| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1499277 | Scripta Materialia | 2013 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Nanotwinned (nt) cadmium zinc telluride (CdZnTe or CZT) was fabricated using nanoindentation at room temperature. The nt-CZT exhibits a high hardness of up to 80.7 GPa, which is two orders of magnitude higher than that of its monocrystalline counterparts. The ultrahigh hardness of nt-CZT originates from the synergistic mechanism of a repeated nt pattern, where a lamellar twin with thickness >12.7 nm is followed by one or several twins with thicknesses <12.7 nm.
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Authors
Zhenyu Zhang, Yanxia Huo, Fengwei Huo, Xianzhong Zhang, Liang Zhang, Dongming Guo,