Gradient nano-grained (GNG) metals have great application potential due to its outstanding
performance in both strength and ductility. In this paper, we investigate the uniaxial …

Overcoming the trade-off between strength and ductility in metallic materials is a grand
challenge. Recently, materials with a gradient nano-grained (GNG) surface layer adhering to …

Gradient nano-grained (GNG) metals are a unique class of materials with spatial gradients
in grain size, typically from the surface to the bulk. Here the gradient mechanical behavior in …

Gradient grained metals whose microstructure is characterized by a spatially graded grain
size distribution show a better strength-ductility combination than their homogeneous …

Gradient nano-grained (GNG) metals are an emerging class of heterogeneous structured
materials with extraordinary mechanistic performances and unnatural plasticity mechanisms …

Gradient nano-grained (GNG) metals have achieved superior strength-ductility synergy than
their homogeneous counterparts. The high strength is usually attributed to the grain size …

Gradient structured (GS) materials are ubiquitous in biological systems and now
increasingly adopted in engineering systems to achieve desirable combinations of …

Developing a complete understanding of the structure–property relationship of gradient
nanostructured metals is crucial to the technological advancement that will overcome the …

Gradient nano-grained (GNG) metals have shown a better strength-ductility combination
compared to their homogeneous counterparts. In this paper, the mechanical properties and …

Extensive experiments have shown that gradient nano-grained metals have outstanding
synergy of strength and ductility. However, the deformation mechanisms of gradient metals …