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Atomistic analysis of plastic deformation and shear band formation in FCC/FCC metallic nanolayered composites

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Atomistic simulations were used to explore the plastic deformation and shear band (SB) formation in Cu/Au, Cu/Ag, Cu/Al and Cu/Ni metallic nanolayered composites (MNCs). The analysis reveals that interface dislocation structures in all four MNCs are composed of three sets of edge Shockley partial dislocations. Under external loading, dislocations firstly nucleated from the phase with lower stacking fault energy (SFE) in FCC/FCC MNCs. The SBs formed in Cu/Au and Cu/Ag MNCs and the onset strain of SB increases with the increasing layer thicknesses. While in Cu/Al and Cu/Ni MNCs, the deformation is relatively uniform and each slip plane contains similar amounts of dislocations. The formation of SBs in Cu/Au and Cu/Ag MNCs is induced by the nucleation and growth of deformation twinning in the phase with low SFE. After the formation of SBs, the interface sliding accommodates most plastic strains during the deformation.

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Conceptualization: SD, X-YL, YC, CZ; Methodology: SD, CZ; Formal analysis and investigation: SD, CZ; Writing—original draft preparation: SD; Writing—review and editing: SD, CZ, X-YL, YC; Funding acquisition: CZ; Resources: CZ; Supervision: CZ. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

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Dong, S., Liu, XY., Chen, Y. et al. Atomistic analysis of plastic deformation and shear band formation in FCC/FCC metallic nanolayered composites. Journal of Materials Research 38, 1386–1395 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-023-00898-x

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