In recent years, much progress has been made in the studies of nanostructured Al alloys for
advanced structural and functional use associated both with the development of novel …

Understanding the composition evolution of grain boundaries and grain boundary
precipitation at near-atomic scale in aluminum alloys is crucial to tailor mechanical …

To uncover the effects of segregation and precipitation on grain refinement of metals under
severe plastic deformation, high-pressure-torsion (HPT) processing is performed on three …

As a promising material for the new generation of high-speed railway contact wires, the
comprehensive optimization of the electrical conductivity, strength, hardness and wear …

In the present work, the Cu-1.35 Ni-1Co-0.55 Si alloy with multiple twins and ultra-low
interfacial mismatch precipitates was obtained by liquid nitrogen dynamic plastic …

A high performance Cu-Cr-Zr alloy with an ultimate tensile strength of 612 MPa, a uniform
elongation of 5% and an electrical conductivity of 84.7% IACS was achieved by the severe …

The effects of Zr addition on the solidification structure and mechanical properties of a Cu-10
wt% Fe alloy were investigated. Grain refinement results from the in-situ synthesis of the …

Abstract Recently Lomer-Cottrell (LC) locks as barriers to pin and entrap dislocations and
thus to enhance work-hardening and ductility of nanostructured (NS) metals and alloys have …

Zn–Ag alloys are recently regarded as highly promising biodegradable materials for medical
applications, but they suffer from inferior mechanical properties. In this work, a Zn-0.5 Ag …

In recent years, Zn alloys had been regarded as biomedical materials with good
biocompatibility and biodegradability. However, the mechanical properties of Zn alloys were …