Heterogeneous dislocation nucleation from surfaces and interfaces as governing plasticity mechanism in nanoscale metals

Deformation behavior of gold nano-pillars prepared by nanoimprinting and focused ion-beam milling

(2011) M. Dietiker et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Emergence of strain-rate sensitivity in Cu nanopillars: Transition from dislocation multiplication to dislocation nucleation

(2011) Andrew T. Jennings et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Plasticity in small-sized metallic systems: Intrinsic versus extrinsic size effect

(2011) Julia R. Greer et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

Energy barrier for homogeneous dislocation nucleation: Comparing atomistic and continuum models

(2011) Sylvie Aubry et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

Achieving the ideal strength in annealed molybdenum nanopillars

(2010) M.B. Lowry et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Source-controlled yield and hardening of Cu(100) studied by in situ transmission electron microscopy

(2010) D. Kiener et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Plasticity in Confined Dimensions

(2010) Oliver Kraft et al.   Annual Review of Materials Research

Dislocation nucleation governed softening and maximum strength in nano-twinned metals

(2010) Xiaoyan Li et al.   NATURE

Cold welding of ultrathin gold nanowires

(2010) Yang Lu et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Tensile deformation of electroplated copper nanopillars

(2010) Andrew T. Jennings et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE

Micro-pillar plasticity controlled by dislocation nucleation at surfaces

(2010) William D. Nix et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE

Microstructure versus Size: Mechanical Properties of Electroplated Single Crystalline Cu Nanopillars

(2010) Andrew T. Jennings et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Ultra-strength materials

(2010) Ting Zhu et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

Discrete plasticity in sub-10-nm-sized gold crystals

(2010) He Zheng et al.   Nature Communications

Emergence of New Mechanical Functionality in Materials via Size Reduction

(2009) Julia R. Greer et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Plasticity of Micrometer-Scale Single Crystals in Compression

(2009) Michael D. Uchic et al.   Annual Review of Materials Research

Size-dependent yield stress in twinned gold nanowires mediated by site-specific surface dislocation emission

(2009) Chuang Deng et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Ultrahigh Strength Single Crystalline Nanowhiskers Grown by Physical Vapor Deposition

(2009) Gunther Richter et al.   NANO LETTERS

Fabrication and Microstructure Control of Nanoscale Mechanical Testing Specimens via Electron Beam Lithography and Electroplating

(2009) Michael J. Burek et al.   NANO LETTERS

In situ observation of dislocation nucleation and escape in a submicrometre aluminium single crystal

(2009) Sang Ho Oh et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Deformation behavior of silver submicrometer-pillars prepared by nanoimprinting

(2009) S. Buzzi et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE

Miniaturized single-crystalline fcc metals deformed in tension: New insights in size-dependent plasticity

(2009) Gerhard Dehm   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

Athermal mechanisms of size-dependent crystal flow gleaned from three-dimensional discrete dislocation simulations

(2008) S.I. Rao et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Dislocation structures and their relationship to strength in deformed nickel microcrystals

(2008) D.M. Norfleet et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Strong single-crystalline Au films tested by a new synchrotron technique

(2008) Patric A. Gruber et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Effects of pre-strain on the compressive stress–strain response of Mo-alloy single-crystal micropillars

(2008) H. Bei et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Effects of focused ion beam milling on the compressive behavior of directionally solidified micropillars and the nanoindentation response of an electropolished surface

(2008) S. Shim et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Stochastic theory for jerky deformation in small crystal volumes with pre-existing dislocations

(2008) K.S. Ng et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE

Dislocation-Source Shutdown and the Plastic Behavior of Single-Crystal Micropillars

(2008) H. Tang et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Temperature and Strain-Rate Dependence of Surface Dislocation Nucleation

(2008) Ting Zhu et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Surface-controlled dislocation multiplication in metal micropillars

(2008) C. R. Weinberger et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Discrete dislocation simulations of the plasticity of micro-pillars under uniaxial loading

(2008) J. Senger et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

Three-dimensional dislocation dynamics simulation of the influence of sample size on the stress–strain behavior of fcc single-crystalline pillars

(2007) D. Weygand et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING