Strengthening of structural materials via microstructural manipulations is an efficient strategy
of preparing lightweight materials with improved properties and performance. Especially …

Here an inverse gradient structure (IGS) is processed by induction heat treatment on
ultrafine-grained substrate, and a multi-gradient structure (MGS) is gained by surface …

Multi-principal-element alloys (MPEAs) are attracting increasing attentions because of their
high strength and ductility, high fracture toughness, excellent corrosion resistance …

Aluminum wire with multiple gradient structures (MGSs) was processed by cryogenic pre-
torsion. Microstructural characterizations illustrate that grain size gradient, dislocation …

Compared to conventional metals with homogeneous microstructures, heterogeneously
structured materials with spatially gradient nanostructures exhibit superior mechanical …

Commercial pure Ti sheets with an initial wavy profile were rolled and annealed to fabricate
heterostructure. Microstructure investigations by electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) …

Heterogeneous nanostructured (HNS) materials, such as gradient and laminated
nanostructured metals, possess superior mechanical properties with respect to their …

Experiments have shown that a gradient design, in which grain size spans over four orders
of magnitude, can make strong nanomaterials ductile. This chapter presents a developed …

Materials containing heterogeneous nanostructures hold great promise for achieving
superior mechanical properties. However, the strengthening effect due to plastically …

Here this paper reports the gradient order effect on deformation behaviors of gradient
nanotwinned (GNT) Cu samples with the same structural gradient. Tension tests indicated …