Designing ultrahard nanostructured diamond through internal defects and interface engineering at different length scales

Hierarchically structured diamond composite with exceptional toughness

(2020) Yonghai Yue et al.   NATURE

Strengthening and toughening by partial slip in nanotwinned diamond

(2019) Bo Yang et al.   CARBON

AADIS: An atomistic analyzer for dislocation character and distribution

(2019) B.N. Yao et al.   COMPUTER PHYSICS COMMUNICATIONS

Strong strain hardening in ultrafast melt-quenched nanocrystalline Cu: The role of fivefold twins

(2019) Amir Hassan Zahiri et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Ultrastrong π-Bonded Interface as Ductile Plastic Flow Channel in Nanostructured Diamond

(2019) Shihao Zhang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Continuous strengthening in nanotwinned diamond

(2019) Bin Wen et al.   npj Computational Materials

Grain boundary complexions and the strength of nanocrystalline metals: Dislocation emission and propagation

(2018) Vladyslav Turlo et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Effect of dynamic evolution of misfit dislocation pattern on dislocation nucleation and shear sliding at semi-coherent bimetal interfaces

(2018) X.Y. Chen et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Effects of strain rate and annealing temperature on tensile properties of nanocrystalline diamond

(2018) Cheng Huang et al.   CARBON

Influence of loading directions on dislocation slip mechanism of nanotwinned Ni with void defect at the twin boundary

(2018) Jun Ding et al.   COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE

Twin-size effects on the hardness and plastic deformation mechanisms of nanotwinned diamond

(2018) Chao Xu et al.   CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL

Size-dependent stability of stacking fault tetrahedron in coherent twin boundary bicrystal: Comparisons among Al, Ni, Cu and Ag

(2018) Lianping Wu et al.   COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE

Dislocation behaviors in nanotwinned diamond

(2018) Jianwei Xiao et al.   Science Advances

Atomistic insight into the dislocation nucleation at crystalline/crystalline and crystalline/amorphous interfaces without full symmetry

(2018) Y.Y. Xiao et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Stability of stacking fault tetrahedron in twin boundary bicrystal copper under shear

(2017) Lianping Wu et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLASTICITY

Stacking fault-mediated ultrastrong nanocrystalline Ti thin films

(2017) K Wu et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

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

(2017) Ge Wu et al.   NATURE

Influence of microstructure on the cutting behaviour of silicon

(2016) Saurav Goel et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Graphitization of amorphous carbons: A comparative study of interatomic potentials

(2016) Carla de Tomas et al.   CARBON

Global transition path search for dislocation formation in Ge on Si(001)

(2016) E. Maras et al.   COMPUTER PHYSICS COMMUNICATIONS

Laser-induced phase separation of silicon carbide

(2016) Insung Choi et al.   Nature Communications

Amorphous intergranular films as toughening structural features

(2015) Zhiliang Pan et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Effect of coherent twin boundary and stacking fault on deformation behaviors of copper nanowires

(2015) H.Y. Song et al.   COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE

Strain rate effect on plastic deformation of nanocrystalline copper investigated by molecular dynamics

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

Approaching the Limits of Strength: Measuring the Uniaxial Compressive Strength of Diamond at Small Scales

(2015) Jeffrey M. Wheeler et al.   NANO LETTERS

Twinning of cubic diamond explains reported nanodiamond polymorphs

(2015) Péter Németh et al.   Scientific Reports

Atomistic-based predictions of crack tip behavior in silicon carbide across a range of temperatures and strain rates

(2014) K.W.K. Leung et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Nanotwinned diamond with unprecedented hardness and stability

(2014) Quan Huang et al.   NATURE

Lonsdaleite is faulted and twinned cubic diamond and does not exist as a discrete material

(2014) Péter Németh et al.   Nature Communications

Untangling dislocation and grain boundary mediated plasticity in nanocrystalline nickel

(2013) Jochen Lohmiller et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Ultrahard nanotwinned cubic boron nitride

(2013) Yongjun Tian et al.   NATURE

Creation of Nanostuctures by Extreme Conditions: High-Pressure Synthesis of Ultrahard Nanocrystalline Cubic Boron Nitride

(2012) Vladimir L. Solozhenko et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Distinctive mechanical properties of nano-polycrystalline diamond synthesized by direct conversion sintering under HPHT

(2011) H. Sumiya et al.   DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS

Role of Five-fold Twin Boundary on the Enhanced Mechanical Properties of fcc Fe Nanowires

(2011) J. Y. Wu et al.   NANO LETTERS

Status review of the science and technology of ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD™) films and application to multifunctional devices

(2010) Orlando Auciello et al.   DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS

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

(2010) Xiaoyan Li et al.   NATURE

Understanding why the thinnestSiNxinterface in transition-metal nitrides is stronger than the ideal bulk crystal

(2010) R. F. Zhang et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Visualization and analysis of atomistic simulation data with OVITO–the Open Visualization Tool

(2009) Alexander Stukowski   MODELLING AND SIMULATION IN MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Friedel Oscillations are Limiting the Strength of Superhard Nanocomposites and Heterostructures

(2009) R. F. Zhang et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Ultimate Metastable Solubility of Boron in Diamond: Synthesis of Superhard DiamondlikeBC5

(2009) Vladimir L. Solozhenko et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS