Abstract
Abstract As an emerging material, nanomaterials have attracted extensive attention due to their small size, surface effect and quantum tunneling effect, as well as potential applications in traditional materials, medical devices, electronic devices, coatings and other industries. Herein, the influence of nanoparticle selection, production process, grain size, and grain boundary structures on the mechanical properties of nanomaterials is introduced. The current research progress and application range of nano-materials are presented. The unique properties of nano-materials make them superior over traditional materials. Therefore, nanomaterials will have a broader application prospect in the future. Research on nanomaterials is significant for the development and application of materials science.
Highlights
A nanomaterial refers to a material that has at least one dimension in a three-dimensional space or is reduced in composition to a nanoscale (1–100 nm) [1]
This article mainly introduced the influence of four different factors on the mechanical properties of nanomaterials, namely, nanoparticle selection, production process, grain size, and grain boundary structure
These factors do not affect the mechanical properties of nanomaterials individually but interact and depend on each other
Summary
A nanomaterial refers to a material that has at least one dimension in a three-dimensional space or is reduced in composition to a nanoscale (1–100 nm) [1]. As for the traditional materials, the mechanical properties of metals generally consist of ten parts, which are brittleness, strength, plasticity, hardness, toughness, fatigue strength, elasticity, ductility, rigidity and yield stress. As nanoparticles are added to a common material, these particles will refine the grain to a certain extent, forming an intragranular structure or an intergranular structure, thereby improving the grain boundary and promoting the mechanical properties of materials [6,7,8]. Given that nanomaterials have excellent mechanical properties and unique properties that are not found in macroscopic materials, they have broad application prospects in the future. We need to determine the mechanical properties of various nanomaterials to identify their possible engineering applications and industrial productions
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