Mechanical properties and deformation mechanisms of gradient nanostructured metals and alloys

X Li, L Lu, J Li, X Zhang, H Gao - Nature Reviews Materials, 2020 - nature.com
Inspired by the gradient structures of biological materials, researchers have explored
compositional and structural gradients for about 40 years as an approach to enhance the …

Advancing strength and counteracting embrittlement by displacive transformation in heterogeneous high-entropy alloys containing sigma phase

W Lu, W Guo, Z Wang, J Li, F An, G Dehm, D Raabe… - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Metallic alloy design for room temperature applications typically aims at avoiding undesired
brittle intermetallic phases. In transition metal alloys, the sigma phase is particularly known …

Small-scale mechanical testing

V Jayaram - Annual Review of Materials Research, 2022 - annualreviews.org
This article reviews recent developments in small-scale mechanical property testing with
some emphasis on intermediate (meso) length scales in complex microstructures and …

On the strain delocalization mechanism of Cu/Nb nanolayered composites with amorphous interfacial layers

Y Wang, J Li, J Li, S Chen - International Journal of Plasticity, 2024 - Elsevier
Nanostructured metals and alloys possess ultrahigh strength but suffer from severe shear
instability (strain localization). Recent experiments have shown that the strength and strain …

Forming mechanism, mechanical properties, and corrosion properties of aluminum alloy sheet with gradient structure processed by plastic flow machining

P Shen, B Zhang, Z Li, X Pang, W Deng - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastic flow machining (PFM), a novel severe plastic deformation machining, was proposed
to prepare 7075 aluminum alloy sheets with a gradient structure. The forming performance …

Enhanced resistance to shear instability by gradient nanolayered structures in sputtered Cu/Zr composites

F Qin, W Lu, J Li - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanolayered metallic composites have exhibited ultrahigh strength but compromised
ductility due to their vulnerability to shear instability during deformation. Here we show that a …

Compatible deformation and extra strengthening by heterogeneous nanolayer composites

J Li, W Lu, J Gibson, S Zhang, S Korte-Kerzel, D Raabe - Scripta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
A topologically heterogeneous microstructure design is introduced in a Cu/Zr nanolayered
composite, in which each soft 100 nm Cu or Zr layer is surrounded on both sides by several …

A Novelty Procedure to Identify Critical Causes of Materials Incompatibility

D Siwiec, J Pacana, A Pacana - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ensuring the expected quality of materials is still a challenge, mainly in order to precisely
plan improvement actions that allow for stabilization of the production process. Therefore …

Strengthening Cu/Ni nanolayered composites by introducing thin Ag interlayers: A molecular dynamics simulation study

Y Wang, J Li - Journal of Applied Physics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Experiments have shown that the ultrahigh strength of nanolayered metallic composites
originates from their high-density interfaces of special characteristics. Hence, the modulation …

Medium entropy alloy-induced strong size dependence in the strengthening and shear instability of nanolayered metallic composites

F Qin, K Dai, J Hou, W Lu, S Chen, J Li - Mechanics of Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Medium/high entropy alloys (M/HEAs)-based nanolayered metallic composites have
attracted intensive scientific interests due to their superior mechanical properties. However …