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Insights into fundamental deformation processes from advanced in situ transmission electron microscopy

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In situ nanomechanical testing in (scanning) transmission electron microscopy provides unique opportunities for studying fundamental deformation processes in materials. New insights have been gained by combining advanced imaging techniques with novel preparation methods and controlled loading scenarios. For instance, by applying in situ high-resolution imaging during tensile deformation of metallic nanostructures, the interplay of dislocation slip and surface diffusion has been identified as the key enabler of superplasticity. Evidence for dislocation pinning by hydrogen defect complexes has been provided by in situ imaging under cyclic pillar compression in a tunable gas environment. And, for the very first time, individual dislocations have been moved around in situ in two-dimensional materials by combining micromanipulation and imaging in a scanning electron microscope.

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  1. Institute of Micro- and Nanostructure Research, and Center for Nanoanalysis and Electron Microscopy, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

    Erdmann Spiecker

  2. Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea

    Sang Ho Oh

  3. Center for Advancing Materials Performance from the Nanoscale, and Hysitron Applied Research Center in China, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

    Zhi-Wei Shan

  4. Institute of Engineering Innovation, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan

    Yuichi Ikuhara

  5. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh, USA

    Scott X. Mao

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Spiecker, E., Oh, S.H., Shan, ZW. et al. Insights into fundamental deformation processes from advanced in situ transmission electron microscopy. MRS Bulletin 44, 443–449 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1557/mrs.2019.129

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