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 …

Interfaces play a crucial role in mechanical behaviors of laminated materials. In this study, a
series of hard/soft nanotwinned Cu laminates with varying interface spacing from 200 to 33 …

Ordered structures with functional units offer the potential for enhanced performance in
metallic materials. Among these structures, gradient nanotwinned (GNT) microstructures …

As the prospective carbon materials, graphene oxide (GO) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs)
have attracted extensive attention in the fabrication of copper matrix composites (CMCs), but …

Low stacking-fault energy (SFE) nanocrystalline alloys with pre-existing nanotwins (PNTs)
and heterogeneous grain structure (HGS) exhibit exceptional strength-ductility …

Gradient nanotwinned (GNT) Cu, composed of various homogeneous nanotwinned (HNT)
components, successfully achieves the synergistic enhancement of strength and ductility …

A new metastable dual-phase Fe 59 Cr 13 Ni 18 Al 10 medium entropy alloy (MEA) with
hierarchically heterogeneous microstructure from micro-to nano-scale was designed in this …

Restrained by the strength-ductility tradeoff, it is still challenging to develop advanced high-
strength low carbon low alloy (LCLA) steels with superior strength-ductility combinations and …

Gradient nanostructured materials are regarded as a promising class of architectures with
tunable mechanical properties, primarily dependent on the optimization of well-controlled …

Cu–Fe alloys are expected to be extensively used in electronics, transportation and
machinery industries due to the extraordinary mechanical properties and functional …