Science and art of ductile grinding of brittle solids

H Huang, X Li, D Mu, BR Lawn - International Journal of Machine Tools …, 2021 - Elsevier
Prior to any practical application, brittle material components may need to be machined to a
high degree of precision in order to avoid functional breakdown as well as to maintain …

Current challenges and opportunities toward understanding hydrogen embrittlement mechanisms in advanced high-strength steels: a review

B Sun, D Wang, X Lu, D Wan, D Ponge… - Acta Metallurgica Sinica …, 2021 - Springer
Hydrogen embrittlement (HE) is one of the most dangerous yet most elusive embrittlement
problems in metallic materials. Advanced high-strength steels (AHSS) are particularly prone …

Additive manufacturing and mechanical properties of the dense and crack free Zr-modified aluminum alloy 6061 fabricated by the laser-powder bed fusion

A Mehta, L Zhou, T Huynh, S Park, H Hyer, S Song… - Additive …, 2021 - Elsevier
For additive manufacturing such as laser powder bed fusion (LPBF), commercial aluminum
alloy (AA) 6061 is typically considered unsuitable due to formation of solidification cracking …

[HTML][HTML] Multiscale mechanical performance and corrosion behaviour of plasma sprayed AlCoCrFeNi high-entropy alloy coatings

A Meghwal, A Anupam, V Luzin, C Schulz… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The combination of technical advantages of high entropy alloys (HEAs) and manufacturing
capabilities of thermal spray (TS) offer potential towards new protective coatings to address …

An elastic metal–organic crystal with a densely catenated backbone

W Meng, S Kondo, T Ito, K Komatsu, J Pirillo, Y Hijikata… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
What particular mechanical properties can be expected for materials composed of
interlocked backbones has been a long-standing issue in materials science since the first …

[HTML][HTML] Nanoindentation and tribology of a (Hf-Ta-Zr-Nb-Ti) C high-entropy carbide

J Dusza, T Csanádi, D Medveď, R Sedlák… - Journal of the European …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract A (Hf-Ta-Zr-Nb-Ti) C high-entropy carbide was prepared by ball milling and a two-
step Spark Plasma Sintering process, achieving a single-phase ceramic sample with a high …

[HTML][HTML] 3D printing of silk microparticle reinforced polycaprolactone scaffolds for tissue engineering applications

C Vyas, J Zhang, Ø Øvrebø, B Huang, I Roberts… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Polycaprolactone (PCL) scaffolds have been widely investigated for tissue engineering
applications, however, they exhibit poor cell adhesion and mechanical properties …

Strain rate shift for constitutive behaviour of sintered silver nanoparticles under nanoindentation

X Long, Q Jia, Z Shen, M Liu, C Guan - Mechanics of Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
As one of the promising packaging materials, the paste of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs)
reinforced by SiC particles is investigated in this study for microstructure, thermal stability …

Polydopamine films with 2D-like layered structure and high mechanical resilience

E Coy, I Iatsunskyi, JC Colmenares, Y Kim… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Highly oriented, layered, and mechanically resilient films of polydopamine (PDA) have been
synthesized from the air/water interface. The films show a unique layered structure, as …

Micromechanics of machining and wear in hard and brittle materials

BR Lawn, O Borrero‐Lopez, H Huang… - Journal of the …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Hard and brittle solids with covalent/ionic bonding are used in a wide range of modern‐day
manufacturing technologies. Optimization of a shaping process can shorten manufacturing …