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Study on the Twinning/De-twining Behavior of Different Types of Twin–Twin Interaction via Experiments and Molecular Dynamics Simulation

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Twin–twin interaction plays an important role in tailoring the mechanical properties of magnesium (Mg) alloys. In this study, we studied the effect of different types of twin–twin interactions (Type I, Type II-a and Type II-b) on the subsequent microstructure evolution and mechanical properties through quasi-in-situ electron backscatter diffraction, molecular dynamics simulation and mechanical property test. The results showed that de-twinning and nucleation of secondary twin from the twin boundary dominates plastic deformation during Type II twin–twin interactions, while twin growth dominates plastic deformation during Type I twin–twin interactions. Type II twin–twin interactions can improve both strength and plasticity compared to the Type I twin–twin interactions. In addition, the twin–twin interactions form a stress concentration near the interaction site, but the magnitude and release method of the stress are different for Type II and Type I. The internal stress induced by Type II is released through de-twinning or formation of new twins from twin boundary, while the internal stress induced by Type I is released through merge and growth of initial twin. Such a microstructure evolution mechanism of different types of twin–twin interactions provides a new vision of twining/de-twinning behavior and tailoring mechanical properties.

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This work is financially supported by the Key-Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province (2020B010186002), GDAS’ Project of Science and Technology Development (No. 2020GDASYL-20200102030), the Science and Technology Research Program of Chongqing Municipal Education Commission (KJQN202001106), Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing (cstc2021jcyj-bshX0114), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2021M700556) and University Innovation Research Group of Chongqing (CXQT20023).

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  2. Institute of New Materials, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China

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  3. College of Material Science and Engineering, Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing, 400054, China

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CRediT authorship contribution statement: GX: Experimental analysis and interpretation of data, writing–original draft preparation; JZ: Formal analysis, funding acquisition, writing—review and editing, experimental analysis and interpretation of data, acquisition of the financial support for the project leading to this publication, review and editing; LY: Preparation of alloy materials and experiment work; JC: Simulation work and interpretation of data; HC: Preparation of alloy materials and experiment work.

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Xi, G., Zhang, J., Luo, Y. et al. Study on the Twinning/De-twining Behavior of Different Types of Twin–Twin Interaction via Experiments and Molecular Dynamics Simulation. Met. Mater. Int. 29, 994–1006 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12540-022-01275-9

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