Grain boundaries (GBs) are central defects for describing polycrystalline materials, and
playing major role in a wide-range of physical properties of polycrystals. Control over GB …

The simplicity of hard spheres as a model system is deceptive. Although the particles
interact solely through volume exclusion, that nevertheless suffices for a wealth of static and …

In comparing a material's resistance to distort under mechanical load rather than to alter in
volume, Poisson's ratio offers the fundamental metric by which to compare the performance …

The impact of grain size on hydrogen diffusion and trapping mechanisms has been
investigated for a wide range of grain size of non-textured pure nickel. Both aspects depend …

The Johari-Goldstein secondary (β) relaxations are an intrinsic feature of supercooled
liquids and glasses. They are crucial to many properties of glassy materials, but the …

Additive manufacturing (AM) has the potential to transform manufacturing by enabling
previously unthinkable products, digital inventory and delivery, and distributed …

The study of glass formation is largely framed by semiempirical models that emphasize the
importance of progressively growing cooperative motion accompanying the drop in fluid …

Predicting glasses' properties from their structures is a formidable challenge because of the
inherently disordered atomic configurations. Here we tackle the problem using a new two …

Grain-boundary (GB) structure and properties are usually analyzed in terms of ground-state
(minimum-energy) GB states. However, global equilibrium is rarely achieved in materials. In …

Gradient nano-grained Cu subjected to tensile tests yields at a stress almost twice of that of
the conventional coarse-grained Cu at or below the room temperature. Beyond the yield …