Single-phase face-centered cubic (fcc) medium-and high-entropy alloys (MEAs/HEAs) have
high ductility but low yield strength and hardness. In this work, the microstructures of single …

Dislocation reactions and locks play an important role in the plastic deformation and
mechanical behavior of crystalline materials. Various types of dislocation locks in face …

Multiprincipal element alloys usually exhibit earlier pop-in events than pure metals and
dilute solid solutions during nanoindentation experiments. To understand the origin of this …

Micro-level mechanical tests are of extreme sensitivity to the initial internal state and early
response of materials. The stability of elastic property and yield behavior of macro-level …

Chemical short-range order (SRO) can effectively retard the dislocation motion, allowing for
a substantive hardening effect. Notwithstanding, fundamental mechanisms behind …

Size plays an important role on the deformation mechanism of nanopillars. With decreasing
size, many FCC nanopillars exhibit dislocation starvation which is responsible for their high …