Experimental lower bounds on geometrically necessary dislocation density

A single nickel crystal is indented with a wedge indenter such that a two-dimensional deformation state with three effective plane strain slip systems is induced. The in-plane lattice rotation of the crystal lattice is measured with a three micrometer spatial resolution using Orientation Imaging Microscopy (OIM). All non-zero components of the Nye dislocation density tensor are calculated from the lattice rotation field. A rigorous analytical expression is derived for the lower bound of the total Geometrically Necessary Dislocation (GND) density. Existence and uniqueness of the lower bound are demonstrated, and the apportionment of the total GND density onto the effective individual slip systems is determined. The lower bound solution reduces to the exact solution under circumstances in which only one or two of the effective slip systems are known to have been activated. The results give insight into the active slip systems as well as the dislocation structures formed in the nickel crystal as a result of the wedge indentation.     

POLYMETHYLMETHACRYLATE FILMS IN THE STATE OF HIGH GLOBAL CHAIN ORIENTATION BUT NEARLY RANDOM SEGMENTAL ORIENTATION*

PMMA films in the high global chain orientation and nearly random segmental orientation(GOLR) state were prepared by uni-axially drawing at temperatures 20～30℃ above its glass transitiontempefature, T_g, and their isotropic and anisotropic properties were studied. Experimental results show thatthis kind of amorphous state, the GOLR state, is nearly isotropic in optical birefringence, IR-dichroism andX-ray diffraction patterns, but is very anisotropic in behaviors of thermal expansion, solvent-swelling andstress-strain.     

新型非线性光学杂化材料结构与性能的研究

由硅烷染料ASD与钛酸四正丁酯在酸性条件下共水解、缩合得到杂化材料,利用透射电镜(TEM)和X射线能量色散谱仪(EDS)进行分析,结果表明,杂化溶胶粒子是由硅和钛的化合物组成的球形纳米粒子.由一维刚性取向气体模型计算杂化材料膜再极化后的二阶非线性光学系数χ⁽²⁾为1.43×10^-7esu.差示扫描量热法(DSC)测得杂化材料的玻璃化温度可达469K;用紫外-可见光谱对杂化膜在极化前后的取向及取向稳定性进行了研究.用原子力显微镜(AFM)和X射线衍射(XRD)研究了材料在极化过程中的结晶行为和微观结构对生色团取向稳定性的影响,初次在这种极化后的膜中观察到了介观结构.     

Coupled annealing temperature and layer thickness effect on strengthening mechanisms of Ti/Ni multilayer thin films

A systematic study was performed on mechanical and microstructural properties of Ti/Ni multilayers with layer thickness from 200 nm to 6 nm and annealing temperature from room temperature to 500 °C. Based on the observed hardness evolution, a coupled layer-thickness and annealing-temperature dependent strengthening mechanism map is proposed. For as-deposited films, the deformation behavior follows the traditional trend of dislocation mediated strengthening to grain boundary mediated softening with decreasing layer thickness. For annealed films, grain boundary relaxation is considered to be the initial strengthening mechanism with higher activation temperature required for thicker layers. Under further annealing, solid solution hardening, intermetallic precipitation hardening, and fully intermixed alloy structure continue to strengthen the thin layered films, while recrystallization and grain-growth lead to the eventual softening of thick layered films. For the films with intermediate layer thickness, a strong orientation dependent hardness behavior is exhibited under high temperature annealing due to mechanism switch from grain growth softening to intermetallic precipitation hardening when changing the loading orientation from perpendicular to parallel to the layer interfaces.     

DISPERSION AND TENSILE BEHAVIOR OF POLYPROPYLENE/MONTMORILLONITE NANOCOMPOSITES PRODUCED VIA MELT INTERCALATION

Most of the anicles on polymer nanocomposites focus on the importance of chemistry used to modify the surfaceof the clay, usually montmorillonite (MMT), and characterization of the nano-scale structure obtained. The role andimportance of processing were also discussed recently. However, few papers concerning the correlation between morphologyof MMT and mechanical properties were published. In order to understand the tensile behavior of PP/Montmorillonite(MMT) nanocomposites better, and to further improve the reinforcement efficiency, we first prepared the PP nanocompositesvia direct melt intercalation using conventional twin-screw extrusion. The dispersion and tensile property of the compositeswere then investigated by SEM, XRD, TEM and a video-controlled tensile set-up. The macroscopic and microscopicdispersion of MMT in PP matrix was verified by XRD and TEM, combined with SEM. The tensile properties were obtainedby video-controlled tensile set-up, which gives true stress-strain curve. It was found that a partly intercalated and partlyexfoliated structure (also called incomplete exfoliation) existed in the system. Though the tensile strength of PPnanocomposites is not much improved in engineering stress-strain curves, more than 20% increase of true stress was found ina true stress-strain experiment at high true strain, which indicates that only oriented silicate layers can have a big effect ontensile properties. Not only orientation of silicate platelets but also the degree of exfoliation is a key factor to determine thereinforcement efficiency. The reinforcement efficiency of MMT has been discussed based on the "continuum" Halpin-Tsaiequations. A good agreement was found between experimental data and theoretical prediction by changing N value (number of platelets per stack) which corresponding to different state of the dispersion of MMT in PP matrix.     

基于坐标转换的数字天顶仪定向方法

为了提高仪器的工作效率,在数字天顶仪定位的基础上开展了定向方法的研究,构建了识别星点的坐标转换模型.从坐标转换模型出发,分析了仪器倾斜及光轴倾斜等因素对恒星像点图像坐标的影响,研究了焦距值及光轴指向的天文坐标对恒星理论坐标的影响,并在坐标转换的基础上建立了定向模型.试验结果表明,单组星图的定向精度均在5″以内,定向精度较高,能够满足实际条件下对定向精度的要求.     

The effect of mechanical drawing on optical and structural properties of nylon 6 fibres

The Pluta polarizing double-refracting interference microscope was attached to a mechanical drawing device to study the effect of cold drawing on the optical and structural properties of nylon 6 fibres. The microscope was used in its two positions for determining the refractive indices and birefringence of fibres. Different applied stresses and strain rates were obtained using the mechanical-drawing device. The effect of the applied stresses on the optical and physical parameters was investigated. The resulting optical parameters were utilized to investigate the polarizability per unit volume, the optical orientation factor, the orientation angle and the average work per chain. The refractive index and birefringence profiles were measured. Relationships between the average work per chain and optical parameters at different strains rates were determined. An empirical formula was deduced for these fibres. Micro-interferograms are given for illustration.     

Ti-doping induced antiferroelectric to ferroelectric phase transition and electrical properties in Sm-PbZrO3 thin films

The antiferroelectric (Pb_0.985Sm_0.01) (Zr_1-xTi_x)O₃ (Ti-PSZO) thin films were synthesized on Pt(111)/Ti/SiO₂/Si substrates using a chemical solution deposition method. The films were crystallized in the perovskite phase with a preferential orientation along (111) direction. With Ti doping in PSZO, a gradual transformation from antiferroelectric to ferroelectric phase transition was noticed at room temperature owing to the Ti doping induced lattice distortion. The phase transition has been confirmed through the P - E hysteresis loops, X-ray diffraction (peak shifting), capacitance-voltage measurements, and Raman scattering analysis. The thin film with Ti = 0.15 doping displayed a ferroelectric behavior with high dielectric constant and large dielectric tunability of about 62%. Also, Ti doping altered the Curie temperature (T_c) and enhanced the order of dielectric diffuseness. It is believed that Ti-doping in PSZO is an effective way to induce an antiferroelectric - ferroelectric phase transition and to tailor the electrical characteristics of PSZO thin films.     

Hierarchical crystalline structures induced by temperature profile in HDPE bars during melt penetration process

The hierarchical crystalline morphologies and orientation structures across the thickness direction in high-density polyethylene(HDPE) molded bars were investigated via a novel melt-penetrating processing method named multi-melt multi-injection molding(M3IM). The samples with various mold temperatures(20, 40 and 60 °C) were prepared, and the effects of the external temperature profile on the evolution of crystalline microstructures were studied. With scanning electron microscopy(SEM), the transition of crystalline morphology from ring-banded structure to oriented lamellae was observed with decreasing mold temperature, and the oriented lamellae were formed at the sub-skin layer of the samples at the lowest mold temperature, which was further testified by differential scanning calorimetry(DSC). With the decline of mold temperature, the degree of orientation, obtained from two-dimensional small angle X-ray scattering(2D-SAXS), was increased and long periods rose a little. Thus, decreasing mold temperature was beneficial to the formation of orientation structures because the relaxation of chains was weakened.