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    Giant thermal expansion and α-precipitation pathways in Ti-Alloys
    (London : Nature Publishing Group, 2017) Bönisch, M.; Panigrahi, A.; Stoica, M.; Calin, M.; Ahrens, E.; Zehetbauer, M.; Skrotzki, W.; Eckert, J.
    Ti-Alloys represent the principal structural materials in both aerospace development and metallic biomaterials. Key to optimizing their mechanical and functional behaviour is in-depth know-how of their phases and the complex interplay of diffusive vs. displacive phase transformations to permit the tailoring of intricate microstructures across a wide spectrum of configurations. Here, we report on structural changes and phase transformations of Ti-Nb alloys during heating by in situ synchrotron diffraction. These materials exhibit anisotropic thermal expansion yielding some of the largest linear expansion coefficients (+ 163.9×10-6 to-95.1×10-6 °C-1) ever reported. Moreover, we describe two pathways leading to the precipitation of the α-phase mediated by diffusion-based orthorhombic structures, α″lean and α″iso. Via coupling the lattice parameters to composition both phases evolve into α through rejection of Nb. These findings have the potential to promote new microstructural design approaches for Ti-Nb alloys and β-stabilized Ti-Alloys in general.
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    Deformation behavior of metallic glass composites reinforced with shape memory nanowires studied via molecular dynamics simulations
    (Melville, NY : American Inst. of Physics, 2015) Şopu, D.; Stoica, M.; Eckert, J.
    Molecular dynamics simulations indicate that the deformation behavior and mechanism of Cu64Zr36 composite structures reinforced with B2 CuZr nanowires are strongly influenced by the martensitic phase transformation and distribution of these crystalline precipitates. When nanowires are distributed in the glassy matrix along the deformation direction, a two-steps stress-induced martensitic phase transformation is observed. Since the martensitic transformation is driven by the elastic energy release, the strain localization behavior in the glassy matrix is strongly affected. Therefore, the composite materials reinforced with a crystalline phase, which shows stress-induced martensitic transformation, represent a route for controlling the properties of glassy materials. The authors acknowledge the financial support of the European Research Council under the ERC Advanced Grant INTELHYB (Grant No. ERC-2013-ADG-340025) and the German Science Foundation (DFG) under the Leibniz Program (Grant No. EC 111/26-1). A DAAD-PPP travel grant is also acknowledged. Computing time was made available at ZIH TU Dresden and IFW Dresden as well as by CSC Julich. The authors acknowledge Dr. Simon Pauly and Sergio Scudino for fruitful discussions.
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    Routes to control diffusive pathways and thermal expansion in Ti-alloys
    (London : Nature Publishing Group, 2020) Bönisch, M.; Stoica, M.; Calin, M.
    β-stabilized Ti-alloys present several unexplored and intriguing surprises in relation to orthorhombic α″ phases. Among them are (i) the diffusion-controlled formation of transitional α″iso, α″lean and α″rich phases and ii) the highly anisotropic thermal expansion of martensitic α″. Using the prototypical Ti-Nb system, we demonstrate that the thermodynamic energy landscape reveals formation pathways for the diffusional forms of α″ and may lead to a stable β-phase miscibility gap. In this way, we derive temperature-composition criteria for the occurrence of α″iso and resolve reaction sequences during thermal cycling. Moreover, we show that the thermal expansion anisotropy of martensitic α″ gives rise to directions of zero thermal strain depending on Nb content. Utilizing this knowledge, we propose processing routes to achieve null linear expansion in α″ containing Ti-alloys. These concepts are expected to be transferable to other Ti-alloys and offer new avenues for their tailoring and technological exploitation.