Grain refinement could effectively enhance yield strength of Mg alloys according to the well-
known Hall-Petch theory. For decades, many studies have been devoted to the factors …

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 …

Coarse-grained non-equiatomic Al 0.2 Co 1.5 CrFeNi 1.5 Ti 0.3 solid solutions (grain size> 1
mm) with single-phase face centered cubic structure (FCC), produced by arc-melting and …

Grain boundary engineering is a versatile tool for strengthening materials by tuning the
composition and bonding structure at the interface of neighboring crystallites, and this …

Abstract Non-equiatomic Cr 15 Fe 20 Co 35 Ni 20 Mo 10 (Mo 10) high-entropy alloys (HEAs)
are produced by arc-melting and subsequent thermal-mechanical processing. The single …

Heterostructured materials comprised of relatively soft/hard disparate phases typically
exhibit composite strengthening but lack plastic deformability at ambient temperatures …

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 …

To develop transparent materials with superior mechanical properties, nanocrystalline
magnesium aluminate (MgAl 2 O 4) spinel with grain sizes ranging from 3.7 to 80 nm has …

High-strength ceramic materials are known for their exceptional mechanical properties;
however, they are often plagued by brittleness, limiting their applications. Because of the …

We conducted comprehensive molecular dynamics simulations of the nanoindentation of
graphene reinforced composites to study the effect of graphene as a reinforcement and …