# On the efficacy of Xe+-pFIB preparation to avoid Ga+-FIB induced phase transformations in Al-Ni alloys

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## First published url

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116589

## Date published

2025-02-09

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2025-4

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## Title

- title: On the efficacy of Xe+-pFIB preparation to avoid Ga+-FIB induced phase transformations
    in Al-Ni alloys
  title_type: original
  lang: en

## Description

- description: 'Preparation of an Al-Ni alloy for transmission electron microscopy
    (TEM) by focused ion beam (FIB) milling using Ga+ ions induced phase transformations,
    risking misinterpretation: from FCC Al-Ni solid solution to FCC Al-Ni and orthorhombic
    Al3Ni phases. Upon milling a nanolaminated Al95Ni5 - AlOx thin film with Ga+ ions,
    local Ga segregations of up to 15 at.% and the concurrent formation of orthorhombic
    regions are observed. This is consistent with density functional theory calculations
    indicating that the orthorhombic structures with and without Ga are more stable
    than the corresponding FCC compositions probed here. In contrast, Xe+ plasma FIB
    preparation did not alter the microstructure and the maximum Xe-content reached
    only 0.2 at.%. TEM-analysis did not reveal significant strain differences of the
    Al-Ni solid solution and Al3Ni. Hence, we recommend the use of Xe+-pFIB for sample
    preparation of alloys which are sensitive to Ga-induced phase transformations
    such as Al95Ni5 to prevent misinterpretation.'
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  lang: und

## Creator

- name: Hendrik C. Jansen
  role: author
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3513-4348
- name: Amit Sharma
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- name: Krzysztof Wieczerzak
  role: author
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9976-7591
- name: Ganesh K. Nayak
  role: author
- name: Jochen M. Schneider
  role: author
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1239-1961
- name: Jakob Schwiedrzik
  role: author
- name: Thomas E.J. Edwards
  role: author
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3089-0062
- name: Johann Michler
  role: author

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organization: Elsevier BV

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## Keyword

- subject: Nanocrystalline aluminium
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- subject: Intermetallic phases
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- subject: Phase transformation
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- subject: Gallium
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- subject: Focused Ion Beam (FIB) sample preparation
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- identifier: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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## Journal

- title: Scripta Materialia
  issn: '13596462'
  volume: '260'
  article_number: '116589'

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## Funding

- funder_name: Ministerium für Innovation, Wissenschaft und Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
- identifier: 109.352.1 “ORALCOAT”
  funder_name: Innosuisse Swiss Innovation Agency
- identifier: 42220.1 IP-ENG
  funder_name: Innosuisse Swiss Innovation Agency
- identifier: p0020883
  funder_name: NHR Center NHR4CES
- identifier: Polish Returns Programme
  funder_name: Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange

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