Applications of nanowires into future generation nanodevices require a complete
understanding of the mechanical properties of the nanowires. A great research effort has …

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 …

Microstructural length‐scale refinement is among the most efficient approaches to
strengthen metallic materials. Conventional methods for refining microstructures generally …

Metals usually have three crystal structures: face-centered cubic (fcc), body-centered cubic
(bcc), and hexagonal-close packed (hcp) structures. Typically, metals exhibit only one of …

An analytic model of the evolution of dislocation density in fcc polycrystals is described. The
evolution equations approximately account for most known dislocation storage, dynamic …

Two high manganese austenitic steels with different grain size were prepared to
comprehensively investigate size effect on twinning and resultant cryogenic impact …

High entropy alloys (HEAs) have received widespread attention as structural and functional
materials owing to their large atomic lattice distortion and vast compositional space …

Advanced nanodevices require reliable nanocomponents where mechanically-induced
irreversible structural damage should be largely prevented. However, a practical …

Ceramic materials with high strength and chemical inertness are widely used as
engineering materials. However, the brittle nature limits their applications as fracture occurs …

At the nanoscale, elastic strain and crystal defects largely influence the properties and
functionalities of materials. The ability to predict the structural evolution of catalytic …