This article reviews recent basic research on two categories of metal-based nanolaminates:
those composed of metal/metal constituents and those composed of metal/ceramic …

Nanostructured metals and alloys possess ultrahigh strength but suffer from severe shear
instability (strain localization). Recent experiments have shown that the strength and strain …

Toughness of ceramic coatings is essential for engineering deploys of light alloys, especially
for the scenarios tackling with corrosion and wear. This work reports a toughened ZrO …

Excellent mechanical properties of nanomaterials are usually attributed to their nanoscale
feature size and high-density interfaces. This work explores the effects of intrinsic interface …

Kinking is an important and plasticity-enhancing deformation/failure mode in numerous
mechanically anisotropic materials including high-strength nano metallic laminates (NMLs) …

Abstract 3D interfaces are a new type of interface containing nanoscale crystallographic,
structural, and chemical heterogeneities in all spatial dimensions. Recently, 3D interfaces …

Spinodoid alloys prepared by dealloying and deposition exhibit a bicontinuous dual-phase
nanostructure with (semi-) coherent interfaces, resembling some features of the structure …

Core–shell crystalline–amorphous nanocomposites, featuring nanograins surrounded by
thick amorphous boundaries, are promising nanoarchitectures for achieving exceptional …

Intermixing of chemical species as a result of interdiffusion during the manufacturing of
metallic nanolaminates leads to diffuse interface structures which have distinct properties …

Metallic nanolayered composites typically experience substantially enhanced resistance to
irreversible deformation as the portion of interfaces increases. Three-dimensional (3D) …