Deformation twinning in nanocrystalline materials

YT Zhu, XZ Liao, XL Wu - Progress in Materials Science, 2012 - Elsevier
Nanocrystalline (nc) materials can be defined as solids with grain sizes in the range of 1–
100 nm. Contrary to coarse-grained metals, which become more difficult to twin with …

“Bulk” nanocrystalline metals: review of the current state of the art and future opportunities for copper and copper alloys

MA Tschopp, HA Murdoch, LJ Kecskes, KA Darling - Jom, 2014 - Springer
It is a new beginning for innovative fundamental and applied science in nanocrystalline
materials. Many of the processing and consolidation challenges that have haunted …

Dislocation nucleation governed softening and maximum strength in nano-twinned metals

X Li, Y Wei, L Lu, K Lu, H Gao - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
In conventional metals, there is plenty of space for dislocations—line defects whose motion
results in permanent material deformation—to multiply, so that the metal strengths are …

Plastic anisotropy and associated deformation mechanisms in nanotwinned metals

Z You, X Li, L Gui, Q Lu, T Zhu, H Gao, L Lu - Acta Materialia, 2013 - Elsevier
Anisotropic plastic deformation in columnar-grained copper in which preferentially oriented
nanoscale twins are embedded is studied by experimental testing, crystal plasticity modeling …

Dislocation–twin interactions in nanocrystalline fcc metals

YT Zhu, XL Wu, XZ Liao, J Narayan, LJ Kecskés… - Acta Materialia, 2011 - Elsevier
Dislocation interaction with and accumulation at twin boundaries have been reported to
significantly improve the strength and ductility of nanostructured face-centered cubic (fcc) …

Plastic deformation mechanism in nanotwinned metals: An insight from molecular dynamics and mechanistic modeling

T Zhu, H Gao - Scripta Materialia, 2012 - Elsevier
An overview is given of the deformation mechanisms in nanotwinned copper, as studied by
recent molecular dynamics, dislocation mechanics and crystal plasticity modeling. We …

Tensile behavior of columnar grained Cu with preferentially oriented nanoscale twins

ZS You, L Lu, K Lu - Acta Materialia, 2011 - Elsevier
By means of direct current electrodeposition nanoscale twins confined within microsized
columnar grains of bulk Cu samples have been synthesized which are preferentially …

Atomic-scale simulation of screw dislocation/coherent twin boundary interaction in Al, Au, Cu and Ni

M Chassagne, M Legros, D Rodney - Acta Materialia, 2011 - Elsevier
The influence of material and choice of interatomic potential on the interaction between an
a/2〈 110〉{111} screw dislocation and a Σ3 {111}〈 110〉 coherent twin boundary (CTB) is …

The effect of dislocation density on the interactions between dislocations and twin boundaries in nanocrystalline materials

S Ni, YB Wang, XZ Liao, RB Figueiredo, HQ Li… - Acta materialia, 2012 - Elsevier
The interactions between dislocations and twin boundaries (TBs) are significantly affected
by both intrinsic material properties and extrinsic factors, including stacking fault energy, the …

In situ atomic-scale observation of grain size and twin thickness effect limit in twin-structural nanocrystalline platinum

L Wang, K Du, C Yang, J Teng, L Fu, Y Guo… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Twin-thickness-controlled plastic deformation mechanisms are well understood for
submicron-sized twin-structural polycrystalline metals. However, for twin-structural …