Molecular dynamics simulations are performed to provide a detailed atomic-level
understanding of the deformation and twinning behavior of single-crystal Mg nanopillars …

Magnesium is an excellent candidate as lightweight structural material, but has strong
plastic anisotropy, and the activation of, operation of, and competition between different slip …

To investigate the mechanism of {10 1¯ 2} twinning in magnesium (Mg) single crystal and its
influence on mechanical size effects and strain rate dependent deformation behavior, in-situ …

We have constructed an atomistically informed phase-field model for the quantitative
energetic analysis of phase transformations. In our model, to describe the general phase …

Abstract The {10 1¯ 1} compression twin is more commonly observed under a-axis tension
rather than c-axis compression in hexagonal close-packed (hcp) Mg single crystals both in …

Single-crystal magnesium micropillars (5 µm diameter) have been fabricated using focused
ion beam (FIB) milling and loaded in compression along the [2 1¯ 1¯ 0] direction at …

Molecular dynamics simulations were performed to investigate the cyclic deformation of
magnesium single crystalline nano-pillars in the first three cycles. To study the tension …

We present a systematic investigation of {10 1¯ 2} extension twinning mechanism in single
crystal magnesium micropillars deformed over seven orders of magnitude of strain rate, from …

Twinning is a prominent deformation mode that accommodates plasticity in many materials.
This study elucidates the role of deformation rate on the atomic-scale mechanisms that …

Micro-deformation testing has recently gained far-reaching scientific importance as it
provides intrinsic information on the dynamics of plastic deformation which is concealed …