Materials subjected to high dose irradiation by energetic particles often experience severe
damage in the form of drastic increase of defect density, and significant degradation of their …

Micro-and nanomechanical testing has seen a rapid development over the last decade with
miniaturized test rigs and MEMS-based devices providing access to the mechanical …

Low-temperature decomposition of supersaturated solid solution into unfavorable
intergranular precipitates is a long-standing bottleneck limiting the practical applications of …

Abstract Ti additions in Cu–Cr–Zr alloys are useful for achieving high mechanical properties.
In this work, the influence of Ti contents (0.25 wt%, 0.6 wt%, and 1.02 wt%) on the …

Nanoscale metallic multilayers have been shown to have a wide range of outstanding
properties, which differ to a great extent from those observed in monolithic films. Their …

Nanostructured metals and alloys possess ultrahigh strength but suffer from severe shear
instability (strain localization). Recent experiments have shown that the strength and strain …

Nano metallic laminates (NMLs) exhibit exceptional strengths. The viability of NMLs as
structural materials, however, is also conditioned on their ductility and work-hardenability …

Introducing a soft crystalline phase into an amorphous alloy can promote the compound's
ductility. Here we synthesized multilayered nanolaminates consisting of alternating …

Micrometer-sized compression pillars containing a grain boundary are investigated to better
understand under which conditions grain boundaries have a strengthening effect. The …

Nanolaminates are composed of nanoscale-thick alternating layers of different materials and
their properties are dependent on the individual layers, the layer thickness and the …