Anti-twin has been experimentally observed in body-centered cubic nanopillars, which
naturally raises the reconsideration of twinning pathways at the crack tips. Using molecular …

Coherent twin boundaries (CTBs) in nano-twinned materials could improve crack resistance.
However, the role of the CTBs during crack penetration has never been explored at atomic …

In situ tension tests in a transmission electron microscope and molecular dynamics
simulations were carried out on pure Al, revealing a localized twinning-responded cracking …

Twinning in body-centered cubic metals is typically attributed to glide of 1/6< 111>
dislocations originated from material defects. Here we report an alternative mechanism for …

Nanoscale twin boundaries (TBs) were recently reported to be capable of enhancing the
strength and ductility of materials simultaneously. In the present work, molecular dynamics …

Metals with nanoscale twins have shown ultrahigh strength and excellent ductility, attributed
to the role of twin boundaries (TBs) as strong barriers for the motion of lattice dislocations …

Nanotwinned metals have opened exciting avenues for the design of high strength and high
ductility materials. In this work, we investigate crack propagation along coherent twin …

Twin–twin intersections are often observed in face-centered cubic (FCC) metallic
nanostructures, which have important contributions to the plastic deformation and …

The introduction of a well-controlled population of coherent twin boundaries (CTBs) is an
attractive route to improve the strength ductility product in face centered cubic (FCC) metals …

Nanotwinned metals are a class of hierarchically structured materials that appear to
transcend the limits of conventional material systems by exhibiting an exceptional …