Aurelija Mockute , Aleksander Kostka , Lamya Abdellaoui , Yujiao Li , Alireza B. Parsa , Florian Lourens , Christina Scheu , Alfred Ludwig
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Abstract
Inspired by the recent theoretical and experimental advancements in MAB phase materials design we investigate the Fe-Y-Al-B system in search for the theoretically predicted (Fe2/3Y1/3)2AlB2 in-plane ordered MAB phase. We use combinatorial co-sputtering of thin film materials libraries from elemental targets on 100 mm diameter sapphire substrates at 700 °C followed by high-throughput X-ray diffraction and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy measurements. Selected samples from the materials libraries are further characterized by transmission electron microscopy and atom probe tomography. The MAB phase Fe2AlB2 is realized in thin film form as large, elongated grains imbedded in an Fe-Y-Al-B matrix. However, in contrast to the theoretical thermodynamic stability calculations, no incorporation of Y into Fe2AlB2 was detected.
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