The impact of nanoindentation at room temperature upon the real structure of decagonal AlCoNi quasicrystals

Reibold, M.; Belger, A.; Mukhopadhyay, N.K.; Gille, Peter and Paufler, P. (2005): The impact of nanoindentation at room temperature upon the real structure of decagonal AlCoNi quasicrystals. In: Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science, Vol. 202, No. 12: pp. 2267-2276

Abstract

Plastic deformation of the quasicrystalline decagonal phase Al 72Co 9Ni 19, which appears macroscopically brittle at room temperature, has been performed by nanoindentation. Employing high resolution transmission electron microscopy it could be shown that near indents regions of a nanocrystalline phase appeared, which was identified as trigonal Al 33(Ni,Co) 2. So, for permanent deformation at room temperature no dislocation movement was needed. Instead, it seems reasonable to assume that the decagonal phase tends to decompose into a crystalline phase under stress. Values of nanohardness and elastic modulus determined during this work were found within the range of data reported so far by other authors.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Faculties: Geosciences > Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences > Crystallography and Materials Science
• Subjects: 500 Science > 550 Earth sciences and geology
• Language: English