In this paper, we systematically proposed the strategy of tailoring strain delocalization to
evade long-standing strength-ductility trade-off dilemma. The scientific contribution is to …

Heterogeneous-structured materials are a new class of metallic materials that have recently
emerged due to development of advanced processing and structural/architectural design …

There are empirical strategies for tuning the degree of strain localization in disordered
solids, but they are system-specific and no theoretical framework explains their effectiveness …

Metals can be processed to reach ultra-high strength, but usually at a drastic loss of ductility.
Here, we review recent advances in overcoming this tradeoff, by purposely deploying …

Size-affected dislocation-mediated plasticity is important in a wide range of materials and
technologies. Here we develop a generalized size-dependent dislocation-based model that …

Data-driven methods are attracting growing attention in the field of materials science. In
particular, it is now becoming clear that machine learning approaches offer a unique avenue …

Design of and with materials plays an intrinsic role in today's challenging world of high
performance structural components and applications. They constitute an integral part of …

Low ductility has long been the bottleneck especially at high strength in metallic structured
materials due to conventional forest hardening having little to no effect. Hetero-structuring is …

Heterogeneous microstructural design has been proven to be an effective strategy in
breaking the strength–ductility dilemma in nanostructured metals. However, the precise …

Dislocation junctions are considered to control the hardening behavior of crystalline
materials during plastic deformation. Here the influence of the glissile junction on the plastic …