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    Autonomous healing of fatigue cracks via cold welding

    Fatigue in metals involves gradual failure through incremental propagation of cracks under repetitive mechanical load. In structural applications, fatigue accounts for up to 90% of in-service failure1,2. Preventi...

    Christopher M. Barr, Ta Duong, Daniel C. Bufford, Zachary Milne, Abhilash Molkeri in Nature (2023)

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    Hardening in Au-Ag nanoboxes from stacking fault-dislocation interactions

    Porous, nano-architected metals with dimensions down to ~10 nm are predicted to have extraordinarily high strength and stiffness per weight, but have been challenging to fabricate and test experimentally. Here...

    Radhika P. Patil, David Doan, Zachary H. Aitken, Shuai Chen in Nature Communications (2020)