Deformation twinning is an important plastic carrier competing with the ordinary dislocation
slip in a broad class of crystalline solids, which critically controls the mechanical properties …

Dirac materials are characterized by the emergence of massless quasiparticles in their low-
energy excitation spectrum that obey the Dirac Hamiltonian. Known examples of Dirac …

This paper reports a synergistic design of high-performance BCC high-entropy alloy based
on the combined consideration of the principles of intrinsic ductility of elements, maximum …

Revealing the atomistic mechanisms for the high-temperature mechanical behavior of
materials is important for optimizing their properties for service at high-temperatures and …

Over the past few decades, in situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) has emerged as
a powerful experimental technique for materials design and characterization. It offers …

Nanomaterials often surprise us with unexpected phenomena. Here, we report a discovery
of the anti-twinning deformation, previously thought impossible, in nanoscale body-centered …

Plasticity of metallic nanowires is often controlled by the activities of single deformation
mode. It remains largely unclear whether multiple deformation modes can be activated in an …

A series of 18Cr–8Ni ASSs with homogeneous or heterogeneous structures were prepared
to reveal the unique deformation mechanism of hetero-deformation-induced (HDI) …

The mechanical behaviors of nanowires (NWs) are significantly different from those of their
bulk materials because of their small dimensions. Determining the mechanical performance …

With the ongoing trend of miniaturizing electronic devices, the dimensions of metallic
materials used in these devices decrease continuously from sub-microns to a few …