Review on superior strength and enhanced ductility of metallic nanomaterials

IA Ovid'Ko, RZ Valiev, YT Zhu - Progress in materials science, 2018 - Elsevier
Nanostructured metallic materials having nanocrystalline and ultrafine-grained structures
show exceptional mechanical properties, eg superior strength, that are very attractive for …

Deformation twinning in nanocrystalline materials

YT Zhu, XZ Liao, XL Wu - Progress in Materials Science, 2012 - Elsevier
Nanocrystalline (nc) materials can be defined as solids with grain sizes in the range of 1–
100 nm. Contrary to coarse-grained metals, which become more difficult to twin with …

Surface nanocrystallization of 17-4 precipitation-hardening stainless steel subjected to ultrasonic surface rolling process

D Liu, D Liu, X Zhang, C Liu, N Ao - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2018 - Elsevier
The ultrasonic surface rolling process (USRP) is a new technique employing a high strain
rate and severe plastic deformation (SPD), and treated materials show high homogeneity, a …

Dislocation-based plasticity and strengthening mechanisms in sub-20 nm lamellar structures in pearlitic steel wire

X Zhang, N Hansen, A Godfrey, X Huang - Acta Materialia, 2016 - Elsevier
The tensile properties and the deformation microstructure of pearlitic steel (0.8 wt% C) have
been quantified in wires drawn to strains in the range from 3.7 to 5.4, having a flow stress in …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in high-pressure science and technology

HK Mao, B Chen, J Chen, K Li, JF Lin… - Matter and Radiation …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Recently we are witnessing the boom of high-pressure science and technology from a small
niche field to becoming a major dimension in physical sciences. One of the most important …

In Situ Observation of Dislocation Behavior in Nanometer Grains

L Wang, X Han, P Liu, Y Yue, Z Zhang, E Ma - Physical review letters, 2010 - APS
Using a newly developed nanoscale deformation device, atomic scale and time-resolved
dislocation dynamics have been captured in situ under a transmission electron microscope …

[HTML][HTML] Crack interaction with microstructure

S Kumar, WA Curtin - Materials today, 2007 - Elsevier
Designing microstructure for damage tolerance requires a detailed understanding of how an
advancing crack interacts with the microstructure (and sometimes modifies it locally) at …

Experimental molecular dynamics for individual atomic-scale plastic events in nanoscale crystals

S Zheng, S Shinzato, S Ogata, SX Mao - … of the Mechanics and Physics of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The experimental determination of critical stresses for yielding and plastic flow is of upmost
importance for the understanding of the atomic-scale mechanical behaviors of nanoscale …

Slip transmission across fcc/bcc interfaces with varying interface shear strengths

J Wang, A Misra, RG Hoagland, JP Hirth - Acta Materialia, 2012 - Elsevier
Interfaces with relatively low shear strengths can be strong barriers to slip transmission
because of core spreading of the dislocation within the interface. Using atomistic modeling …

Dislocation nucleation mechanisms from fcc/bcc incoherent interfaces

RF Zhang, J Wang, IJ Beyerlein, TC Germann - Scripta Materialia, 2011 - Elsevier
Using atomistic simulations, we study the nucleation and emission of dislocations from face-
centered cubic/body-centered cubic (fcc/bcc) incoherent interfaces in which interface …