Severe plastic deformation (SPD) is effective in producing bulk ultrafine-grained and
nanostructured materials with large densities of lattice defects. This field, also known as …

Ultrafine-grained and heterostructured materials are currently of high interest due to their
superior mechanical and functional properties. Severe plastic deformation (SPD) is one of …

Pressure-induced phase transformations (PTs) in Si, the most important electronic material,
have been broadly studied, whereas strain-induced PTs have never been studied in situ …

Safe and high-density storage of hydrogen is a key issue for development of hydrogen as a
clean energy carrier. Hydride-forming materials are potential candidates for safe and high …

Numerous experiments have documented that combination of severe plastic deformation
and high mean pressure during high-pressure torsion in rotational metallic, ceramic, or …

Wide band gap of pure ZnO with wurtzite crystal structure (3.1–3.4 eV) limits its
photocatalytic activity to the ultraviolet (UV) region of solar spectrum. High-pressure rocksalt …

Photocatalysis on semiconductors using solar energy sources provides a clean technology
to produce hydrogen from water splitting. Although zirconia (ZrO2) is a semiconductor oxide …

Severe plastic deformations (SPD) under high pressure, mostly by high-pressure torsion, are
employed for producing nanostructured materials and stable or metastable high-pressure …

Review of selected fundamental topics on the interaction between phase transformations,
fracture, and other structural changes in inelastic materials is presented. It mostly focuses on …

Abstract High-power, short-duration, laser-driven, shock compression and recovery
experiments on [001] silicon unveiled remarkable structural changes above a pressure …