Heterostructured (HS) materials are a new class of materials that are composed of
heterogeneous zones with dramatically different (> 100%) mechanical or physical …

Additive manufacturing produces net-shaped components layer by layer for engineering
applications–. The additive manufacture of metal alloys by laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) …

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 …

Gradient nanostructured (GNS) metals exhibit high overall extra strengths relative to their
non-gradient counterparts. However, the spatial distribution of local extra strengths …

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 …

Grain refinement usually makes the materials stronger, while ductility has a dramatic loss.
Here, a superior tensile strength–ductility synergy in a fully recrystallized ultrafine-grained …

Heterogeneous nanostructured (HNS) materials, such as gradient and laminated
nanostructured metals, possess superior mechanical properties with respect to their …

The tensile and impact properties and strengthening–toughening mechanisms of gradient-
structured low-alloying steel were investigated, where the grain size and density of retained …

Due to the contradictory relationship between strength and toughness, many novel
structures have been designed to overcome the tradeoff dilemma. In this paper, pure copper …

Gradient nano-grained (GNG) metals are a unique class of metallic materials by
manipulating the gradient size distribution, but the optimal grain size distribution producing …