Unstable twin in body-centered cubic tungsten nanocrystals

Body-centred cubic metals rarely show twinning during deformation. Here, the authors use high resolution transmission electron microscopy to show tungsten, a body-centred cubic metal, spontaneously undergoes detwinning when unloaded.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Xiang Wang, Jiangwei Wang, Yang He, Chongmin Wang, Li Zhong, Scott X. Mao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16349-8