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High-Throughput Nanomechanical Screening of Phase-Specific and Temperature-Dependent Hardness in AlxFeCrNiMn High-Entropy Alloys
Development of structural materials for service under extreme conditions is slowed by the lack of high-throughput test protocols. Here, a method that integrates high-throughput nanoindentation map** with pre...
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Optimization of a dissimilar platinum to niobium microresistance weld: a structure–processing–property study
Dissimilar metal resistance spot welds, critical to the manufacture of medical devices, typically form brittle intermetallic compounds that are prone to failure. Here, a case study of biocompatible metals plat...
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Mechanical Anisotropy and Pressure Induced Structural Changes in Piroxicam Crystals Probed by In Situ Indentation and Raman Spectroscopy
The ability to correlate mechanical and chemical characterization techniques in real time is both lacking and powerful tool for gaining insights into material behavior. This is demonstrated through use of a no...
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Linking Nanoscales and Dislocation Shielding to the Ductile–Brittle Transition of Silicon
The ductile–brittle transition of nano/microscale silicon is explored at low-temperature, high stress conditions. A pathway to eventual mechanism maps describing this ductile–brittle transition behavior using ...
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Fracture transitions in iron: Strain rate and environmental effects
A number of recent mechanical property studies have sought to validate atomistic and multiscale models with matching experimental volumes. One such property is the ductile-brittle transition temperature (DBTT)...
