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A molecular dynamics survey study of impact-induced amorphization in yttria nanoparticles

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? 2022 Elsevier LtdThe impact of a single yttria (Y2O3) nanoparticle onto a yttria substrate was studied as a function of particle velocity (300–1200 m/s) and diameter (5–12 nm) for three particle orientations and two substrate orientations using molecular dynamics simulations. Impacts resulted in minimal dislocation motion but extensive disordering of the crystal lattice without approaching the melting temperature. The resulting amorphous microstructure was both precisely coincident with plastic strain and retained until the end of the simulation, suggesting a deformation mechanism of amorphization-facilitated viscous flow. Further analysis revealed that the degree of amorphization depended primarily on the impact velocity and secondarily on the orientations of the particle and substrate, with significant second-order effects from variable interactions.

ImpactionMolecular dynamics simulationNanoparticleYttria

Moyers A.H.、Kovar D.、Davies D.W.、Becker M.F.

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Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Texas at Austin

Materials Science and Engineering Program University of Texas at Austin

2022

Journal of Aerosol Science

Journal of Aerosol Science

EISCI
ISSN:0021-8502
年,卷(期):2022.162
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