Shear-coupled migration of grain boundaries: the key missing link in the mechanical behavior of small-grained metals?

Grain size reduction is a very efficient way to block dislocation movements and therefore create very strong metals and alloys. Not only grain boundaries are known obstacles for dislocations, but when reaching nanometer dimensions, crystallites usually become dislocation free, which imposes an addit...

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Main Authors: Gautier, Romain, Rajabzadeh, Armin, Larranaga, Melvyn, Combe, Nicolas, Mompiou, Frédéric, Legros, Marc
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Published: Académie des sciences 2021-06-01
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Online Access:https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/physique/articles/10.5802/crphys.52/
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author Gautier, Romain
Rajabzadeh, Armin
Larranaga, Melvyn
Combe, Nicolas
Mompiou, Frédéric
Legros, Marc
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Rajabzadeh, Armin
Larranaga, Melvyn
Combe, Nicolas
Mompiou, Frédéric
Legros, Marc
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description Grain size reduction is a very efficient way to block dislocation movements and therefore create very strong metals and alloys. Not only grain boundaries are known obstacles for dislocations, but when reaching nanometer dimensions, crystallites usually become dislocation free, which imposes an additional constraint to develop plasticity. A recent effort to understand grain boundaries-based deformation mechanisms has therefore emerged. These mechanisms can be manifold, involving conservative and diffusive processes that are very poorly understood. A first approach consisting in downscaling mechanisms that are documented at large scale such as Coble creep, proved very limited. On the other hand, stress-assisted grain growth or shear-coupled grain boundary migration, that were recently observed in small-grained materials at room or low temperature may provide a crucial step to fully understand dislocation-less plasticity in nanocrystals. As this is a completely new field with many more degrees of freedom, a continuous research effort has to be carried out to link the mechanical properties of nanocrystals to these mechanisms specifically linked to grain boundaries.
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spelling doaj.art-1b7b5e23f2cd49628b128ebfd3b08e2b2023-10-24T14:21:59ZengAcadémie des sciencesComptes Rendus. Physique1878-15352021-06-0122S3193410.5802/crphys.5210.5802/crphys.52Shear-coupled migration of grain boundaries: the key missing link in the mechanical behavior of small-grained metals?Gautier, Romain0Rajabzadeh, Armin1Larranaga, Melvyn2Combe, Nicolas3Mompiou, Frédéric4Legros, Marc5CEMES-CNRS, 29 rue J. Marvig 31055, Toulouse, France; Institut Pprime - CNRS, 2 boulevard des Frères Lumière 86360, Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, FranceCEMES-CNRS, 29 rue J. Marvig 31055, Toulouse, FranceCEMES-CNRS, 29 rue J. Marvig 31055, Toulouse, FranceCEMES-CNRS, 29 rue J. Marvig 31055, Toulouse, FranceCEMES-CNRS, 29 rue J. Marvig 31055, Toulouse, FranceCEMES-CNRS, 29 rue J. Marvig 31055, Toulouse, FranceGrain size reduction is a very efficient way to block dislocation movements and therefore create very strong metals and alloys. Not only grain boundaries are known obstacles for dislocations, but when reaching nanometer dimensions, crystallites usually become dislocation free, which imposes an additional constraint to develop plasticity. A recent effort to understand grain boundaries-based deformation mechanisms has therefore emerged. These mechanisms can be manifold, involving conservative and diffusive processes that are very poorly understood. A first approach consisting in downscaling mechanisms that are documented at large scale such as Coble creep, proved very limited. On the other hand, stress-assisted grain growth or shear-coupled grain boundary migration, that were recently observed in small-grained materials at room or low temperature may provide a crucial step to fully understand dislocation-less plasticity in nanocrystals. As this is a completely new field with many more degrees of freedom, a continuous research effort has to be carried out to link the mechanical properties of nanocrystals to these mechanisms specifically linked to grain boundaries.https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/physique/articles/10.5802/crphys.52/Grain boundariesDisconnectionsplasticitymechanical behavior
spellingShingle Gautier, Romain
Rajabzadeh, Armin
Larranaga, Melvyn
Combe, Nicolas
Mompiou, Frédéric
Legros, Marc
Shear-coupled migration of grain boundaries: the key missing link in the mechanical behavior of small-grained metals?
Comptes Rendus. Physique
Grain boundaries
Disconnections
plasticity
mechanical behavior
title Shear-coupled migration of grain boundaries: the key missing link in the mechanical behavior of small-grained metals?
title_full Shear-coupled migration of grain boundaries: the key missing link in the mechanical behavior of small-grained metals?
title_fullStr Shear-coupled migration of grain boundaries: the key missing link in the mechanical behavior of small-grained metals?
title_full_unstemmed Shear-coupled migration of grain boundaries: the key missing link in the mechanical behavior of small-grained metals?
title_short Shear-coupled migration of grain boundaries: the key missing link in the mechanical behavior of small-grained metals?
title_sort shear coupled migration of grain boundaries the key missing link in the mechanical behavior of small grained metals
topic Grain boundaries
Disconnections
plasticity
mechanical behavior
url https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/physique/articles/10.5802/crphys.52/
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