Orientation-dependent ductility and deformation mechanisms in body-centered cubic molybdenum nanocrystals

H Peng, Y Hou, H Zheng, L Zhao, Y Zhang… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
The knowledge regarding anisotropic mechanical behaviors in nanoscale body-centered
cubic (bcc) metals remains obscure. Herein, we report the orientation-dependent ductility in …

Phase-transformation assisted twinning in Molybdenum nanowires

A Mostafa, L Vu, Z Guo, AK Shargh, A Dey… - Computational Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Systematic molecular dynamics simulations were conducted to investigate deformation
mechanisms in molybdenum (Mo) nanowires (NWs) under uniaxial tensile and compressive …

Grain size effect on deformation mechanisms of nanocrystalline bcc metals

GM Cheng, WW Jian, WZ Xu, H Yuan… - Materials Research …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Nanocrystalline (NC) body-centered cubic (bcc) metals behave very differently from how NC
metals with other crystal structures behave. Their strain rate sensitivity decreases with …

Pseudo‐Elasticity and Variable Electro‐Conductivity Mediated by Size‐Dependent Deformation Twinning in Molybdenum Nanocrystals

H Peng, Y Hou, W Meng, H Zheng, L Zhao, Y Zhang… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Deformation twinning merits attention because of its intrinsic importance as a mode of
energy dissipation in solids. Herein, through the atomistic electron microscopy observations …

Deformation twins in nanocrystalline body-centered cubic Mo as predicted by molecular dynamics simulations

Y Zhang, PC Millett, M Tonks, SB Biner - Acta materialia, 2012 - Elsevier
This work studies deformation twins in nanocrystalline body-centered cubic Mo, including
the nucleation and growth mechanisms as well as their effects on ductility, through …

Metallic nanocrystals with low angle grain boundary for controllable plastic reversibility

Q Zhu, Q Huang, C Guang, X An, SX Mao… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Advanced nanodevices require reliable nanocomponents where mechanically-induced
irreversible structural damage should be largely prevented. However, a practical …

The origin of exceptionally large ductility in molybdenum alloys dispersed with irregular-shaped La2O3 nano-particles

Y Chen, Y Fang, P Cheng, X Ke, M Zhang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Molybdenum and its alloys are known for their superior strength among body-centered cubic
materials. However, their widespread application is hindered by a significant decrease in …

In situ atomic-scale observation of twinning-dominated deformation in nanoscale body-centred cubic tungsten

J Wang, Z Zeng, CR Weinberger, Z Zhang, T Zhu… - Nature materials, 2015 - nature.com
Twinning is a fundamental deformation mode that competes against dislocation slip in
crystalline solids. In metallic nanostructures, plastic deformation requires higher stresses …

Atomic-scale observation of nucleation-and growth-controlled deformation twinning in body-centered cubic nanocrystals

L Zhong, Y Zhang, X Wang, T Zhu, SX Mao - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Twinning is an essential mode of plastic deformation for achieving superior strength and
ductility in metallic nanostructures. It has been generally believed that twinning-induced …

Revealing the atomistic deformation mechanisms of face-centered cubic nanocrystalline metals with atomic-scale mechanical microscopy: A review

D Li, X Shu, D Kong, H Zhou, Y Chen - Journal of Materials Science & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Nanocrystalline metals have many functional and structural applications due to their
excellent mechanical properties compared to their coarse-grained counterparts. The atomic …