Metallic materials are usually composed of single phase or multiple phases, which refers to
homogeneous regions with distinct types of the atom arrangement. The recent studies on …

To develop high-strength Al alloys for selective laser melting (SLM) additive manufacturing,
we designed a series of Al-Mg (-Si)-Sc-Zr alloys and additively manufactured them using …

Metallic microfibers with high strength and ductility are highly desirable for engineering
applications. In this work, electric current treatment (ECT) is applied to CoCrFeNi high …

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 …

The formation mechanism of twin boundaries in transition metal nitrides has remained
largely unexplored owing to their high stacking fault energy that hinders twin boundary …

Grain refinement to the nanocrystalline regime is the most effective way to strengthen
materials but this often deteriorates the grain-size thermal stability and plasticity. Here we …

Mechanical behavior of metallic multilayers has been intensively investigated. Here we
report on the study of magnetron-sputtered highly textured Al/Ti multilayer films with various …

The mechanisms of strengthening and plasticity in columnar-grained metals with
preferentially oriented nano-sized twins have been examined traditionally by considering …

Wear-induced damages cause significant materials loss each year. Al alloys are widely
used by industry but usually have low wear resistance. Here, we compare the tribological …

Abstract Nanotwinned Al/Ti multilayers have exhibited size-dependent microstructure
evolution and high strength. However, their deformation mechanisms are less well …