Ab initio modeling of dislocation core properties in metals and semiconductors

D Rodney, L Ventelon, E Clouet, L Pizzagalli… - Acta Materialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Dislocation cores, the regions in the immediate vicinity of dislocation lines, control a number
of properties such as dislocation mobility, cross-slip and short-range interactions with other …

Designing highly ductile magnesium alloys: Current status and future challenges

U Masood Chaudry, S Tekumalla, M Gupta… - Critical Reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In order to reduce oil consumption and avoid fossil fuel-related environmental problems,
scientists are always looking for lightweight structural materials that show high performance …

Large plasticity in magnesium mediated by pyramidal dislocations

BY Liu, F Liu, N Yang, XB Zhai, L Zhang, Y Yang, B Li… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Lightweight magnesium alloys are attractive as structural materials for improving energy
efficiency in applications such as weight reduction of transportation vehicles. One major …

Grain size effects on dislocation and twinning mediated plasticity in magnesium

H Fan, S Aubry, A Arsenlis, JA El-Awady - Scripta Materialia, 2016 - Elsevier
Grain size effects on the competition between dislocation slip and 10 1¯ 2-twinning in
magnesium are investigated using discrete dislocation dynamics simulations. These …

[HTML][HTML] Optimizing mechanical properties of magnesium alloys by philosophy of thermo-kinetic synergy: Review and outlook

T Wang, F Liu - Journal of Magnesium and Alloys, 2022 - Elsevier
Although several strategies (including grain refinement, texture adjustment, precipitation
hardening, etc.) have been verified to effectively improve the mechanical properties of …

[HTML][HTML] In-situ TEM observation of {101 2} twin-dominated deformation of Mg pillars: Twinning mechanism, size effects and rate dependency

J Jeong, M Alfreider, R Konetschnik, D Kiener, SH Oh - Acta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
To investigate the mechanism of {10 1¯ 2} twinning in magnesium (Mg) single crystal and its
influence on mechanical size effects and strain rate dependent deformation behavior, in-situ …

Precipitation hardening effects on extension twinning in magnesium alloys

H Fan, Y Zhu, JA El-Awady, D Raabe - International Journal of Plasticity, 2018 - Elsevier
Precipitation is an efficient method to strengthen metallic materials. While precipitation
hardening effects on dislocation slip have been studied extensively in the past, the influence …

Strain hardening, twinning and texture evolution in magnesium alloy using the all twin variant polycrystal modelling approach

SK Sahoo, S Biswas, LS Toth, PC Gautam… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, the viscoplastic self-consistent based All Twin Variant (ATV) polycrystal
modelling was employed to decipher the deformation behaviour of Mg–3Al-0.3 Mn …

Origins and dissociation of pyramidal< c+ a> dislocations in magnesium and its alloys

Z Ding, W Liu, H Sun, S Li, D Zhang, Y Zhao… - Acta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Alloying magnesium (Mg) with rare earth elements such as yttrium (Y) has been reported to
activate the pyramidal< c+ a> slip systems and improve the plasticity of Mg at room …

Mechanism and energetics of〈 c+ a〉 dislocation cross-slip in hcp metals

Z Wu, WA Curtin - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Hexagonal close-packed (hcp) metals such as Mg, Ti, and Zr are lightweight and/or durable
metals with critical structural applications in the automotive (Mg), aerospace (Ti), and …