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 …

Structural evolutions of metallic materials processed by severe plastic deformation

Y Cao, S Ni, X Liao, M Song, Y Zhu - Materials Science and Engineering: R …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Bulk nanostructured (ns)/ultrafine-grained (UFG) metallic materials possess very
high strength, making them attractive for high strength, lightweight and energy efficient …

Heterostructured materials: superior properties from hetero-zone interaction

Y Zhu, K Ameyama, PM Anderson… - Materials Research …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Heterostructured materials are an emerging class of materials with superior performances
that are unattainable by their conventional homogeneous counterparts. They consist of …

Hall-Petch relationship in Mg alloys: A review

H Yu, Y **n, M Wang, Q Liu - Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Grain refinement could effectively enhance yield strength of Mg alloys according to the well-
known Hall-Petch theory. For decades, many studies have been devoted to the factors …

Defect-interface interactions

IJ Beyerlein, MJ Demkowicz, A Misra… - Progress in Materials …, 2015 - Elsevier
Nanostructured materials contain an extremely high density of interfaces. The properties of
these materials when exposed to extreme conditions of radiation dose, stress, deformation …

Synergetic strengthening by gradient structure

XL Wu, P Jiang, L Chen, JF Zhang… - Materials Research …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Gradient structures are characterized with a systematic change in microstructures on a
macroscopic scale. Here, we report that gradient structures in engineering materials such as …

Hetero-zone boundary affected region: a primary microstructural factor controlling extra work hardening in heterostructure

Y Wang, Y Zhu, Z Yu, J Zhao, Y Wei - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Heterostructured metals possess superior mechanical properties exceeding the prediction
by the rule-of-mixtures. However, it remains a challenge to understand the key …

Dislocation interactions with grain boundaries

J Kacher, BP Eftink, B Cui, IM Robertson - Current Opinion in Solid State …, 2014 - Elsevier
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Strength and plasticity of nanolaminated materials

J Wang, Q Zhou, S Shao, A Misra - Materials Research Letters, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The mechanical behavior of nanolaminates is dominated by interfaces that act as sources,
barriers, and preferred sites for storage and dynamic recovery of glide dislocations. In this …

Hetero-deformation induced (HDI) hardening does not increase linearly with strain gradient

YF Wang, CX Huang, XT Fang, HW Höppel, M Göken… - Scripta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Hetero-deformation induced (HDI) hardening has been attributed to geometrically necessary
dislocations (GNDs) that are needed to accommodate strain gradient near the interfaces of …