Stress-Induced Martensitic Transformation in Na3YCl6

Akira Miura; Koki Muraoka; Kotaro Maki; Saori Kawaguchi; Kazuhiro Hikima; Hiroyuki Muto; Atsunori Matsuda; Ichiro Yamane; Toshihiro Shimada; Hiroaki Ito; Yoshikazu Mizuguchi; Chikako Moriyoshi; Hiroshi Nakajima; Shigeo Mori; Hiroshi Oike; Akira Nakayama; Wenhao Sun; Nataly Carolina Rosero-Navarro; Kiyoharu Tadanaga

doi:10.1021/jacs.4c09476

Stress-Induced Martensitic Transformation in Na₃YCl₆

J Am Chem Soc. 2024 Sep 11;146(36):25263-25269. doi: 10.1021/jacs.4c09476. Epub 2024 Sep 1.

Authors

Akira Miura¹, Koki Muraoka², Kotaro Maki³, Saori Kawaguchi⁴, Kazuhiro Hikima⁵, Hiroyuki Muto^{5

6}, Atsunori Matsuda⁵, Ichiro Yamane³, Toshihiro Shimada¹, Hiroaki Ito³, Yoshikazu Mizuguchi⁷, Chikako Moriyoshi⁸, Hiroshi Nakajima⁹, Shigeo Mori⁹, Hiroshi Oike¹⁰, Akira Nakayama², Wenhao Sun¹¹, Nataly Carolina Rosero-Navarro^{1

12}, Kiyoharu Tadanaga¹

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita 13, Nishi 8, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan.
² Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.
³ Graduate School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita 13, Nishi 8, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan.
⁴ Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Hyogo, Sayo 679-5198, Japan.
⁵ Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology, 1-1 Hibarigaoka, Tempaku, Toyohashi, Aichi 441-8580, Japan.
⁶ Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Toyohashi University of Technology, 1-1 Hibarigaoka, Tempaku, Toyohashi, Aichi 441-8580, Japan.
⁷ Department of Physics, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji 192-0397, Japan.
⁸ Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima 739-8526, Japan.
⁹ Department of Materials Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan.
¹⁰ PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi 332-0012, Japan.
¹¹ Department of Materials Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States.
¹² Instituto de Cerámica y Vidrio (CSIC), Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid 28049, Spain.

PMID: 39219155
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c09476

Abstract

Martensitic transformation with volume expansion plays a crucial role in enhancing the mechanical properties of steel and partially stabilized zirconia. We believe that a similar concept could be applied to unexplored nonoxide materials. Herein, we report the stress-induced martensitic transformation of monoclinic Na₃YCl₆ with an ∼3.4% expansion. In situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction and atomistic simulations showed that anisotropic crystallographic transformation from monoclinic to rhombohedral Na₃YCl₆ occurs exclusively under uniaxial pressure; no effect is observed under hydrostatic pressure conditions. The uniaxially pressed powder compact of monoclinic Na₃YCl₆ showed a large indentation impression and low Young's modulus, in contrast to its high bulk modulus, suggesting that these unique mechanical properties are induced by the martensitic transformation.