Metals can be processed to reach ultra-high strength, but usually at a drastic loss of ductility.
Here, we review recent advances in overcoming this tradeoff, by purposely deploying …

Cryomilling, the mechanical attrition of powders within a cryogenic medium, is a method of
strengthening materials through grain size refinement and the dispersion of fine, nanometer …

Conventional ultrafine-grains can generate high strength in Mg alloys, but significant tradeoff
of corrosion resistance due to inclusion of a large number of non-equilibrium grain …

Widespread interest has been generated by the high-entropy alloys (HEAs) due to their
exceptional ability to combine high plasticity and high strength. However, there is still no …

Due to their unique microstructures and chemical compositions, high-entropy alloys (HEAs)
exhibit remarkable mechanical properties, such as high strength, excellent ductility and …

Additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, has brought tremendous opportunities for the design
and making of metallic components with high geometrical complexity. However, in order to …

Bulk graphene (reduced graphene oxide)-reinforced Al matrix composites with a bioinspired
nanolaminated microstructure were fabricated via a composite powder assembly approach …

Ever more extreme environments in advancing industrial applications motivate efforts to
design new generation of alloys with excellent mechanical properties. High entropy alloys …

The dynamic metallurgical characteristics of the selective laser melting (SLM) process offer
fabricated materials with non-equilibrium microstructures compared to their cast and …

Focusing on nanocrystalline (nc) pure face-centered cubic metals, where systematic
experimental data are available, this paper presents a brief overview of the recent progress …