Nanomaterials by severe plastic deformation: review of historical developments and recent advances

K Edalati, A Bachmaier, VA Beloshenko… - Materials Research …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Severe plastic deformation (SPD) is effective in producing bulk ultrafine-grained and
nanostructured materials with large densities of lattice defects. This field, also known as …

Toward the development of Mg alloys with simultaneously improved strength and ductility by refining grain size via the deformation process

Z Zhang, J Zhang, J Wang, Z Li, J Xie, S Liu… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Magnesium (Mg) alloys, as the lightest metal engineering materials, have broad application
prospects. However, the strength and ductility of traditional Mg alloys are still relativity low …

[HTML][HTML] Transition of dominant deformation mode in bulk polycrystalline pure Mg by ultra-grain refinement down to sub-micrometer

R Zheng, JP Du, S Gao, H Somekawa, S Ogata, N Tsuji - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Magnesium (Mg) and its alloys usually show relatively low strength and poor ductility at
room temperature due to their anisotropic hexagonal close-packed (HCP) crystal structure …

Designing highly ductile magnesium alloys: current status and future challenges

U Masood Chaudry, S Tekumalla, M Gupta… - Critical Reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In order to reduce oil consumption and avoid fossil fuel-related environmental problems,
scientists are always looking for lightweight structural materials that show high performance …

Rediscovery of Hall-Petch strengthening in bulk ultrafine grained pure Mg at cryogenic temperature: a combined in-situ neutron diffraction and electron microscopy …

R Zheng, W Gong, J Du, S Gao, M Liu, G Li… - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Grain refinement can lead to the strengthening of metallic materials according to the Hall-
Petch relationship. However, our recent results suggested that grain boundary sliding is the …

Ultrahigh yield strength and large uniform elongation achieved in ultrafine-grained titanium containing nitrogen

Y Chong, T Tsuru, B Guo, R Gholizadeh, K Inoue… - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, we systematically investigated the influences of nitrogen content and grain size
on the tensile properties and deformation behaviors of titanium at room temperature. By high …

[HTML][HTML] Optimizing mechanical properties of magnesium alloys by philosophy of thermo-kinetic synergy: Review and outlook

T Wang, F Liu - Journal of Magnesium and Alloys, 2022 - Elsevier
Although several strategies (including grain refinement, texture adjustment, precipitation
hardening, etc.) have been verified to effectively improve the mechanical properties of …

[HTML][HTML] Implications of twinning on the microstructure development, crystallographic texture and mechanical performance of Mg alloys-a critical review

UM Chaudry, HMR Tariq, M Zubair, N Ansari… - Journal of Magnesium …, 2023 - Elsevier
Deformation twinning is profusely activated in the Mg alloys due to lower critical resolved
shear stress (CRSS) compared to the non-basal slip systems (prismatic and pyramidal< c+ …

[HTML][HTML] Unique transition of yielding mechanism and unexpected activation of deformation twinning in ultrafine grained Fe-31Mn-3Al-3Si alloy

Y Bai, H Kitamura, S Gao, Y Tian, N Park, M Park… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Tensile mechanical properties of fully recrystallized TWIP steel specimens having various
grain sizes (d) ranging from 0.79 μm to 85.6 μm were investigated. It was confirmed that the …

Role of slip and {10-12} twin on the crystal plasticity in Mg-RE alloy during deformation process at room temperature

Y Gui, Y Cui, H Bian, Q Li, L Ouyang, A Chiba - Journal of Materials Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
The deformation mechanism of slips and twins has a considerable influence on the plasticity
of magnesium alloys. However, the roles of slips and twins in the room-temperature …