Nanotwinned and hierarchical nanotwinned metals: a review of experimental, computational and theoretical efforts

L Sun, X He, J Lu - npj Computational Materials, 2018 - nature.com
The recent studies on nanotwinned (NT) and hierarchical nanotwinned (HNT) face-centered
cubic (FCC) metals are presented in this review. The HNT structures have been supposed …

Defective twin boundaries in nanotwinned metals

YM Wang, F Sansoz, T LaGrange, RT Ott, J Marian… - Nature materials, 2013 - nature.com
Coherent twin boundaries (CTBs) are widely described, both theoretically and
experimentally, as perfect interfaces that play a significant role in a variety of materials …

Ideal maximum strengths and defect-induced softening in nanocrystalline-nanotwinned metals

X Ke, J Ye, Z Pan, J Geng, MF Besser, D Qu, A Caro… - Nature materials, 2019 - nature.com
Strengthening of metals through nanoscale grain boundaries and coherent twin boundaries
is manifested by a maximum strength—a phenomenon known as Hall–Petch breakdown …

Fracture, fatigue, and creep of nanotwinned metals

X Li, M Dao, C Eberl, AM Hodge, H Gao - MRS Bulletin, 2016 - cambridge.org
As a relatively new class of hierarchically structured materials, nanotwinned (NT) metals
exhibit an exceptional combination of high strength, good ductility, large fracture toughness …

Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of an AA6061/AZ31B alloy plate fabricated by explosive welding

T Zhang, W Wang, W Zhang, Y Wei, X Cao… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, both experimental and theoretical studies were conducted to investigate the
bonding interface formation, microstructure evolution, and the interface strength of an …

Microscale 3D printing of nanotwinned copper

A Behroozfar, S Daryadel, SR Morsali… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Nanotwinned (nt)‐metals exhibit superior mechanical and electrical properties compared to
their coarse‐grained and nanograined counterparts. nt‐metals in film and bulk forms are …

Molecular dynamics simulation of BCC Ta with coherent twin boundaries under nanoindentation

C Huang, X Peng, T Fu, X Chen, H Xiang, Q Li… - Materials Science and …, 2017 - Elsevier
We performed molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of nanoindentation on monocrystalline
and nanotwinned Ta (nt-Ta) films, aimed to uncover the effects of twin boundary (TB) and …

Time, stress, and temperature-dependent deformation in nanostructured copper: stress relaxation tests and simulations

XS Yang, YJ Wang, GY Wang, HR Zhai, LH Dai… - Acta Materialia, 2016 - Elsevier
In the present work, stress relaxation tests, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy
(HRTEM), and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were conducted on coarse-grained …

Nanoindentation behavior of nanotwinned Cu: Influence of indenter angle on hardness, strain rate sensitivity and activation volume

IC Choi, YJ Kim, YM Wang, U Ramamurty, J Jang - Acta Materialia, 2013 - Elsevier
The influence of strain on the mechanical properties and deformation kinetic parameters of
nanotwinned (nt) copper is investigated by a series of nanoindentation experiments, which …

Plasticity and ultra-low stress induced twin boundary migration in nanotwinned Cu by in situ nanoindentation studies

Y Liu, J Jian, Y Chen, H Wang, X Zhang - Applied Physics Letters, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Nanotwinned metals have rare combinations of mechanical strength and ductility. Previous
studies have shown that detwinning occurs in plastically deformed nanotwinned metals …