Twisted-layer boron nitride ceramic with high deformability and strength

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Moiré superlattices formed by twisted stacking in van der Waals materials have emerged as a new platform for exploring the physics of strongly correlated materials and other emergent phenomena1-5. However, there remains a lack of research on the mechanical properties of twisted-layer van der Waals materials, owing to a lack of suitable strategies for making three-dimensional bulk materials. Here we report the successful synthesis of a polycrystalline boron nitride bulk ceramic with high room-temperature deformability and strength. This ceramic, synthesized from an onion-like boron nitride nanoprecursor with conventional spark plasma sintering and hot-pressing sintering, consists of interlocked laminated nanoplates in which parallel laminae are stacked with varying twist angles. The compressive strain of this bulk ceramic can reach 14% before fracture, about one order of magnitude higher compared with traditional ceramics (less than 1% in general), whereas the compressive strength is about six times that of ordinary hexagonal boron nitride layered ceramics. The exceptional mechanical properties are due to a combination of the elevated intrinsic deformability of the twisted layering in the nanoplates and the three-dimensional interlocked architecture that restricts deformation from propagating across individual nanoplates. The advent of this twisted-layer boron nitride bulk ceramic opens a gate to the fabrication of highly deformable bulk ceramics.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:626

Enthalten in:

Nature - 626(2024), 8000 vom: 22. Feb., Seite 779-784

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Englisch

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Wu, Yingju [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yang [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xiaoyu [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Wentao [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Song [VerfasserIn]
Officer, Timothy [VerfasserIn]
Luo, Kun [VerfasserIn]
Tong, Ke [VerfasserIn]
Du, Congcong [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Liqiang [VerfasserIn]
Li, Baozhong [VerfasserIn]
Zhuge, Zewen [VerfasserIn]
Liang, Zitai [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Mengdong [VerfasserIn]
Nie, Anmin [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Dongli [VerfasserIn]
He, Julong [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Zhongyuan [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Bo [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yanbin [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Zhisheng [VerfasserIn]
Tian, Yongjun [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 23.02.2024

Date Revised 27.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1038/s41586-024-07036-5

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NLM368736369