ZA27/CNT界面特性电子理论研究

依据原子结合能定义了界面结合能. 采用递归法计算了纳米管增强锌铝基复合材料中ZA27/CNT界面电子结构，揭示了纳米管在ZA27合金晶界分布的微观物理本质，及其ZA27/CNT弱界面结合的电子层面的原因. 研究发现：金属基体对纳米管增强相上的碳原子态密度影响很大，而纳米管对基体金属中的铝、锌原子影响很小. 碳原子态密度与基体金属原子趋于同化，使纳米管与基体金属结合，但因同化程度不高导致界面结合较弱，影响强化效果. 如果在纳米管装饰或镀上与基体金属性质相近的原子层，会极大改善复合材料的界面结合强度，提高复合材料性能. 关键词： 复合材料 纳米管 电子结构 界面     

镁/镀镍碳纳米管界面特性电子理论研究

建立了复合材料中（镀镍）碳纳米管/镁界面原子集团模型,采用递归法计算了界面电子结构.计算表明：镀镍碳纳米管与镁形成的界面结构能、原子结合能较低,镍能够加大纳米管/基体界面结构的稳定性,促进界面结合强度的提高;在界面镍镀层中镁原子的相互作用能为正,说明镍镀层中的镁原子相互排斥,不能形成原子团簇,具有有序化倾向,形成起到强化界面作用的有序相;碳、镁原子在未镀镍碳纳米管与镁的界面格位能较高,降低界面稳定性,因而界面比较脆弱.碳纳米管镀镍后,镍使界面处镁、碳的格位能大幅降低,界面稳定性增强. 关键词： 复合材料 纳米管 电子结构 界面     

稀土对镁合金应力腐蚀影响电子理论研究

建立了镁合金纯净晶界及其析出Mg₁₇Al₁₂相的晶界原子集团，应用实空间的递归方法计算了铝、稀土元素在晶界的偏聚能，晶界处铝、稀土原子间相互作用能和不同体系的费米能级.讨论了铝、稀土在晶界的偏聚行为，铝、稀土原子间的相互作用与有序化的关系及稀土对镁合金晶间应力腐蚀影响的物理本质.研究发现：铝、稀土原子偏聚于晶界；铝原子间相互排斥，在晶界区形成有序相Mg₁₇Al₁₂，稀土原子间互相吸引，形成原子团簇；稀土原子团吸引铝原子，使铝原子渗入稀土团簇中，形成稀土化合物.因此，稀土具有抑制铝在晶界形成导致应力腐蚀的阴极相Mg₁₇Al₁₂的作用，提高镁合金的晶间应力腐蚀抗力. 关键词： 电子理论 镁合金 应力腐蚀 稀土     

模拟纳米晶体原子分布及X射线散射理论图案

通过分子动力学方法模拟纳米晶体（1—3nm）的结构．利用模拟的结果，进行了X射线衍射及径向分布函数的模拟计算．结果表明：纳米晶体晶界呈短程有序，界面原子间距分布很宽；随着晶粒尺寸的减小，晶粒的畸变越大，原子体积常数也明显增大 关键词：     

C/SiC纳米管异质结电子结构的第一性原理研究

采用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理计算,对扶手椅型(4,4)和(6,6)及锯齿型(8,0)和(10,0)C/SiC纳米管异质结的电子结构进行了研究.结果表明两类异质结结构都表现为半导体特性.扶手椅型纳米管异质结形成了Ⅰ型异质结,电子和空穴都限制在碳纳米管部分.锯齿型纳米管异质结中价带顶主要分布在碳纳米管部分及C/SiC界面处,而导带底均匀分布在整个纳米管异质结上.这两种异质结结构在未来纳米器件中具有潜在的应用价值. 关键词： C/SiC纳米管异质结 第一性原理 电子结构     

纳米碳管阵列场增强因子的计算

采用悬浮球模型，结合对称的镜像电荷层方法，对静电场中纳米碳管阵列的场增强因子进行了计算，并在考虑极板间距的情况下，对其计算结果做了修正.结果表明：纳米碳管阵列的间距对纳米碳管阵列的场发射性能影响很大.当纳米碳管阵列中碳管间距小于碳管高度时，场增强因子随间距的减小而急剧减小；而当碳管间距显著大于碳管高度时，场增强因子几乎不变.但当考虑阴阳极之间单位面积通过的场发射电流时，可论证当管间距与管高度相若时，能使场发射电流密度最佳(最大).另外，极板间距对场增强因子的影响很小，但是可以通过减小极板间距，来降低纳米碳管作为场发射体的场发射的开启电压，优化纳米碳管的场发射性能. 关键词： 纳米碳管阵列 场增强因子 开启电压     

ZA27合金晶界处铁、稀土元素的有序化与交互作用

为从理论上揭示铁、稀土元素在锌铝合金晶界处的行为本质，建立了ZA27合金中α相大角度重位点阵晶界模型，利用递归法(Recursion)计算了晶界的电子结构(状态密度、费米能级、结构能).用晶界结构能定义合金的团簇能(有序能)，并计算了偏聚铁及稀土晶界的团簇能.计算结果表明：铁、稀土元素在锌铝合金晶界处团簇能为正值，不能形成团簇，具有有序化倾向，趋于形成稳定的金属间化合物.铁与稀土元素在晶界形成负电中心，降低晶界的费米能级. 关键词： 稀土 晶界 电子结构 有序化     

稀有气体原子注入缺陷性纳米碳管的分子动力学模拟

采用TLHT势和经典分子动力学方法研究了稀有气体原子(He，Ne，Ar，Kr，Xe)进入带缺陷的单壁纳米碳管(SWCNT)的动力学过程，计算出了稀有气体原子分别从管壁和管口入射时，它们能封装在SWCNT中的能量阈值E_k0，并与理想结构情形做了比较.结果表明：随着管壁缺陷半径r的增加，E_k0减小；当r<4.5 ?时，给定合适的初始动能，稀有气体原子能封装在纳米碳管中；而r=4.5 ?时，稀有气体原子不能封装在碳管中，且此时缺陷对Ar，Kr和Xe的输运特性有很大影响. 关键词： 纳米碳管 缺陷 稀有气体原子 分子动力学模拟     

ZA27合金中稀土及铁的晶界偏聚与交互作用

根据分子动力学理论建立了液态ZA27合金的原子集团，结合计算机编程构造出ZA27合金α相与液相共存时的原子构形及α相大角度重位点阵晶界模型.利用递归法计算了铁、稀土元素 固溶 于晶粒内，游离于固液相界面及其在α相晶界处的环境敏感镶嵌能，计算了铁、稀土元素与 Al 的键级积分.由此得出：铁、稀土处于固液相界区比在晶内更稳定，解释了铁、稀土在α相内溶解度很小，结晶时富集于固液相界前沿液体中，从而导致凝固结束后铁、稀土元素偏聚于晶界，并形成成分复杂的稀土化合物的事实. 关键词： 稀土 晶界 递归方法 电子结构     

纳米晶体结构与性能的模拟研究

通过分子动力学方法模拟纳米晶体（1—3nm）的结构．利用模拟的结果，进行了X射线衍射点阵常数、晶粒尺寸及点阵畸变的模拟计算，还计算了结合能及弹性模量等．结果表明纳米晶体无论是晶界和晶粒都与传统的粗晶粒晶体材料没有本质的区别，只是由于晶粒尺寸变小，以及晶界的体积分数等的作用，导致一系列的性能差异 关键词：     

Microstructural evolution and grain subdivision mechanisms during severe plastic deformation of aluminum particles by ball milling

Electron backscattered diffraction technique was used to investigate the microstructure of aluminum particles deformed by high-energy ball milling. The lengths of different types of boundaries per area were calculated for different samples. The results show that the deformation mechanism and the rate of grain subdivision changed considerably as milling time increased. At the beginning of the milling, deformation banding subdivided grains and dynamic recovery formed a cellular structure of low angle boundaries. After further milling, particles were flattened; an increase in the aspect ratio of the original grains together with cold welding of the particles contributed to the formation of high angle grain boundaries (HAGBs). Lattice rotation progressively increased the misorientation of low and medium angle boundaries and transformed them to HAGBs, which resulted in formation of new small equiaxed grains by continuous dynamic recrystallization. This research shows subgrain rotation was the main mechanism for formation of new HAGBs.     

Atomistic studies of the structure and composition of grain boundaries in Cu3Au and Ni3Al

In this paper we investigate the atomic structure and composition of grain boundaries in Cu₃Au (weakly ordered compound) and Ni₃Al (strongly ordered compound). Computer simulations employing both the molecular statics and Monte Carlo methods were performed and the Finnis-Sinclair type many-body central force potentials used. First, grain boundaries in stoichiometric alloys are studied with the goal to investigate the impact of ordering strength on the grain boundary structure and composition. In Cu₃Au grain boundaries may become compositionally disordered even at room temperature and the compositional disordering is associated with segregation of gold. In contrast, in Ni₃Al grain boundaries remain compositionally ordered up to very high temperatures. Secondly, the structures of grain boundaries and the effect of Ni and Al segregation in non-stoichiometric Ni₃Al are investigated. Nickel segregation leads to compositional disordering at grain boundaries, while aluminum segregation, which is strongly selective, leads to an ordered grain boundary structure with high Al content. The possible relationship between structural and compositional characteristics of grain boundaries and their mechanical properties, in particular the grain boundary brittleness and its alleviation by additional alloying, are then discussed in the light of the results of this study.     

Cut-off deviation for CSL boundaries in recrystallized face-centered cubic materials

Abstract

Brandon’s criterion is frequently used to quantify distribution of coincident site lattice (CSL) boundaries in studies related to grain boundary character distribution. This criterion is based on theoretical considerations and is meant to define a range within which special boundaries may exist. Experiments have repeatedly shown that this range includes boundaries which do not show special properties. A broad aim of this study is to explore if there exists a cut-off in deviation which includes only boundaries with special properties. While most other criteria in literature are based on theoretical dependence of secondary dislocation spacing, in this work we find the cut-off deviation through experimental data of recrystallised microstructures from in situ as well as ex-situ heating experiments. Deviation from structure was considered in terms of both, deviation of misorientation axis-angle as well as deviation of the boundary plane from the symmetric tilt orientation. Our results indicate that the deviation in terms of misorientation angle is more important than boundary plane deviation. We also show that the limiting deviation for various orders of twin boundaries (Σ3ⁿ) in a recrystallized microstructure is a constant and approximately 1° which is significantly lower than that defined by Brandon’s criterion. We show that this constant cut-off deviation for various Σ3ⁿ CSL boundaries can also be obtained by assuming that the secondary dislocations are spaced proportional to displacement shift complete lattice vector. Similar analysis was also carried out for non-Σ3ⁿ boundaries but due to limited statistics, no cut-off value could be deduced for these boundaries.     

Energy calculation of (0 1 1) twist grain boundary in noble metals

With modified analytical embedded atom method (MAEAM), the energy of (0 1 1) twist grain boundary (GB) has been calculated for three noble metals Cu, Ag and Au. The results show that the unrelaxed energy keeps almost constant with twist angle θ except several cusps at low Σ boundaries. The GB energies drop significantly after expansion perpendicular to the boundary. In-boundary translation results in a periodic energy variation and the rectangular period is 1/Σ of their own CSL smallest unit cell. Three specific positions, the corners or centre of the periodic rectangle, or the midpoints of the sides, are preferable in GB translation.     

Contribution of tilt boundaries to the total energy spectrum of grain boundaries in polycrystals

By measuring temperatures T _w for the transition from the incomplete to complete wetting of grain boundaries in poly- and bicrystals, the width of the spectrum of tilt grain boundaries and their contribution to the total energy spectrum of grain boundaries in polycrystals have been experimentally estimated. It has been shown that the tilt grain boundaries correspond to a rather narrow (only 5–10%) portion in the total energy spectrum of grain boundaries in polycrystals. In metals with a low stacking fault energy (copper, tin, zinc), the tilt grain boundaries belong to 10–20% of the grain boundaries with the highest transition temperatures T _w (hence, with low energies). In a metal with a high stacking fault energy (aluminum), the values of T _w for the tilt grain boundaries lie nearly in the middle between the minimum (T _w,min) and maximum (T _w,max) transition temperatures from the incomplete to complete wetting of grain boundaries. This means that grain boundaries with the structure corresponding to a lower energy than that of the symmetric twin boundaries (or stacking faults) can exist in aluminum.     

Grain boundary misorientation changes during grain growth in pure aluminium

A new method is described for data-logging large amounts of grain boundary misorientation information from channelling patterns in the scanning electron microscope (SEM). The method relies on producing specimens where the grain size is larger than the specimen thickness and where the grain boundary planes are perpendicular to the specimen plane (the so-called columnar structure). Results for grain growth in pure aluminium at 460 and 500°C are presented. There is an increase in the proportion of low angle boundaries at the expense of high angle boundaries during growth times of up to a few hours. The reasons are thought to be partly connected with lower low angle boundary mobility compared with high angle boundaries. However, the growth kinetics appear to be normal over the entire growth time range.     

The energy and structure of (0 0 1) twist grain boundary in noble metals

The relaxed energy and structure of (0 0 1) twist grain boundary (GB) in noble metals Au, Ag and Cu are simulated by the MAEAM. In-boundary translation between two adjacent grains results in a periodic energy variation and the period is a square with the side length L_Σ/Σ. The lowest energy appears when the two grains are translated relatively to either corner or center of the periodic square. The relaxed GB energy increases smoothly for low-angle boundaries and levels off for larger-angle boundaries except a cusp appeared at θ = 36.87° (Σ = 5). After relaxation, the symmetry of the GB structure is not changed but the displacement of the atoms parallel to the GB plane decreases with increasing the distance of the atoms from the GB plane.     

Heterogeneities of grain boundary arrangement in polycrystals

Data on mutual arrangements of different types of grain boundaries in polycrystals are presented. The heterogeneity in grain boundary distribution, namely, the effect of gathering low-angle or special tilt grain boundaries is found in pure aluminum thin films, in sheets of Fe-3% Si alloy and in Al₂O₃ doped with MgO or MgO and Y ₂O₃. The local texture, i.e., formation of colonies or clusters of close-oriented grains is considered as a reason of this heterogeneity. The influences of grain boundary gathering on the transport properties of polycrystals and on the crack propagation are discussed. A new concept of effective grain size is suggested to analyze the relationship between material microstructures and material properties.     

Sc在Al-Zn-Mg-Cu超高强铝合金中作用机理的电子理论研究

通过晶胞平移获得Al-Zn-Mg-Cu合金中α-Al,Al₃Sc及η相原子集团模型,采用自编软件建立α-Al/液态Al界面、α-Al/Al₃Sc界面原子团模型.用递归法计算合金中各组织的态密度、结合能、费米能级,合金元素Sc与空位相互作用能等电子参数.依据电子参数解释合金晶粒细化、腐蚀的物理本质.研究表明： Al₃Sc从液态金属析出时释放的能量比α-Al从液态金属析出时所释放的能量少,可先于α-Al从液态金属中析出;且α-Al 关键词： 电子结构 腐蚀 超高强Al合金