Grain refinement and arrangement is an effective strategy to enhance tensile and fatigue
properties of key metallic components. Laser shock peening (LSP) is one of surface severe …

Abstract Bulk nanostructured (ns)/ultrafine-grained (UFG) metallic materials possess very
high strength, making them attractive for high strength, lightweight and energy efficient …

Bulk nanostructured (NS) materials processed by severe plastic deformation (SPD) have
received considerable attention for several decades. The physical origin of this processing …

Twinning-induced plasticity (TWIP) steels have become important materials in industry
owing to the good combination of strength and ductility and high strain hardening rate. The …

Systematic study was conducted on the microstructures and mechanical properties of nickel
samples with two distinct types of heterostructures. The first is featured with coarse-grained …

Laser shock peening (LSP) is a surface modification technology to synthesize
nanostructures on the surface layer of materials, thereby improving mechanical …

High‐and medium‐entropy alloys (HEAs/MEAs), also called as multicomponent alloys, are a
new class of materials that break through the traditional alloy design concept based on …

Similar to other metallic materials, duplex stainless steel dramatically loses its advantage of
high ductility as they are strengthened. Here, we produce a gradient nanograined dual …

The steels with excellent strength and ductility are expected to be achieved by tailoring the
microstructural features. In this work, laminate dual-phase (DP) steels with high martensite …

Recently, heterostructured (HS) materials, consisting of hard and soft zones with
dramatically different strengths, have been developed and received extensive attention …