Nanostructuring is a commonly employed method of obtaining superior mechanical
properties in metals and alloys. Compared to conventional polycrystalline counterparts …

Materials with high hardness, strength or plasticity have been widely used in the fields of
aviation, aerospace, and military, among others. However, the poor machinability of these …

Abstract Oxided-dispersion-strengthened (ODS) alloys are promising high-strength
materials used in extreme environments such as high-temperature and radiation tolerance …

The formation of helium cavities in coarse-grained materials produces hardening
proportional to the number density and size of the cavities and due to the interaction of …

Grain size engineering, particularly reducing grain size into the nanocrystalline regime,
offers a promising pathway to further improve the strength-to-weight ratio of Al alloys …

The heat insulation ability and thermal stability of thermal protection materials play extremely
important role in the thermal protection of aero-engines under high temperature. Herein, we …

The interface oxides' morphologies, compositions and structures of 316 L/Q235 stainless
steel clad plate with different vacuum degrees of 10 5, 400, 10 and 10− 2 Pa were …

Ceramic coatings are in general a kind of brittle material because they are predominantly
made up of ionic crystals that avoid dislocation motion caused by lattice distortion. In this …

Nanoindentation based techniques were significantly enhanced by continuous stiffness
monitoring capabilities. In essence, this allowed to expand from point-wise discrete …

Different types of grain-boundary (GB) solute segregation in nanocrystalline alloys have
been described in the literature as being either homogeneous or heterogeneous, which …