The influence of stacking faults on mechanical behavior of advanced materials

R Su, D Neffati, Y Zhang, J Cho, J Li, H Wang… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
There are abundant studies on deformation mechanisms in metallic materials dominated by
grain boundaries and twin boundaries. In comparison, the influence of stacking faults on …

[HTML][HTML] A review on microstructures and mechanical properties of protective nano-multilayered films or coatings

W Cheng, J Wang, X Ma, P Liu, PK Liaw, W Li - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nano-multilayered films offer a multilayer structure arrangement at several to tens of
nanometers. They have hardness, high-temperature oxidation resistance, and low wear …

Investigation of strengthening mechanisms in an additively manufactured Haynes 230 alloy

B Yang, Z Shang, J Ding, J Lopez, W Jarosinski, T Sun… - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
There are abundant studies on additive manufacturing of Ni alloys, such as Inconel 718.
However, the studies on the microstructure and the deformation behavior of solid solution …

Kink mechanism in Cu/Nb nanolaminates explored by in situ pillar compression

Y Zhang, N Li, MM Schneider, TJ Nizolek, L Capolungo… - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Nano metallic laminates (NMLs) exhibit different failure modes depending on the loading
conditions due to their mechanical anisotropies. Kinking is a typical failure mode in many …

Influence of lowering basal stacking fault energy on twinning behaviours

B Wei, W Wu, M Gong, S Yu, S Ni, M Song, J Wang - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Deformation twinning plays a crucial role in the strong anisotropic strength, poor
deformability, and texture and microstructure evolutions of hexagonal metals. Modifying …

Strong interfaces: the key to high strength in nano metallic laminates

Y Zhang, TJ Nizolek, L Capolungo, N Li, JS Carpenter… - Acta Materialia, 2024 - Elsevier
Excellent mechanical properties of nanomaterials are usually attributed to their nanoscale
feature size and high-density interfaces. This work explores the effects of intrinsic interface …

Nanoscratching-induced plastic deformation mechanism and tribology behavior of Cu/Ta bilayer and multilayer by a molecular dynamics study

J Shi, J Wang, X Yi, Y Lu, D Hua, Q Zhou, X Fan - Applied Surface Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Molecular dynamics simulations are adopted to study the deformation mechanism and
friction and wear properties of Cu/Ta bilayer and multilayer during a nanoscratching …

Thermal stability of immiscible Cu-Ag/Fe triphase multilayers with triple junctions

T Niu, Y Zhang, J Cho, J Li, H Wang, X Zhang - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanostructured metallic multilayers have attracted significant attention due to their high
mechanical strength. However, they often have limited thermal stability at elevated …

Surface nanocrystallization and biomedical performance of Ti-Ta laminated composite processed by surface mechanical grinding treatment

H Zhang, K Shen, J Lan, S Xu, H Chen, A Fu, J Lin… - Applied Surface …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ti-Ta laminated composites suffer from the inadequate wear resistance and deficient
antibacterial properties. To promote their application, surface mechanical grinding treatment …

Unraveling kinking: a plasticity enhancing failure mode in high strength nano metallic laminates

Y Zhang, M Zecevic, A Chakraborty, RJ McCabe… - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Kinking is an important and plasticity-enhancing deformation/failure mode in numerous
mechanically anisotropic materials including high-strength nano metallic laminates (NMLs) …