Nanostructured metallic materials having nanocrystalline and ultrafine-grained structures
show exceptional mechanical properties, eg superior strength, that are very attractive for …

Micro-and nanomechanical testing has seen a rapid development over the last decade with
miniaturized test rigs and MEMS-based devices providing access to the mechanical …

Grain refinement into the nanoscale greatly hardens metals and alloys but reduces the
stability. By means of cryogenic plastic deformation at very high strain rates, a high …

The electrochemical properties and performances of lithium-ion batteries are primarily
governed by their constituent electrode materials, whose intrinsic thermodynamic and kinetic …

Nanostructured metals are generally unstable; their grains grow rapidly even at low
temperatures, rendering them difficult to process and often unsuitable for usage. Alloying …

The authors review the recent advances in the development of high‐strength titanium alloys.
First, they summarize conventional strengthening approaches and their mechanisms …

A transmission electron microscope and an atom probe tomography were used to
quantitatively characterize the microstructural evolution of Al-XCu alloys (X= 1.0, 1.5, and 2.5 …

Grain boundary segregation has been established through both simulation and experiments
as a successful approach to stabilize nanocrystalline materials against grain growth …

Current developments in kinetic and thermodynamic stabilization of grains in nanostructured
metals, alloys, and compounds are generalized and discussed in detail. As applied to the …

Grain boundary segregation provides a method for stabilization of nanocrystalline metals—
an alloying element that will segregate to the boundaries can lower the grain boundary …