Heterostructured materials: superior properties from hetero-zone interaction

Tuning heterostructures with powder metallurgy for high synergistic strengthening and hetero-deformation induced hardening

(2020) Z.K. Li et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING

The Strongest Size in Gradient Nanograined Metals

(2020) Penghui Cao   NANO LETTERS

On the impact toughness of gradient-structured metals

(2020) Yan Lin et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Interface-driven mechanisms in cubic/noncubic nanolaminates at different scales

(2019) I.J. Beyerlein et al.   MRS BULLETIN

Effect of Gradient Nanostructures on Tribological Properties of 316L Stainless Steel with High Energy Ion Implantation Tungsten Carbide

(2019) X. H. Zhao et al.   TRIBOLOGY TRANSACTIONS

Microstructure and mechanical properties of AISI 316L steel with an inverse gradient nanostructure fabricated by electro-magnetic induction heating

(2019) Q.Y. Long et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING

Role of BCC phase on tensile behavior of dual-phase Al0.5CoCrFeMnNi high-entropy alloy at cryogenic temperature

(2019) Jeong Min Park et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING

Simultaneous enhancement of stress- and strain-controlled fatigue properties in 316L stainless steel with gradient nanostructure

(2019) Y.B. Lei et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Relationships Between Stretch-Flangeability and Microstructure-Mechanical Properties in Ultra-High-Strength Dual-Phase Steels

(2019) Jae Ik Yoon et al.   METALS AND MATERIALS INTERNATIONAL

Perspective on hetero-deformation induced (HDI) hardening and back stress

(2019) Yuntian Zhu et al.   Materials Research Letters

In-situ observation of dislocation dynamics near heterostructured interfaces

(2019) Hao Zhou et al.   Materials Research Letters

Formation Mechanism of Ultrafine Grained Microstructures: Various Possibilities for Fabricating Bulk Nanostructured Metals and Alloys

(2019) Nobuhiro Tsuji et al.   MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS

Strength and ductility of bulk Cu/Nb nanolaminates exposed to extremely high temperatures

(2019) Wenfan Yang et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

Residual stress provides significant strengthening and ductility in gradient structured materials

(2019) Mu-Xin Yang et al.   Materials Research Letters

Creep resistance of bulk copper–niobium composites: An inverse effect of multilayer length scale

(2019) Jaclyn T. Avallone et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Microstructure and texture evolution in Mg/Nb layered materials made by accumulative roll bonding

(2019) Daniel J. Savage et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLASTICITY

Predicting the size scaling in strength of nanolayered materials by a discrete slip crystal plasticity model

(2019) Tianju Chen et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLASTICITY

Effects of Microstructure on Mechanical Properties of Harmonic Structure Designed Pure Ni

(2019) Masaya Nagata et al.   MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS

Ultrahigh–energy density lead-free dielectric films via polymorphic nanodomain design

(2019) Hao Pan et al.   SCIENCE

Heterostructure induced dispersive shear bands in heterostructured Cu

(2019) Y.F. Wang et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

Effect of gradient nanostructure on plasma sulphonitrocarburizing of 42MnCr52 steel

(2019) X.H. Zhao et al.   TRIBOLOGY TRANSACTIONS

Multiple mechanism based constitutive modeling of gradient nanograined material

(2019) Jianfeng Zhao et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLASTICITY

On the exceptional damage-tolerance of gradient metallic materials

(2019) Ruqing Cao et al.   Materials Today

Bi-metal interface-mediated defects distribution in neon ion bombarded Cu/Ag nanocomposites

(2019) Min Wang et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

Heterostructures: new opportunities for functional materials

(2019) Xiangyi Zhang   Materials Research Letters

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

(2019) Y.F. Wang et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

Mechanical properties and optimal grain size distribution profile of gradient grained nickel

(2018) Y. Lin et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Research on friction and wear behavior of gradient nano-structured 40Cr steel induced by high frequency impacting and rolling

(2018) Xiaohui Zhao et al.   ENGINEERING FAILURE ANALYSIS

Room temperature deformation mechanisms of Mg/Nb nanolayered composites

(2018) Milan Ardeljan et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

Superior strength and ductility of 316L stainless steel with heterogeneous lamella structure

(2018) Jiansheng Li et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

Fabrication of nanostructure in inner-surface of AISI 304 stainless steel pipe with surface plastic deformation

(2018) Hongwang Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Interface affected zone for optimal strength and ductility in heterogeneous laminate

(2018) C.X. Huang et al.   Materials Today

High piezoelectricity via enhanced disorder

(2018) Barbara Malic et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Ultrahigh piezoelectricity in ferroelectric ceramics by design

(2018) Fei Li et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Review on superior strength and enhanced ductility of metallic nanomaterials

(2018) I.A. Ovid'ko et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

Ordered macro-microporous metal-organic framework single crystals

(2018) Kui Shen et al.   SCIENCE

Strength of nanoscale metallic multilayers

(2018) Samikshya Subedi et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

Engineering Bulk, Layered, Multicomponent Nanostructures with High Energy Density

(2018) Guangwei Huang et al.   Small

Additional hardening in harmonic structured materials by strain partitioning and back stress

(2018) Hyung Keun Park et al.   Materials Research Letters

Strengthening and toughening austenitic steel by introducing gradient martensite via cyclic forward/reverse torsion

(2018) Ning Guo et al.   MATERIALS & DESIGN

Defect-interface interactions in irradiated Cu/Ag nanocomposites

(2018) Min Wang et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of a Gradient Nanostructured 316L Stainless Steel Processed by Rotationally Accelerated Shot Peening

(2018) Jian-Sheng Li et al.   ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS

Ferroelectric polymers exhibiting behaviour reminiscent of a morphotropic phase boundary

(2018) Yang Liu et al.   NATURE

Metal Oxide Nanocomposites: A Perspective from Strain, Defect, and Interface

(2018) Aiping Chen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Ductility by shear band delocalization in the nano-layer of gradient structure

(2018) Fuping Yuan et al.   Materials Research Letters

Effects of residual stress on the mechanical properties of copper processed using ultrasonic-nanocrystalline surface modification

(2018) Ji Hyun Moon et al.   Materials Research Letters

Stronger and more failure-resistant with three-dimensional serrated bimetal interfaces

(2018) X.F. Kong et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Deformation Mechanism Map of Cu/Nb Nanoscale Metallic Multilayers as a Function of Temperature and Layer Thickness

(2017) J. Snel et al.   JOM

Gradient Structured Copper by Rotationally Accelerated Shot Peening

(2017) X. Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Reinforcement Size Dependence of Load Bearing Capacity in Ultrafine-Grained Metal Matrix Composites

(2017) Hanry Yang et al.   METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE

On the rule-of-mixtures of the hardening parameters in TWIP-cored three-layer steel sheet

(2017) Jung Gi Kim et al.   METALS AND MATERIALS INTERNATIONAL

Controllably Manipulating Three-Dimensional Hybrid Nanostructures for Bulk Nanocomposites with Large Energy Products

(2017) Xiaohong Li et al.   NANO LETTERS

History-independent cyclic response of nanotwinned metals

(2017) Qingsong Pan et al.   NATURE

Functional gradients and heterogeneities in biological materials: Design principles, functions, and bioinspired applications

(2017) Zengqian Liu et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

Synthesis of ordered carbonaceous frameworks from organic crystals

(2017) Hirotomo Nishihara et al.   Nature Communications

Heterogeneous materials: a new class of materials with unprecedented mechanical properties

(2017) Xiaolei Wu et al.   Materials Research Letters

High strength and thermal stability of bulk Cu/Ta nanolamellar multilayers fabricated by cross accumulative roll bonding

(2016) L.F. Zeng et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Mechanical properties of copper/bronze laminates: Role of interfaces

(2016) Xiaolong Ma et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Combining gradient structure and TRIP effect to produce austenite stainless steel with high strength and ductility

(2016) X.L. Wu et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

The plasticity of highly oriented nano-layered Zr/Nb composites

(2016) Milan Ardeljan et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Tensile behavior and flow stress anisotropy of accumulative roll bonded Cu-Nb nanolaminates

(2016) Thomas Nizolek et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Six decades of the Hall–Petch effect – a survey of grain-size strengthening studies on pure metals

(2016) Z. C. Cordero et al.   INTERNATIONAL MATERIALS REVIEWS

Effect of bimodal harmonic structure design on the deformation behaviour and mechanical properties of Co-Cr-Mo alloy

(2016) Sanjay Kumar Vajpai et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

Gradient twinned 304 stainless steels for high strength and high ductility

(2016) Aiying Chen et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING

Three-Dimensional Self-Assembly of Core/Shell-Like Nanostructures for High-Performance Nanocomposite Permanent Magnets

(2016) Hailing Li et al.   NANO LETTERS

Metastable high-entropy dual-phase alloys overcome the strength–ductility trade-off

(2016) Zhiming Li et al.   NATURE

Deformation heterogeneity and texture in surface severe plastic deformation of copper

(2016) Saurabh Basu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Manipulating the interfacial structure of nanomaterials to achieve a unique combination of strength and ductility

(2016) Amirhossein Khalajhedayati et al.   Nature Communications

Three-dimensionally gradient harmonic structure design: an integrated approach for high performance structural materials

(2016) Sanjay Kumar Vajpai et al.   Materials Research Letters

Back stress strengthening and strain hardening in gradient structure

(2016) Muxin Yang et al.   Materials Research Letters

Multiscale architectured materials with composition and grain size gradients manufactured using high-pressure torsion

(2016) Ji Yun Kang et al.   Scientific Reports

An indentation-based method to determine constituent strengths within nanolayered composites

(2015) Michael D. Gram et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Bulk texture evolution of nanolamellar Zr–Nb composites processed via accumulative roll bonding

(2015) J.S. Carpenter et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

An Overview of Dual-Phase Steels: Advances in Microstructure-Oriented Processing and Micromechanically Guided Design

(2015) C.C. Tasan et al.   Annual Review of Materials Research

Interface-dominant multilayers fabricated by severe plastic deformation: Stability under extreme conditions

(2015) Nathan A. Mara et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN SOLID STATE & MATERIALS SCIENCE

Influence of gradient structure volume fraction on the mechanical properties of pure copper

(2015) Xincheng Yang et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING

Length-scale-dependent mechanical behaviour of Zr/Nb multilayers as a function of individual layer thickness

(2015) E. Frutos et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING

Obtaining ultimate functionalities in nanocomposites: Design, control, and fabrication

(2015) Ce-Wen Nan et al.   MRS BULLETIN

Composite for energy storage takes the heat

(2015) Harry J. Ploehn   NATURE

Flexible high-temperature dielectric materials from polymer nanocomposites

(2015) Qi Li et al.   NATURE

Designing switchable polarization and magnetization at room temperature in an oxide

(2015) P. Mandal et al.   NATURE

Correlated metals as transparent conductors

(2015) Lei Zhang et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Heterogeneous lamella structure unites ultrafine-grain strength with coarse-grain ductility

(2015) Xiaolei Wu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Defect-interface interactions

(2015) I.J. Beyerlein et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

The role of shear strain on texture and microstructural gradients in low carbon steel processed by Surface Mechanical Attrition Treatment

(2015) Jordan Moering et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

Fundamentals of Superior Properties in Bulk NanoSPD Materials

(2015) R.Z. Valiev et al.   Materials Research Letters

Importance of Bimodal Structure Topology in the Control of Mechanical Properties of a Stainless Steel

(2014) Zhe Zhang et al.   ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS

High-Strength and High-Ductility Nanostructured and Amorphous Metallic Materials

(2014) Hongning Kou et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

The Microstructural Design of Trimodal Aluminum Composites

(2014) Lin Jiang et al.   JOM

Harmonic-structured copper: performance and proof of fabrication concept based on severe plastic deformation of powders

(2014) Choncharoen Sawangrat et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

Gradient nanostructure and residual stresses induced by Ultrasonic Nano-crystal Surface Modification in 304 austenitic stainless steel for high strength and high ductility

(2014) Chang Ye et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING

Improvement of mechanical properties in SUS304L steel through the control of bimodal microstructure characteristics

(2014) Zhe Zhang et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING

Effect of the martensite distribution on the strain hardening and ductile fracture behaviors in dual-phase steel

(2014) Kyosun Park et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING

The Development of High Performance Ti-6Al-4V Alloy via a Unique Microstructural Design with Bimodal Grain Size Distribution

(2014) Sanjay Kumar Vajpai et al.   METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE

Exploring the Limit of Dislocation Based Plasticity in Nanostructured Metals

(2014) D. A. Hughes et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Extraordinary strain hardening by gradient structure

(2014) X. Wu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Emergence of stable interfaces under extreme plastic deformation

(2014) I. J. Beyerlein et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Making strong nanomaterials ductile with gradients

(2014) K. Lu   SCIENCE

Synergetic Strengthening by Gradient Structure

(2014) X. L. Wu et al.   Materials Research Letters

Mapping dislocation nucleation behavior from bimetal interfaces

(2013) Irene J. Beyerlein et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Deformation and failure of shocked bulk Cu–Nb nanolaminates

(2013) W.Z. Han et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Grain boundary complexions

(2013) Patrick R. Cantwell et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Design of Radiation Tolerant Materials Via Interface Engineering

(2013) Weizhong Han et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Characterizing interface dislocations by atomically informed Frank-Bilby theory

(2013) Jian Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

Mechanical behavior of a compositionally graded 300M steel

(2013) R. Roumina et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING

Application of Harmonic Structure Design to Biomedical Co–Cr–Mo Alloy for Improved Mechanical Properties

(2013) Choncharoen Sawangrat et al.   MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS

The first bulk nanostructured metal

(2013) H K D H Bhadeshia   SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF ADVANCED MATERIALS

High-strength and thermally stable bulk nanolayered composites due to twin-induced interfaces

(2013) Shijian Zheng et al.   Nature Communications

Optimum high temperature strength of two-dimensional nanocomposites

(2013) M. A. Monclús et al.   APL Materials

X-Ray Diffraction Studies of Forward and Reverse Plastic Flow in Nanoscale Layers During Thermal Cycling

(2013) Michael D. Gram et al.   Materials Research Letters

Slip-induced intergranular stress redistribution in nanocrystalline Ni

(2012) Lin Li et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Achieving maximum hardness in semi-coherent multilayer thin films with unequal layer thickness

(2012) John S. Carpenter et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Bulk texture evolution of Cu–Nb nanolamellar composites during accumulative roll bonding

(2012) J.S. Carpenter et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Strain rate sensitivity and activation volume of Cu/Ni metallic multilayer thin films measured via micropillar compression

(2012) J. S. Carpenter et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Structure and Property of Interfaces in ARB Cu/Nb Laminated Composites

(2012) J. Wang et al.   JOM

Powder metallurgical nanostructured medium carbon bainitic steel: Kinetics, structure, and in situ thermal stability studies

(2012) I. Lonardelli et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING

Processing conditions, microstructure and mechanical properties of hetero-nanostructured ODS FeAl alloys produced by spark plasma sintering

(2012) Gang Ji et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING

High-performance bulk thermoelectrics with all-scale hierarchical architectures

(2012) Kanishka Biswas et al.   NATURE

Thermal stability of Cu–Nb nanolamellar composites fabricated via accumulative roll bonding

(2012) J.S. Carpenter et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE

Design of Stable Nanocrystalline Alloys

(2012) T. Chookajorn et al.   SCIENCE

Wear behaviour of nanocrystallised Hadfield steel

(2012) X.Y. Feng et al.   WEAR

Fracture toughness and fatigue crack growth characteristics of nanotwinned copper

(2011) A. Singh et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Revealing Extraordinary Intrinsic Tensile Plasticity in Gradient Nano-Grained Copper

(2011) T. H. Fang et al.   SCIENCE

Deformation and fracture mechanisms in fine- and ultrafine-grained ferrite/martensite dual-phase steels and the effect of aging

(2010) Marion Calcagnotto et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Steel-Based Composites: Driving Forces and Classifications

(2010) David Embury et al.   Annual Review of Materials Research

An overview of interface-dominated deformation mechanisms in metallic multilayers

(2010) J. Wang et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN SOLID STATE & MATERIALS SCIENCE

Evolution of texture and microstructure in pulsed electro-deposited Cu treated by Surface Mechanical Attrition Treatment (SMAT)

(2010) Romain Blonde et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS

A critical assessment of theories of strain gradient plasticity

(2009) A.G. Evans et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Overview of constitutive laws, kinematics, homogenization and multiscale methods in crystal plasticity finite-element modeling: Theory, experiments, applications

(2009) F. Roters et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Micro-structural evaluation of Cu/Nb nano-layered composites produced by repeated press and rolling process

(2009) H.Sh. Shahabi et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS

Investigation of aluminum-based nanocomposites with ultra-high strength

(2009) Y. Li et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING

Length scale effects on recrystallization and texture evolution in Cu layers of a roll-bonded Cu–Nb composite

(2009) S.C.V. Lim et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING

New Microstructure Design for Commercially Pure Titanium with Outstanding Mechanical Properties by Mechanical Milling and Hot Roll Sintering

(2009) Tatsuya Sekiguchi et al.   MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS

Deformation Crossover: From Nano- to Mesoscale

(2009) S. Cheng et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Nanostructured bainite

(2009) H. K. D. H. Bhadeshia   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Electrodeposited multilayer films with giant magnetoresistance (GMR): Progress and problems

(2009) I. Bakonyi et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

The stress–strain response of nanocrystalline metals: A statistical analysis of atomistic simulations

(2008) E. Bitzek et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

The stress–strain response of nanocrystalline metals: A quantized crystal plasticity approach

(2008) L LI et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

High Tensile Ductility and Strength in Bulk Nanostructured Nickel

(2008) Yonghao Zhao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Mechanical properties of sputtered Cu/V and Al/Nb multilayer films

(2008) E.G. Fu et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING

Complex thermoelectric materials

(2008) G. Jeffrey Snyder et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Transmission electron microscopy investigation of the atomic structure of interfaces in nanoscale Cu–Nb multilayers

(2008) K. Yu-Zhang et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE

Cryomilled nanostructured materials: Processing and properties

(2007) E.J. Lavernia et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING