Graphene tweaking Hamaker constant of SiC nanoparticles: A new horizon to solve the conflict between strengthening and toughening
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- Journal Article
- Citation:
- Scripta Materialia, 2016, 118 pp. 65 - 69
- Issue Date:
- 2016-06-01
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© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This study reveals a promising feature of graphene encapsulating process to significantly enhance the mutually inclusive tensile strength and ductility of aluminium based composites using the semi-solid powder forming process. It was corroborated based on van der Waals-Casimir interaction free energy that graphene sheets have an unprecedented capacity to manipulate the Hamaker constant of SiC nanoparticles, prompting formation of nano/micro-sized grains. Authenticating by the strengthening model, fractographic observations have also demonstrated the unique functionality of graphene sheets in strengthening via grain refining, thermally enhanced dislocations, shear-lag, geometrically necessary dislocations, crack bridging and fibre pull out mechanisms.
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