Deformation mechanism and force modelling of the grinding of YAG single crystals

C Li, X Li, Y Wu, F Zhang, H Huang - International Journal of Machine Tools …, 2019 - Elsevier
YAG single crystals are the primary host materials for solid-state lasers at multi-kW scale and
must be processed using ultra-precision grinding to achieve a satisfactory dimensional …

Engineering crystalline quasi-two-dimensional polyaniline thin film with enhanced electrical and chemiresistive sensing performances

T Zhang, H Qi, Z Liao, YD Horev, LA Panes-Ruiz… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Engineering conducting polymer thin films with morphological homogeneity and long-range
molecular ordering is intriguing to achieve high-performance organic electronics …

Effect of Mg on microstructure and mechanical properties of Al-Mg alloys produced by high pressure torsion

Y Liu, M Liu, X Chen, Y Cao, HJ Roven, M Murashkin… - Scripta Materialia, 2019 - Elsevier
Al-Mg alloys are a series of low cost and low density Al alloys, which show remarkable
strengthening during deformation. In this work, study of commercial purity Al, Al-0.5 Mg and …

In-situ observation of dislocation dynamics near heterostructured interfaces

H Zhou, C Huang, X Sha, L Xiao, X Ma… - Materials Research …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
There has been a long-standing controversy on how dislocations interact with interfaces.
Here we report in-situ observations that in a Cu–brass heterostructured TEM film Frank …

[HTML][HTML] Short-term creep behavior of an additive manufactured non-weldable Nickel-base superalloy evaluated by slow strain rate testing

J Xu, H Gruber, D Deng, RL Peng, JJ Moverare - Acta Materialia, 2019 - Elsevier
Additive manufacturing (AM) of high γ′ strengthened Nickel-base superalloys, such as
IN738LC, is of high interest for applications in hot section components for gas turbines. The …

Hierarchical nanostructured aluminum alloy with ultrahigh strength and large plasticity

G Wu, C Liu, L Sun, Q Wang, B Sun, B Han… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
High strength and high ductility are often mutually exclusive properties for structural metallic
materials. This is particularly important for aluminum (Al)-based alloys which are widely …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular dynamics simulation of mechanical properties of nanocrystalline platinum: Grain-size and temperature effects

J Li, B Lu, H Zhou, C Tian, Y Xian, G Hu, R Xia - Physics Letters A, 2019 - Elsevier
A series of molecular dynamics simulations has been carried out to study the mechanical
properties of nanocrystalline platinum. The effects of average grain size and temperature on …

Grain rotation in plastic deformation

B Chen, L Zhu, Y Xin, J Lei - Quantum Beam Science, 2019 - mdpi.com
The plastic deformation behaviors of crystalline materials are usually determined by lattice
dislocations. Below a certain particle or grain size, focus is placed on the grain-boundary …

Nucleation of dislocations and twins in fcc nanocrystals: Dynamics of structural transformations

AV Korchuganov, AN Tyumentsev, KP Zolnikov… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper reports on a molecular dynamics study of structural rearrangements in a copper
nanocrystal during nucleation of plastic deformation under uniaxial tension. The study …

Dual-phase super-strong and elastic ceramic

F Li, H Zhao, Y Yue, Z Yang, Y Zhang, L Guo - ACS nano, 2019 - ACS Publications
Ceramic materials exhibit very high stiffness and extraordinary strength, but they typically
suffer from brittleness. Amorphization and size confinement are commonly used to reinforce …