A review on the fatigue cracking of twin boundaries: Crystallographic orientation and stacking fault energy

L Li, Z Zhang, P Zhang, Z Zhang - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Twin boundaries (TBs) are ubiquitous interfaces with specific structure in metallic materials.
They possess special interactions with dislocations and the fatigue cracking behaviors are …

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 …

Extra strengthening and work hardening in gradient nanotwinned metals

Z Cheng, H Zhou, Q Lu, H Gao, L Lu - Science, 2018 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Gradient structures ubiquitously exist in natural materials such as bone,
shells, and trees. Microstructural gradients are increasingly being introduced into a wide …

Structural evolutions of metallic materials processed by severe plastic deformation

Y Cao, S Ni, X Liao, M Song, Y Zhu - Materials Science and Engineering: R …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Bulk nanostructured (ns)/ultrafine-grained (UFG) metallic materials possess very
high strength, making them attractive for high strength, lightweight and energy efficient …

Significance of stacking fault energy in bulk nanostructured materials: insights from Cu and its binary alloys as model systems

XH An, SD Wu, ZG Wang, ZF Zhang - Progress in Materials Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Bulk nanostructured (NS) materials processed by severe plastic deformation (SPD) have
received considerable attention for several decades. The physical origin of this processing …

Grain boundary engineering during the laser powder bed fusion of TiC/316L stainless steel composites: New mechanism for forming TiC-induced special grain …

J Li, H Qu, J Bai - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, we demonstrate a novel machining solution for controlling microstructures with
special grain boundaries and nanotwins in composites during laser powder bed fusion …

Revealing the pulse-induced electroplasticity by decoupling electron wind force

X Li, Q Zhu, Y Hong, H Zheng, J Wang, J Wang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Micro/nano electromechanical systems and nanodevices often suffer from degradation
under electrical pulse. However, the origin of pulse-induced degradation remains an open …

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 …

Ultrastrong nanotwinned pure nickel with extremely fine twin thickness

F Duan, Y Lin, J Pan, L Zhao, Q Guo, D Zhang, Y Li - Science Advances, 2021 - science.org
The strength of nanocrystalline and nanotwinned metals stops increasing or even starts
decreasing when their grain size or twin thickness is below a critical size—a phenomenon …

History-independent cyclic response of nanotwinned metals

Q Pan, H Zhou, Q Lu, H Gao, L Lu - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Nearly 90 per cent of service failures of metallic components and structures are caused by
fatigue at cyclic stress amplitudes much lower than the tensile strength of the materials …