Deformation twinning is an important plastic carrier competing with the ordinary dislocation
slip in a broad class of crystalline solids, which critically controls the mechanical properties …

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 …

Body-centred cubic (BCC) metals possess unstable intrinsic stacking fault and high
resistance for deformation twinning, which often induce complex twinning dynamics that …

Nanomaterials often surprise us with unexpected phenomena. Here, we report a discovery
of the anti-twinning deformation, previously thought impossible, in nanoscale body-centered …

Twinning is commonly activated in plastic deformation of low stacking-fault face-centered
cubic (Fcc) metals but rarely found in body-centered cubic (Bcc) metals under room …

Body-centred cubic (BCC) metals are known to have unstable intrinsic stacking faults and
high resistance to deformation twinning, which can strongly influence their twinning …

Despite being strong with many outstanding physical properties, tungsten is inherently brittle
at room temperature, restricting its structural and functional applications at small scales …

Deformation twinning serves as an important mode of plastic dissipation processes in
nanoscale body-centered cubic (BCC) metals, but its origin and spatio-temporal features are …

With the ongoing trend of miniaturizing electronic devices, the dimensions of metallic
materials used in these devices decrease continuously from sub-microns to a few …

The non-planar core structure of screw dislocations in body-centered cubic (BCC) metals
strongly influences its twinning dynamics, resulting in a minimum embryo size of six-layers …