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 …

A material strength depends on its microstructure, which in turn, is controlled by an
engineering process. Strengthening mechanisms like work hardening, precipitate, and grain …

Selective laser melted (SLM) metallic materials commonly possess typical columnar grains
growing epitaxially along the building direction and substantial microscale internal stresses …

Grain boundaries (GBs) have a significant influence on the mechanical properties of metallic
materials. It has been a great challenge to describe dislocation interactions with various …

To understand the underlying mechanisms that control the mechanical properties of
nanostructured metals, an insight into the role of the grain boundary in dislocation-driven …

Nanotwinned metals have been the focus of intense research recently, as twin boundaries
may greatly enhance mechanical strength, while maintaining good ductility, electrical …

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

The mechanical behavior of bicrystalline aluminum nano-pillars under uniaxial compression
reveals size effects, a stochastic stress–strain signature, and strain hardening. Pillar …

Uniaxial compression tests conducted at various strain rates were performed to uncover the
strain-rate dependent deformation mechanism of micro-pillars fabricated from bulk …

Many industrial applications make use of ultrasonic vibration to soften metals. The existing
understanding of such an acoustoplastic effect is one in which the ultrasonic irradiation …