[HTML][HTML] Size effect in bi-crystalline micropillars with a penetrable high angle grain boundary

NV Malyar, JS Micha, G Dehm, C Kirchlechner - Acta Materialia, 2017 - Elsevier
The implications of various size effects on the deformation behavior of and near grain
boundaries is not yet fully understood. In this manuscript, slip transfer mechanisms through a …

Predictive modeling of nanoindentation-induced homogeneous dislocation nucleation in copper

T Zhu, J Li, KJ Van Vliet, S Ogata, S Yip… - Journal of the Mechanics …, 2004 - Elsevier
Nanoscale contact of material surfaces provides an opportunity to explore and better
understand the elastic limit and incipient plasticity in crystals. Homogeneous nucleation of a …

Mechanical properties and deformation behaviours of submicron-sized Cu–Al single crystals

R Niu, X An, L Li, Z Zhang, YW Mai, X Liao - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Tuning stacking fault energy (SFE) via alloying provides a robust protocol to manipulate
deformation mechanism and consequently the mechanical properties of metallic materials …

The impact of a variety of point defects on the inception of plastic deformation in dislocation-free metals

I Salehinia, DF Bahr - Scripta Materialia, 2012 - Elsevier
Atomistic simulations of nanoindentation tests were used to quantify the effect of point
defects (a single vacancy, a di-vacancy, a self interstitial atom and a stacking fault …

Dislocation–dislocation and dislocation–twin reactions in nanocrystalline Al by molecular dynamics simulation

V Yamakov, D Wolf, SR Phillpot, H Gleiter - Acta materialia, 2003 - Elsevier
We use massively parallel molecular dynamics simulations of polycrystal plasticity to
elucidate the intricate dislocation dynamics that evolves during the process of deformation of …

Nanostructure and surface effects on yield in Cu nanowires

ZX Wu, YW Zhang, MH Jhon, JR Greer, DJ Srolovitz - Acta Materialia, 2013 - Elsevier
The yield strengths of nanomaterials are highly sensitive to their internal and surface
structures. However, it is difficult to identify a priori which structural feature will govern plastic …

Critical shear stress for onset of plasticity in a nanocrystalline Cu determined by using nanoindentation

J Chen, W Wang, LH Qian, K Lu - Scripta Materialia, 2003 - Elsevier
The plastic deformation behavior was investigated by using nanoindentation in a magneto-
sputtered nanocrystalline (nc) Cu film with an average grain size of 14 nm. The determined …

Onset of plasticity in gold nanopillar compression

E Rabkin, DJ Srolovitz - Nano Letters, 2007 - ACS Publications
On the basis of a series of molecular dynamics simulations of the compressive deformation
of〈 111∟-oriented gold nanopillars, we demonstrate that slip nucleates at surface features …

Size effects in strength and plasticity of single-crystalline titanium micropillars with prismatic slip orientation

Q Sun, Q Guo, X Yao, L Xiao, JR Greer, J Sun - Scripta Materialia, 2011 - Elsevier
We present results of uniaxial compression experiments on rectangular prismatic titanium
micropillars loaded along [112¯ 0]. We find that flow stress increases significantly with …

[HTML][HTML] Discrete plasticity in sub-10-nm-sized gold crystals

H Zheng, A Cao, CR Weinberger, JY Huang… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
Although deformation processes in submicron-sized metallic crystals are well documented,
the direct observation of deformation mechanisms in crystals with dimensions below the sub …