High-pressure phase transition in 3-D printed nanolamellar high-entropy alloy by imaging and simulation insights

作者：Andrew D. Pope, Wen Chen, Hangman Chen, Penghui Cao, Armenuhi Yeghishyan, Maksym Zhukovskyi, Khachatur V. Manukyan, Yogesh K. Vohra · 发表于：Scientific Reports · 年份：2024 · DOI：10.1038/s41598-024-67422-x · 被引用次数：5 · 研究领域：High Entropy Alloys Studies、High-Temperature Coating Behaviors、Advanced materials and composites

consisting of nanolamellar BCC and FCC phases. The direct lattice imaging of 3D-printed samples shows the Kurdjumov-Sachs (K-S) orientation relation {111} FCC parallel to {110} BCC planes in the dual-phase lamellae. Unlike traditional iron and steels, this alloy shows an irreversible BCC-to-FCC phase transformation under high pressures. The nanolamellar morphology is maintained after pressure cycling to 30 GPa, and nano-diffraction studies show both layers to be in the FCC phase. The chemical compositions of the dual-phase lamellae after pressure recovery remain unchanged, suggesting a diffusion-less BCC-FCC transformation in this EHEA. The lattice imaging of the pressure-recovered sample does not show any specific orientation relation between the two resulting FCC phases, indicating that many grain orientations are produced during the BCC-FCC phase transformation. Molecular dynamics simulations on phase transformation in a nanolamellar BCC/FCC in K-S orientation show that phase transformation from BCC to FCC is completed under high pressures, and the FCC phase is retained on decompression aided by the stable interfaces. Our work elucidates the irreversible phase transformation under static compression, providing an understanding of the orientation relationships in 3-D printed EHEA under high pressures.