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Part A: Materials Science

Microstructures and strengthening mechanisms of Cu/Ni/W nanolayered composites

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Pages 434-448 | Received 28 Aug 2011, Accepted 14 Aug 2012, Published online: 17 Sep 2012
 

Abstract

Cu/Ni/W nanolayered composites with individual layer thickness ranging from 5 nm to 300 nm were prepared by a magnetron sputtering system. Microstructures and strength of the nanolayered composites were investigated by using the nanoindentation method combined with theoretical analysis. Microstructure characterization revealed that the Cu/Ni/W composite consists of a typical Cu/Ni coherent interface and Cu/W and Ni/W incoherent interfaces. Cu/Ni/W composites have an ultrahigh strength and a large strengthening ability compared with bi-constituent Cu–X (X = Ni, W, Au, Ag, Cr, Nb, etc.) nanolayered composites. Summarizing the present results and those reported in the literature, we systematically analyze the origin of the ultrahigh strength and its length scale dependence by taking into account the constituent layer properties, layer scales and heterogeneous layer/layer interface characteristics, including lattice and modulus mismatch as well as interface structure.

Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 50890173 and 50971125), the National Basic Research Program of China Grant No. 2010CB631003), and the China-Australia Special Fund for Science & Technology Cooperation (Grant No. 50811120106).

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