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Observations of Dislocations in Cu/Nb Nanolayer Composites After Deformation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Y-C. Lu
Affiliation:
Center for Materials Science, Materials Science Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
H. Kung
Affiliation:
Center for Materials Science, Materials Science Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
A. J. Griffin Jr
Affiliation:
Center for Materials Science, Materials Science Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
M. A. Nastasi
Affiliation:
Center for Materials Science, Materials Science Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
T. E. Mitchell
Affiliation:
Center for Materials Science, Materials Science Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
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Abstract

Dislocations have been observed in deformed Cu/Nb nanolayer composites of wavelength 17 and 7 nm. The dislocations thread through the Cu/Nb interfaces even though there is a change of Burgers vector. Conventional and high resolution transmission electron microscopy studies show that the in-plane bowing direction of these dislocations in the Cu layers is opposite to that in the Nb layers, so that the dislocations appear to zig-zag. These observations are explained by the presence of residual tensile stresses in Cu and residual compressive stresses in Nb, which make dislocations bow in opposite directions in the alternating layers.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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