A material strength depends on its microstructure, which in turn, is controlled by an
engineering process. Strengthening mechanisms like work hardening, precipitate, and grain …

As a relatively new class of hierarchically structured materials, nanotwinned (NT) metals
exhibit an exceptional combination of high strength, good ductility, large fracture toughness …

An overview is given of the deformation mechanisms in nanotwinned copper, as studied by
recent molecular dynamics, dislocation mechanics and crystal plasticity modeling. We …

dimensional solid Cu octet meso-lattices with characteristic features on the micron-scale
were fabricated and mechanically tested under uniaxial compression. These architected …

We report the synthesis, mechanical properties, and deformation mechanisms of
polycrystalline, platinum nanocylinders of grain size d= 12 nm. The number of grains across …

As a natural biocomposite, Strombus gigas, commonly known as the giant pink queen conch
shell, exhibits outstanding mechanical properties, especially a high fracture toughness. It is …

Introducing a soft crystalline phase into an amorphous alloy can promote the compound's
ductility. Here we synthesized multilayered nanolaminates consisting of alternating …

Conventional polycrystalline metals become stronger with decreasing grain size, yet
softening starts to take over at the nanometer regime, giving rise to the strongest size at …

Many emerging applications in microscale engineering rely on the fabrication of 3D
architectures in inorganic materials. Small‐scale additive manufacturing (AM) aspires to …

A unique size‐dependent strain hardening mechanism, that achieves both high strength and
ductility, is demonstrated for penta‐twinned Ag nanowires (NWs) through a combined …