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

Nanostructured materials contain an extremely high density of interfaces. The properties of
these materials when exposed to extreme conditions of radiation dose, stress, deformation …

The reactions of lattice glide dislocations with grain boundaries play a crucial role in the
plastic deformation of polycrystalline materials. Recent studies on the atomic structures of [1 …

Interfaces, such as grain boundaries, phase boundaries, and surfaces, are important in
materials of any microstructural size scale, whether the microstructure is coarse-grained …

Both strengthening effects of gradient nanostructure (especially the gradient nanotwins) and
nanoprecipitates have been well-recognized to simultaneously improve the mechanical …

High-strength ceramic materials are known for their exceptional mechanical properties;
however, they are often plagued by brittleness, limiting their applications. Because of the …

This article reviews the growing body of work over the past decade investigating the effect of
interface crystallographic character and resulting local interface structure on the mechanical …

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 …

Nanolayered metallic composites exhibit unusual high strength at the layer thickness in
nanometers. Plastic deformation including nucleation, glide, and transmission of …

Using atomistic simulations and dislocation theory on a model system of semi-coherent {1 1
1} interfaces, it is shown that misfit dislocation nodes adopt multiple atomic arrangements …