TY  - JOUR
AU  - Cui, Ye
AU  - Zhang, Yang
AU  - Sun, Lixin
AU  - Feygenson, Mikhail
AU  - Fan, Mingyu
AU  - Wang, Xun-Li
AU  - Liaw, Peter K.
AU  - Baker, Ian
AU  - Zhang, Zhongwu
TI  - Phase transformation via atomic-scale periodic interfacial energy
JO  - Materials today / Physics
VL  - 24
SN  - 2542-5293
CY  - Amsterdam
PB  - Elsevier
M1  - FZJ-2024-04409
SP  - 100668 -
PY  - 2022
AB  - Displacive and diffusional transformations are the main processes during solid-state phase trans- formations, which have formed the basis of applied physics and materials technology for centuries. However, the relationship between diffusional and displacive transformations has remained elusive, which significantly hinders the fundamental understanding and control of the microstructures and properties of materials via phase transformations. Here, we introduce the concept of a periodic differ- ential interfacial energy between atom layers. We develop the mechanism of an atomic-scale displacive process in the form of atoms groups (cells) based on the periodic differential interfacial energy and experimentally determine the displacive short-range order (SRO) cell size in an MgeLi alloy using a neutron total scattering method. We proposed that the origins of both the displacive and diffusional transformations are displacive in nature governed by the driving force of transformations. Our work paves the way for building a bridge correlating the nature of various solid-state phase transformations.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000793180300003
DO  - DOI:10.1016/j.mtphys.2022.100668
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1028215
ER  -