A model is proposed which explains the difference in transformation rates in terms of the physical constraint experienced by the film since grain growth in thinner films is limited by film thickness. Geometrical constraints imposed by trench and via structures appear to have an even greater retardation effect on the grain growth. Experimental observations indicate that it takes much longer for Cu in damascene structures to go through grain size transformations than blanket films.


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