Extended Data Fig. 6: Viewing the deformation twinning at atomic scale using in-situ high-resolution TEM. | Nature Materials

Extended Data Fig. 6: Viewing the deformation twinning at atomic scale using in-situ high-resolution TEM.

From: Activating deformation twinning in cubic boron nitride

Extended Data Fig. 6

a, A <100>-oriented cBN nanopillar micromachined from the bulk counterpart using FIB and sequentially thinned to ~15 nm thick by low-energy argon plasma milling. b1 - b3, The generation process of a 14-atom-layer twin during compression. b4, A secondary twin generated on the further compression.

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