In this research, the tensile mechanical properties and microstructure evolution of Cu/Ta nanolayered composites were studied using molecular dynamics simulation method. By analyzing stress/strain relationship with different interface structures movement dislocations during stretching process, deformation mechanism materials effect on strength are revealed. The shear localization extension is a...

We show that nanosecond pulsed laser interference can be used to structure surfaces on a nanoscale. With this method, we are able to create hollow structures on various thin films like Ta, Ni, Au, Cu, Co, and NiTi. We find that the structuring mechanism is related to the mechanical effect of thermal expansion upon melting. To corroborate this model, we study materials with an abnormal behavior ...

Composition space diagrams have been used to study phase stability of mixed transition metal oxide fluorides synthesized by hydrothermal reaction of the metal oxides in (HF)(x)().pyridine/H(2)O/pyridine solution (150 degrees C, autogenous pressure). The combination of early (Ti, Zr, Hf, Nb, Ta, Mo, W) and late (Cu, Cd, Zn) transition metals and the effects of varying the mole ratios of the meta...