High density of genuine growth twins in electrodeposited aluminum
- Author(s)
- Lidija D. Rafailović, Christoph Gammer, Christian Ebner, Christian Rentenberger, Aleksandar Z. Jovanović, Igor A. Pašti, Natalia V. Skorodumova, H. Peter Karnthaler
- Abstract
We demonstrate electrodeposition as a synthesis method for fabrication of Al coatings, up to 10 μm thick, containing a high density of genuine growth twins. This has not been expected since the twin boundary energy of pure Al is very high. TEM methods were used to analyze deposited Al and its nanoscaled twins. DFT methods confirmed that the influence of the substrate is limited to the layers close to the interface. Our findings are different from those achieved by sputtering of Al coatings restricted to a thickness less than 100 nm with twins dominated by epitaxial effects. We propose that in the case of electrodeposition, a high density of twins arises because of fast nucleation and is additionally promoted by a monolayer of adsorbed hydrogen originating from water impurities. Therefore, electrodeposition is a viable approach for tailoring the structure and properties of thicker, deposited Al coatings reinforced by twins.
- Organisation(s)
- Physics of Nanostructured Materials
- External organisation(s)
- Kompetenzzentrum für elektrochemische Oberflächentechnologie GmbH , Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW), University of Belgrade, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Uppsala University
- Journal
- Science Advances
- Volume
- 5
- No. of pages
- 7
- ISSN
- 2375-2548
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aax3894
- Publication date
- 10-2019
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 103042 Electron microscopy, 103018 Materials physics
- Keywords
- Portal url
- https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/high-density-of-genuine-growth-twins-in-electrodeposited-aluminum(a22d909a-5081-4c20-812a-1514a0a8f0c3).html