Disorder in Mn+1AXn phases at the atomic scale

Disorder in M_n+1AX_n phases at the atomic scale

Disorder in M_n+1AX_n phases at the atomic scale, Published online: 07 February 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08588-1

Highly ordered and compositionally complex ceramics are prone to disordering under irradiation, but exactly how is unclear. Here, the authors use high resolution microscopy to directly image the order-to-disorder phase transformations in Ti3AlC2 into otherwise unattainable solid solutions.

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