Most of the challenges experienced by many engineering materials originate from the
surface which later leads to total failure, hence affecting the resultant mechanical properties …

The recent studies on nanotwinned (NT) and hierarchical nanotwinned (HNT) face-centered
cubic (FCC) metals are presented in this review. The HNT structures have been supposed …

Austenite stainless steels with gradient nanostructure exhibit exceptional combination of
high yield strength and high ductility. In order to describe their structure-property relation, a …

Nanoscale features present in structural and functional materials affect their macroscopic
properties and hence have been extensively studied. As experimental investigations of …

Brittle coatings are often used to protect underlying ductile substrates from damage. Recent
experimental observations show that the fracture of a brittle coating can cause the micro …

High entropy alloys (HEAs) exhibit an unusual combination of high fracture strength and
ductility. However, atomic mechanisms responsible for crack propagation in HEAs are still …

The recent interest to nanotechnology aims not only at device miniaturisation, but also at
understanding the effects of quantised structure in materials of reduced dimensions, which …

With increasing interest in hydrogen as an alternative fuel, there is a need to develop
structural alloys with improved resistance to hydrogen embrittlement (HE) for application in …

In the present work, four types of graphene/nanotwinned (nt) metal composites are
constructed by incorporation of graphene into nt-Au, nt-Ag, nt-Al and nt-Ni matrices …

Graphene/metal matrix composites have attracted intense interest because of superior
mechanical properties, while introducing graphene into the nanotwinned metal matrix has …