The deformation behavior of [1¯ 25]-oriented Mo micropillars with rectangular cross-sections
having the [111] primary slip direction parallel to one of the two orthogonal side-surfaces has …

The paper explores plastic deformation mechanisms in metal–graphene nanocomposites,
illustrating their material strengthening effects through a crystal plasticity finite element …

The ability to precisely control the surface state of a nanostructure may offer a pathway
towards tuning the mechanical properties of small-scale metallic components. In our …

The plastic deformation of micropillars is known to be affected by whether dislocations can
escape easily from the material volume, and the extent to which the dislocations mutually …

Accurate knowledge of the current crack length is crucial to evaluate fracture mechanical
tests. At the sub-micron to micron scale, the crack length is directly accessible via …

In this paper we investigate the stochastic behavior in the mechanical response of
polycrystalline materials consisting of few grains to hundreds of grains at micron size scales …

Using microcompression methodology, various plastic deformation characteristics, namely
the strength, strain-rate sensitivity (SRS) and activation volume, of< 1 0 0>-single-crystalline …

Recent studies of micro-and nano-scale metallic structures have exposed considerable
statistical distribution, in addition to significant size dependencies, in the yield strength. This …

As a typical hard but brittle material, Si tends to fracture abruptly at a stress well below its
theoretical strength, even if the tested volume goes down to submicron scale, at which …

To model the deformation of single crystal nickel based superalloys (SCNBS) with low
stacking fault energy (SFE), three-dimensional discrete dislocation dynamics (3D-DDD) is …