The electronic structure of nanolaminate Ti2AlC and Ti2AlN thin films, so-called MAX-phases, were investigated by soft X-ray emission spectroscopy. These nanolaminated carbide and nitride compounds represent a class of layered materials with a combination of properties from both metals and ceramics. The bulk-sensitive soft X-ray emission technique is particularly useful for detecting detailed e...

Herein we report on the formation of a Ti-C-O-F phase via the topotactic transformation of Ti2AlC by immersion in molten lithium fluoride, LiF, at 900°C in air for 2 h. The Al diffuses out of the structure and reacts with LiF to form Li3AlF6. X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, optical, scanning and transmission electron microscopy with energy-dispersive spectroscopy showed the selective etc...

Ti2AlC is a typical MAX (M: early transition metal, A: main group element, and X: carbon and/or nitrogen) phase with ceramic metallic properties due to its unique nano-layered structure. In order investigate the interaction behavior between Ag Ti2AlC, sessile drop experiment was conducted at 1080 °C for 5 min. The atomic rearrangement occurred Ag–Ti2AlC interface revealed using high-angle annul...

AZ91D magnesium composites reinforced by Ti3SiC2 MAX phase were fabricated the stir casting technique. Tensile tests reveal that effects of and Ti2AlC on Mg matrix are different. Unlike Ti2AlC-AZ91D composite for which delamination happens during fracture, Ti3SiC2-AZ91D fractures interfacial debonding mechanisms. Transmission electron microscopy characterization shows few nanometric grains form...

In this work, we investigate the effect of atomic stacking on non-classical (non-Schmid) crystallographic slip in a class atomically layered ternary carbides referred to as MAX phases with general formula Mn+1AXn, where value n represents sequence. To end, have carried out compression tests single crystal micropillars Ti3AlC2 range orientations and compared results that Ti2AlC. Our show similar...

The control of complex nanostructures is one the most promising strategy for designing tailored property materials. Ti2AlC, as nanolayered ternary materials combining both ceramics and metals properties, could efficiently reinforce metal matrix composite by its decomposition into nano-Ti2C particles. However, comprehensive description diffusion mechanisms Cu element Ti2AlC during has not yet be...