A universal scaling law for the strength of metal micropillars and nanowires

被引:129
作者
Dou, R. [1 ]
Derby, B. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Manchester, Sch Mat, Ctr Mat Sci, Manchester M1 7HS, Lancs, England
关键词
Nanocrystalline materials; Plastic deformation; Size effect; MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES; NANOPOROUS GOLD; YIELD STRENGTH; SINGLE-CRYSTAL; MICRO-PILLARS; DEFORMATION; COMPRESSION; PLASTICITY; COPPER; WHISKERS;
D O I
10.1016/j.scriptamat.2009.05.012
中图分类号
TB3 [工程材料学];
学科分类号
0805 ; 080502 ;
摘要
The yield strength of sub-micron single-crystal metal pillars and wires increases with decreasing pillar diameter. Here, we show that the yield stress (resolved onto a slip system), sigma(rss), scaled by shear modulus, p, and the diameter, d, scaled by Burgers vector, b, shows the following universal correlation: sigma(rss)/mu = A(d/b)(m); for face-centred cubic (fcc) metals A = 0.71 and m = -0.66. Data for Mo and a Mo alloy are found to approximately obey the fcc correlation, despite having a different crystal structure. (C) 2009 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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