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The creep and fracture in nanostructured metals and alloys

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Bulk forms of nanostructured metals and alloys exhibit extraordinarily high strength and have been studied extensively for several decades. Research in recent years has focused on the unusually high creep as well as poor fracture toughness related to the unique microstructures of these materials. This article reviews some findings from the investigations on creep and fracture behavior in the last decade. It also summarizes the latest experimental results on nano-nickel, Cu, Pd, Al-Zr, and Zn in the subject areas as well as results from atomistic simulations and theoretical modeling on these subjects.

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  1. the Center for Aluminum Technology, the University of Kentucky, USA

    Weimin Yin (a materials scientist at Secat)

  2. materials science, Polytechnic University of New York, USA

    Sung H. Whang (a professor)

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Yin, W., Whang, S.H. The creep and fracture in nanostructured metals and alloys. JOM 57, 63–70 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-005-0066-5

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