简介:Recentinvestigationsindicatedthatmetalscanbeeffectivelystrengthenedbynumeroustwinboundaries(TBs)withtwin/matrixlamellarthicknessesinthenanometerregime.Superiorstrength-ductilitysynergieshavebeenachievedwiththenano-twinstrengtheningmechanism.Inthistalk,thenovelnano-twinstrengtheningwillbeappliedtoaustenitesteelsincluding316LstainlesssteelandaFe-Mnsteelinordertooptimizetheirstrength-ductilitycombinations.Thesteelsareprocessedbymeansofdynamicplasticdeformation(DPD,i.e.,plasticdeformationathighstrainrates).Single-phased(austenite)bulknanostructuredsteelspecimenswereprepared,consistingofnano-sizedgrainsembeddedwithnano-scaletwinbundles.Theas-preparednanostructuredsampleswereannealedatvariousconditions,resultinginpartialrecrystallizationofthenanostructuresandformingamixturestructureofcoarse-grainsembeddedwithnano-twinbundles.Strengthandductilityoftheaustenitesteelswithdifferentamountofnano-twinbundlesareanalyzed.Measurementsshowedthenano-twinstrengthenaustenitesteelscanbesuperstrong(withyieldstrengthabove1GPa)togetherwithaconsiderableductility(elongation-to-failure>20%).