A new strategy to strength-toughen metals: Tailoring disorder

Impact resistance of single-layer metallic glass nanofilms to high-velocity micro-particle penetration

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Atomistic Modelling of Thermal-Cycling Rejuvenation in Metallic Glasses

(2021) Baoshuang Shang et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Hydrogen induced slowdown of spallation in high entropy alloy under shock loading

(2021) Zhou-Can Xie et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLASTICITY

Determining the three-dimensional atomic structure of an amorphous solid

(2021) Yao Yang et al.   NATURE

Direct observation of chemical short-range order in a medium-entropy alloy

(2021) Xuefei Chen et al.   NATURE

Gradient-cell–structured high-entropy alloy with exceptional strength and ductility

(2021) Qingsong Pan et al.   SCIENCE

A novel ZrNbMoTaW refractory high-entropy alloy with in-situ forming heterogeneous structure

(2021) Tianxin Li et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING

Ultrastrong and ductile BCC high-entropy alloys with low-density via dislocation regulation and nanoprecipitates

(2021) Xuehui Yan et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

“Self-sharpening” tungsten high-entropy alloy

(2020) Xing-Fa Liu et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Strain-hardening and suppression of shear-banding in rejuvenated bulk metallic glass

(2020) J. Pan et al.   NATURE

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

(2020) Shenyou Peng et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Short-range order and its impact on the CrCoNi medium-entropy alloy

(2020) Ruopeng Zhang et al.   NATURE

Making ultrastrong steel tough by grain-boundary delamination

(2020) L. Liu et al.   SCIENCE

Structural dynamics and rejuvenation during cryogenic cycling in a Zr-based metallic glass

(2020) A. Das et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Complexity of plastic instability in amorphous solids: Insights from spatiotemporal evolution of vibrational modes

(2020) J. Yang et al.   EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL E

Spatio-temporal dynamics of jerky flow in high-entropy alloy at extremely low temperature

(2020) Z. Pu et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE

Modulating heterogeneity and plasticity in bulk metallic glasses: Role of interfaces on shear banding

(2019) K. Kosiba et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLASTICITY

Ultrafast extreme rejuvenation of metallic glasses by shock compression

(2019) G. Ding et al.   Science Advances

Two-stage rejuvenation and the correlation between rejuvenation behavior and the boson heat capacity peak of a bulk metallic glass

(2019) Hongbo Zhou et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Tuning element distribution, structure and properties by composition in high-entropy alloys

(2019) Qingqing Ding et al.   NATURE

Rejuvenation and plasticization of metallic glass by deep cryogenic cycling treatment

(2018) Wei Guo et al.   INTERMETALLICS

Dilatancy of Shear Transformations in a Colloidal Glass

(2018) Y. Z. Lu et al.   Physical Review Applied

Tunable stacking fault energies by tailoring local chemical order in CrCoNi medium-entropy alloys

(2018) Jun Ding et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Enhanced strength and ductility in a high-entropy alloy via ordered oxygen complexes

(2018) Zhifeng Lei et al.   NATURE

Deformation and flow of amorphous solids: Insights from elastoplastic models

(2018) Alexandre Nicolas et al.   REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS

Extra strengthening and work hardening in gradient nanotwinned metals

(2018) Zhao Cheng et al.   SCIENCE

Ultrastrong steel via minimal lattice misfit and high-density nanoprecipitation

(2017) Suihe Jiang et al.   NATURE

Shear band dilatation in amorphous alloys

(2017) M.Q. Jiang et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

Atomic-scale characterization and modeling of 60° dislocations in a high-entropy alloy

(2016) T.M. Smith et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

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

(2016) Zhiming Li et al.   NATURE

How the toughness in metallic glasses depends on topological and chemical heterogeneity

(2016) Qi An et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Thermomechanical processing of metallic glasses: extending the range of the glassy state

(2016) Yonghao Sun et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Structural rejuvenation in bulk metallic glasses

(2015) Y. Tong et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Deformation-induced spatiotemporal fluctuation, evolution and localization of strain fields in a bulk metallic glass

(2015) Y. Wu et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLASTICITY

Origin of stress overshoot in amorphous solids

(2015) M.Q. Jiang et al.   MECHANICS OF MATERIALS

Rejuvenation of metallic glasses by non-affine thermal strain

(2015) S. V. Ketov et al.   NATURE

Cryogenic rejuvenation

(2015) Todd C. Hufnagel   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

Cryogenic-temperature-induced transition from shear to dilatational failure in metallic glasses

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Ductile-to-brittle transition in spallation of metallic glasses

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Two-temperature continuum thermomechanics of deforming amorphous solids

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A fracture-resistant high-entropy alloy for cryogenic applications

(2014) B. Gludovatz et al.   SCIENCE

Collective evolution dynamics of multiple shear bands in bulk metallic glasses

(2013) Y. Chen et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLASTICITY

Microstructures and properties of high-entropy alloys

(2013) Yong Zhang et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

Recovering compressive plasticity of bulk metallic glasses by high-temperature creep

(2013) Y. Tong et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

Fracture Toughness of Metallic Glasses: Annealing-Induced Embrittlement

(2012) Chris H. Rycroft et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Shear-band toughness of bulk metallic glasses

(2011) M.Q. Jiang et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Amorphous alloy reinforced Whipple shield structure

(2011) X. Huang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMPACT ENGINEERING

A damage-tolerant glass

(2011) Marios D. Demetriou et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

The conflicts between strength and toughness

(2011) Robert O. Ritchie   NATURE MATERIALS

Long-Range Topological Order in Metallic Glass

(2011) Q. Zeng et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2010) Xiaoyan Li et al.   NATURE

Direct observation of local atomic order in a metallic glass

(2010) Akihiko Hirata et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Metallic Liquids and Glasses: Atomic Order and Global Packing

(2010) X. J. Liu et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

The Future of Metals

(2010) K. Lu   SCIENCE

On the origin of shear banding instability in metallic glasses

(2009) M.Q. Jiang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Elastostatically induced structural disordering in amorphous alloys

(2008) Kyoung-Won Park et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Atomistic Origin of Rate-Dependent Serrated Plastic Flow in Metallic Glasses

(2008) S. Y. Jiang et al.   Nanoscale Research Letters

Power-law scaling and fractal nature of medium-range order in metallic glasses

(2008) D. Ma et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Energy dissipation in fracture of bulk metallic glasses via inherent competition between local softening and quasi-cleavage

(2008) M. Q. Jiang et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE