Gradient structures found in biological materials have served as a source of inspiration for
scientists seeking to enhance the performance of metals and alloys over the past decades …

Research on powder-based additive manufacturing of aluminium alloys is rapidly
increasing, and recent breakthroughs in printing of defect-free parts promise substantial …

Bulk nanostructured (NS) materials processed by severe plastic deformation (SPD) have
received considerable attention for several decades. The physical origin of this processing …

By means of surface mechanical rolling treatment (SMRT), a gradient nanostructured (GNS)
surface layer was formed on AISI 316L stainless steel. The mean grain size is∼ 30 nm in the …

Focusing on nanocrystalline (nc) pure face-centered cubic metals, where systematic
experimental data are available, this paper presents a brief overview of the recent progress …

Fatigue failure in the high-cycle and ultrahigh-cycle regimes is often dominated by the crack
initiation processes, which are strongly influenced by the salient features and defects in the …

Most of the challenges experienced by many engineering materials originate from the
surface which later leads to total failure, hence affecting the resultant mechanical properties …

Pushing the internal or external dimensions of metallic alloys down to the nanometer scale
gives rise to strong materials, though most often at the expense of a low ductility and a low …

Cyclic stresses are often related to the premature mechanical failure of metallic biomaterials.
The complex interaction between fatigue and corrosion in the physiological environment has …

Bulk ultrafine-grained (UFG) metals and alloys prepared by techniques of severe plastic
deformation (SPD), in particular by equal channel angular pressing (ECAP), exhibit …