Plasticity Mechanisms in Nanostructured Cubic Boron Nitride: Internal Defects and Amorphous Layers

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11320/25:10503686

Result on the web

<a href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.5c10992" target="_blank" >https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.5c10992</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5c10992" target="_blank" >10.1021/acsami.5c10992</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Plasticity Mechanisms in Nanostructured Cubic Boron Nitride: Internal Defects and Amorphous Layers

Original language description

Nanostructured cubic boron nitride (NS-cBN) has attracted significant attention due to its high hardness and excellent thermal stability, yet a systematic strategy to balance strength and toughness through atomically structural design remains elusive. Here, we integrate plasticity theory with large-scale atomistic simulations to elucidate the size-dependent roles of internal defects, i.e., twin boundaries (TBs), stacking faults (SFs), and dislocation networks, and amorphous interfacial layers (AILs) in NS-cBN. In samples containing TBs and SFs, we demonstrate uniquely that the competition between hard slip modes (e.g., dislocation penetration) and soft slip modes (e.g., sliding parallel to defects), together with grain-boundary sliding, governs the scaling of strength and crack-initiation strain. Specially, a cross-slip of 1/2[110] screw dislocations emerges as the dominant plastic mechanism penetrating planar defects, while high-density SFs leverage stress concentration to activate the destacking fault mechanism, thereby improving crack-initiation strain with high strength. Introducing pre-existing dislocation networks shifts deformation from a grain-boundary-dominated to a dislocation-dominated regime, achieving a 76% increase in failure strain (up to 15% compressive strain) and a metal-like plastic plateau at a dislocation density of 0.115 nm-2. Moreover, a 0.5 nm-thick AIL is found to simultaneously enhance strength and toughness by homogenizing stress, suppressing shear bands, and crack-initiation; further thickening of the AIL leads to softening, while increasing its density or bond strength amplifies its reinforcing effect. By synergistically tailoring internal defects and AILs, we achieve NS-cBN materials that combine high strength with high toughness, and thereby, we establish general design principles to guide the development of next-generation superhard materials.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10302 - Condensed matter physics (including formerly solid state physics, supercond.)

Project

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Continuities

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Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

ACS applied materials &amp; interfaces

ISSN

1944-8244

e-ISSN

1944-8252

Volume of the periodical

17

Issue of the periodical within the volume

37

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

52854-52867

UT code for WoS article

001567355600001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105016689622