Towards strength–ductility synergy through the design of heterogeneous nanostructures in metals

E Ma, T Zhu - Materials Today, 2017 - Elsevier
Metals can be processed to reach ultra-high strength, but usually at a drastic loss of ductility.
Here, we review recent advances in overcoming this tradeoff, by purposely deploying …

Perspective on hetero-deformation induced (HDI) hardening and back stress

Y Zhu, X Wu - Materials Research Letters, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Heterostructured materials have been reported as a new class of materials with superior
mechanical properties, which was attributed to the development of back stress. There are …

Heterogeneous lamella structure unites ultrafine-grain strength with coarse-grain ductility

X Wu, M Yang, F Yuan, G Wu, Y Wei… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Grain refinement can make conventional metals several times stronger, but this comes at
dramatic loss of ductility. Here we report a heterogeneous lamella structure in Ti produced …

Strain hardening in Fe–16Mn–10Al–0.86 C–5Ni high specific strength steel

MX Yang, FP Yuan, QG Xie, YD Wang… - Heterostructured …, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter report a detailed study of the strain hardening behavior of a Fe-16Mn-10Al-0.86
C-5Ni high specific strength steel (HSSS) during uniaxial tensile deformation. The tensile …

Mechanics of crystalline nanowires: an experimental perspective

Y Zhu - Applied Mechanics Reviews, 2017 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
A wide variety of crystalline nanowires (NWs) with outstanding mechanical properties have
recently emerged. Measuring their mechanical properties and understanding their …

Strengthening and toughening mechanisms in graphene-Al nanolaminated composite micro-pillars

S Feng, Q Guo, Z Li, G Fan, Z Li, DB Xiong, Y Su, Z Tan… - Acta Materialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Uniaxial compression tests were carried out on micro-pillars fabricated from nanolaminated
graphene (reduced graphene oxide, RGO)-Al composites of different RGO concentrations …

Toward a further understanding of size effects in the torsion of thin metal wires: an experimental and theoretical assessment

D Liu, Y He, DJ Dunstan, B Zhang, Z Gan, P Hu… - International Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Both torsion and tensile tests are performed on polycrystalline copper wires with diameters
in the range 20–50μm. A significant size effect in both the initial yielding and the plastic flow …

Strain-rate dependent deformation mechanism of graphene-Al nanolaminated composites studied using micro-pillar compression

L Zhao, Q Guo, Z Li, Z Li, G Fan, DB Xiong, Y Su… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Uniaxial compression tests conducted at various strain rates were performed to uncover the
strain-rate dependent deformation mechanism of micro-pillars fabricated from bulk …

Strengthening and deformation mechanisms in nanolaminated graphene-Al composite micro-pillars affected by graphene in-plane sizes

L Zhao, Q Guo, Z Li, DB Xiong, S Osovski, Y Su… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Graphene is considered to be an ideal reinforcement in metals, and its strengthening to the
metal matrix is found to be the combined effect of load-sharing and the alteration of …

Intrinsic Bauschinger effect and recoverable plasticity in pentatwinned silver nanowires tested in tension

RA Bernal, A Aghaei, S Lee, S Ryu, K Sohn… - Nano …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Silver nanowires are promising components of flexible electronics such as interconnects
and touch displays. Despite the expected cyclic loading in these applications …