Review on superior strength and enhanced ductility of metallic nanomaterials

IA Ovid'Ko, RZ Valiev, YT Zhu - Progress in materials science, 2018 - Elsevier
Nanostructured metallic materials having nanocrystalline and ultrafine-grained structures
show exceptional mechanical properties, eg superior strength, that are very attractive for …

[HTML][HTML] Twin-solute, twin-dislocation and twin-twin interactions in magnesium

Y Yue, J Wang, JF Nie - Journal of Magnesium and Alloys, 2023 - Elsevier
Magnesium alloys have received considerable research interest due to their lightweight,
high specific strength and excellent castability. However, their plastic deformation is more …

[HTML][HTML] Unusual solute segregation phenomenon in coherent twin boundaries

C He, Z Li, H Chen, N Wilson, JF Nie - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Interface segregation of solute atoms has a profound effect on properties of engineering
alloys. The occurrence of solute segregation in coherent twin boundaries (CTBs) in Mg …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing the strain hardening and ductility of Mg-Y alloy by introducing stacking faults

K Wei, L Xiao, B Gao, L Li, Y Liu, Z Ding, W Liu… - Journal of Magnesium …, 2020 - Elsevier
Due to the insufficient slip systems, Mg and its alloys exhibit poor ductility during plastic
deformation at room temperature. To solve this problem, alloying is considered as a most …

Effect of Mg on microstructure and mechanical properties of Al-Mg alloys produced by high pressure torsion

Y Liu, M Liu, X Chen, Y Cao, HJ Roven, M Murashkin… - Scripta Materialia, 2019 - Elsevier
Al-Mg alloys are a series of low cost and low density Al alloys, which show remarkable
strengthening during deformation. In this work, study of commercial purity Al, Al-0.5 Mg and …

Effects of dynamic recrystallization mechanisms on texture evolution in Mg-Gd-Y-Zr-Ag alloy during hot compression

D Zhang, C Liu, S Jiang, Y Gao, Y Wan… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, effects of thermal mechanical parameters on the flow behaviors and
microstructure evolution of Mg-7.5 Gd-1.5 Y-0.4 Zr-0.5 Ag (wt%) alloy were analyzed by the …

Development of high strength-ductility Mg-Er extruded alloys by micro-alloying with Mn

S Zhou, A Tang, T Liu, Y Huang, P Peng… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work systematically investigated the influence of the micro-Mn addition on the
microstructures and mechanical properties of Mg-Er alloys. To investigate their deformation …

Achieving ultra-strong Magnesium–lithium alloys by low-strain rotary swaging

Y Yang, X Chen, J Nie, K Wei, Q Mao… - Materials Research …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Severe plastic deformation (SPD) with deformation strain significantly larger than one is
effective to strengthen metals and alloys. However, such a method will not work for Mg alloys …

Annealing hardening effect aroused by solute segregation in gradient ultrafine-grained Mg-Gd-Zr alloy

C Liu, X Chen, D Tolnai, Y Hu, W Zhang… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, a remarkable annealing hardening effect was detected in gradient ultrafine-
grained (UFG) Mg-0.32 Gd-0.11 Zr (at.%) alloy sheet fabricated by sliding friction treatment …

Achieving excellent ductility in high-strength Mg-10.6 Gd-2 Ag alloy via equal channel angular pressing

J Sun, B Xu, Z Yang, H Zhou, J Han, Y Wu… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Excellent ductility and high strength were achieved in the Mg-10.6 Gd-2Ag (wt.%) alloy via
an industrial-scale equal channel angular pressing (ECAP). The ECAP alloy exhibits an …