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ArticleNational science review2025

Mechanical properties of crystalline-amorphous composites: generalization of Hall-Petch and inverse Hall-Petch behaviors.

Zhibin Xu, Mengmeng Li, Yilong Han

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Zhibin XuDepartment of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.
Mengmeng LiDepartment of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.
Yilong HanDepartment of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1439-0121

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Abstract

The strength, [Formula: see text], of a polycrystal decreases with the mean grain diameter [Formula: see text] for [Formula: see text] atoms (i.e. Hall-Petch behavior) and increases for [Formula: see text] (i.e. inverse Hall-Petch behavior). Our simulations generalize [Formula: see text] to [Formula: see text], where [Formula: see text] is the mean thickness of amorphous grain boundaries of crystalline-amorphous composites. The maximum strength is reached at [Formula: see text] atoms for single-component face-centered-cubic solids and at [Formula: see text] for bidispersed or body-centered-cubic solids because of the different activation stresses of dislocation motions. The results explain recent alloy experiments and provide a way to exceed the maximum strength of polycrystals. Ductility and elastic moduli are also measured in the broad [Formula: see text] space. In regimes without a strength-ductility trade-off, the maximum ductility and ductile-brittle transitions are identified. These results obtained in [Formula: see text] space are important in solid mechanics and can guide the fabrication of crystalline-amorphous composites with outstanding mechanical properties.

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crystalline-amorphous compositeductile–brittle transitionelastic moduliHall–Petch and inverse Hall–Petch behaviorssolid mechanics

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PMID40937447
PMCPMC12421585

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