Nanoscale precipitates as sustainable dislocation sources for enhanced ductility and high strength

Supersonic Screw Dislocations Gliding at the Shear Wave Speed

(2019) Shenyou Peng et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

A novel ultra-high strength maraging steel with balanced ductility and creep resistance achieved by nanoscale β-NiAl and Laves phase precipitates

(2018) L. Sun et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Realizing strength-ductility combination of coarse-grained Al 0.2 Co 1.5 CrFeNi 1.5 Ti 0.3 alloy via nano-sized, coherent precipitates

(2018) Kaisheng Ming et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLASTICITY

Ultralarge elastic deformation of nanoscale diamond

(2018) Amit Banerjee et al.   SCIENCE

Development of high-strength Co-free high-entropy alloys hardened by nanosized precipitates

(2018) Y.L. Zhao et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

A high-entropy alloy with hierarchical nanoprecipitates and ultrahigh strength

(2018) Zhiqiang Fu et al.   Science Advances

Dual-phase nanostructuring as a route to high-strength magnesium alloys

(2017) Ge Wu et al.   NATURE

Ultrastrong steel via minimal lattice misfit and high-density nanoprecipitation

(2017) Suihe Jiang et al.   NATURE

Dislocation nucleation facilitated by atomic segregation

(2017) Lianfeng Zou et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Interstitial atoms enable joint twinning and transformation induced plasticity in strong and ductile high-entropy alloys

(2017) Zhiming Li et al.   Scientific Reports

A precipitation-hardened high-entropy alloy with outstanding tensile properties

(2016) J.Y. He et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

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

(2016) Zhiming Li et al.   NATURE

Approaching the ideal elastic strain limit in silicon nanowires

(2016) H. Zhang et al.   Science Advances

Size effect, critical resolved shear stress, stacking fault energy, and solid solution strengthening in the CrMnFeCoNi high-entropy alloy

(2016) Norihiko L. Okamoto et al.   Scientific Reports

Brittle intermetallic compound makes ultrastrong low-density steel with large ductility

(2015) Sang-Heon Kim et al.   NATURE

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

A novel, single phase, non-equiatomic FeMnNiCoCr high-entropy alloy with exceptional phase stability and tensile ductility

(2013) M.J. Yao et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

Deformation twinning mechanisms from bimetal interfaces as revealed by in situ straining in the TEM

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

Transmission electron microscopy observations of dislocation annihilation and storage in nanograins

(2011) Lihua Wang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Approaching the Theoretical Elastic Strain Limit in Copper Nanowires

(2011) Yonghai Yue et al.   NANO LETTERS

The conflicts between strength and toughness

(2011) Robert O. Ritchie   NATURE MATERIALS

Revealing Extraordinary Intrinsic Tensile Plasticity in Gradient Nano-Grained Copper

(2011) T. H. Fang et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2011) Sylvie Aubry et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

Origins and implications of temperature-dependent activation energy barriers for dislocation nucleation in face-centered cubic metals

(2009) D.H. Warner et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Nanoprecipitate-hardened 1.5GPa steels with unexpected high ductility

(2009) D. Raabe et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

Precipitate design for creep strengthening of 9% Cr tempered martensitic steel for ultra-supercritical power plants

(2008) Fujio Abe   SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF ADVANCED MATERIALS