Layer thickness is a crucial parameter for enhancing the strengthening-toughening effects of
multilayer steels. In this work, the tensile behaviors of multilayer TWIP/Maraging steels …

Nanoindentation of a Zr-based metallic glass was performed under various loading rates by
using a cube-corner indenter. Experimental results showed that increasing the loading rate …

Previous experiments have revealed that the controllable introduction of structural gradients
in metallic glasses (MGs) can endow the materials with extra plasticity due to the gradient …

Fracture of metallic thin films during deformation hampers extensive applications of coated
engineering components. In this study, the resistance to micro-crack initiation of Niobium …

Despite superior mechanical properties, the cross-scale mechanical properties of Zr-based
bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) are urgent to be revealed. Depth-sensitive nanoindentation …

Multilayer metals are typical heterostructured materials where superior strength-ductility
synergy is sought by combining materials with significant mismatches in mechanical …

Here we provide a systematic study of tensile deformation mechanisms in PdSi metallic
glasses employing polymer-supported sputter deposited films. Due to the polymer substrate …

The tribological performance of CuTa/CuTa amorphous/amorphous nanomultilayers is
investigated through molecular dynamics simulation in the present work. There is a …

Metallic glasses (MGs) are promising structural materials with high strength, large elastic
strain limit and enhanced wear resistance. On the way to tune the mechanical performance …

High/medium entropy alloys (HEAs/MEAs), emerged as a new exciting class of materials,
have inspired the exploration of the vast compositional space. Their unique multi-component …