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Generating gradient germanium nanostructures by shock-induced amorphization and crystallization.

Shiteng Zhao¹, Bimal Kad², Christopher E Wehrenberg³

¹Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

|August 30, 2017

Summary

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Laser shocks create complex nanostructures in germanium, forming nanocrystals and amorphous bands. Deformation heat drives nanocrystallization, while dislocation bursts trigger the crystalline-to-amorphous transition.

Keywords:

amorphization germanium gradient materials laser shock nanocrystallization

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Area of Science:

Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Solid State Physics

Background:

Gradient nanostructures offer enhanced material properties.
Understanding shock-induced transformations in materials is crucial for advanced applications.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the nanostructure evolution in germanium under high-pressure laser shocks.
To elucidate the mechanisms behind shock-induced amorphization and subsequent nanocrystallization.

Main Methods:

High-pressure laser-driven shock experiments on germanium.
Analysis of resulting nanostructures using advanced microscopy.
Molecular dynamics simulations to model dislocation behavior and phase transitions.

Main Results:

Complex gradient nanostructures formed, including nanocrystals with nanotwins near the surface.
Amorphous bands and planar defects (stacking faults) observed at higher shock stresses.
Complete amorphization at lower shock stresses, with evidence of deformation-induced heat causing nanocrystallization.

Conclusions:

Germanium amorphizes above a critical shock stress threshold.
Deformation-generated heat is a key factor in the nanocrystallization of shocked germanium.
Supersonic partial dislocation bursts are implicated in initiating the crystalline-to-amorphous transition.