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Microstructure and mechanical properties

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Huiya Yang
Nanjing Forestry University
2
Fenghui Duan
City University of Hong Kong
3
Yijie Ban
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
4
Xiyao Li
Zhejiang University
5
Dongxin Mao
Harbin Institute of Technology
6
Hang Xue
Third People 's Hospital of Chongqing
7
Siamak Nikzad Khangholi
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
8
Jiachen Li
Tongji University
9
Shaolou Wei
Max-Planck-Institut für Nachhaltige Materialien
10
Feng Wang
University of Birmingham

Rising Stars Papers

1
Shearing brittle intermetallics enhances cryogenic strength and ductility of steels
Science|2024
211 cit.
2
Overcoming the strength and ductility trade-off in Ni-based alloy through tailoring of bimodal grain structures, hierarchical twins and coherent nanoprecipitates
International Journal of Plasticity|2024
57 cit.
3
Strength–ductility materials by engineering a coherent interface at incoherent precipitates
Materials Horizons|2024
47 cit.
4
One step from oxides to sustainable bulk alloys
Nature|2024
45 cit.
5
In-situ solid-state deformation-driven rapid reaction towards higher strength-ductility Al-CuO composites
Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing|2024
42 cit.
6
Discovering Pyramidal Treasures: Multi‐Scale Design of High Strength–Ductility Titanium Alloys
Advanced Materials|2024
41 cit.
7
An order-disorder core-shell strategy for enhanced work-hardening capability and ductility in nanostructured alloys
Nature Communications|2024
30 cit.
8
Bimodal-grain structure enables superior strength-ductility synergy of pure Al
Journal of Alloys and Compounds|2024
25 cit.
9
Heat-resistant Al alloys: microstructural design and microalloying effect
Journal of Materials Science|2024
20 cit.
10
Reactive vapor-phase dealloying-alloying turns oxides into sustainable bulk nano-structured porous alloys
Science Advances|2024
13 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Min Zha
Jilin University
2
Hiu Ching Kelvin Gao
Brown University
3
Xiangpeng Xiao
Jiangxi University of Science and Technology
4
Xiaodong Wu
Nanjing Tech University
5
Peidong Wu
McMaster University
6
Bin Li
Southwest University of Science and Technology
7
Jianjun Li
Central South University
8
Lijun Peng
Chifeng University
9
Huadong Fu
Beijing University of Technology
10
Lihua Zhan
Central South University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Dynamic precipitation and deformation behaviors of a bimodal-grained WE43 alloy with enhanced mechanical properties
International Journal of Plasticity|2023
104 cit.
2
Understanding the mechanisms of texture evolution in an Mg-2Zn-1Ca alloy during cold rolling and annealing
International Journal of Plasticity|2022
95 cit.
3
Developing high-strength and ductile Mg-Gd-Y-Zn-Zr alloy sheet via bimodal grain structure coupling with heterogeneously-distributed precipitates
Materials Research Letters|2023
73 cit.
4
Recent progress in the machine learning-assisted rational design of alloys
International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials|2022
67 cit.
5
Spheroiding and refining of coarse CaMgSn phase in Mg–Al–Sn–Ca alloys for simultaneously improved strength and ductility via sub-rapid solidification and controlled rolling
Materials Science and Engineering A|2022
49 cit.
6
On the torsional and coupled torsion-tension/compression behavior of magnesium alloy solid rod: A crystal plasticity evaluation
International Journal of Plasticity|2022
47 cit.
7
A thermodynamically-based constitutive theory for amorphous glassy polymers at finite deformations
International Journal of Plasticity|2022
40 cit.
8
A novel co-continuous Si–Zr hybrid phenolic aerogel composite with excellent antioxidant ablation enabled by sea-island-like ceramic structure at high temperature
Ceramics International|2024
38 cit.
9
Effect of minor Ca addition on microstructure and mechanical properties of a low-alloyed Mg–Al–Zn–Sn alloy
Materials Science and Engineering A|2022
34 cit.
10
Effect of cryogenic pre-deformation on the stress relaxation response and mechanical/corrosion properties in Al–Zn–Mg–Cu alloy
Journal of Materials Research and Technology|2022
29 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Terence G. Langdon
Potato Research Institute
2
Dierk Raabe
Max-Planck-Institut für Nachhaltige Materialien
3
K. Lu
University of Jinan
4
Yuntian Zhu
Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
5
A. Rahman
Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University
6
Р. З. Валиев
University of Science and Technology
7
C.N. Tomé
Los Alamos National Laboratory
8
E. Ma
Xiamen Institute of Rare-earth Materials
9
Huajian Gao
Tsinghua University
10
John W. Hutchinson
Harvard University Press

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Polymorphic transitions in single crystals: A new molecular dynamics method
Journal of Applied Physics|1981
20.2k cit.
2
Bulk nanostructured materials from severe plastic deformation
Progress in Materials Science|2000
6.4k cit.
3
Indentation size effects in crystalline materials: A law for strain gradient plasticity
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids|1998
4.3k cit.
4
Principles of equal-channel angular pressing as a processing tool for grain refinement
Progress in Materials Science|2006
4.1k cit.
5
Strain gradient plasticity: Theory and experiment
Acta Metallurgica et Materialia|1994
3.7k cit.
6
Crystal Structure and Pair Potentials: A Molecular-Dynamics Study
Physical Review Letters|1980
3.7k cit.
7
Ultrahigh Strength and High Electrical Conductivity in Copper
Science|2004
3.3k cit.
8
Using high-pressure torsion for metal processing: Fundamentals and applications
Progress in Materials Science|2008
3k cit.
9
Singular behaviour at the end of a tensile crack in a hardening material
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids|1968
2.9k cit.
10
Correlations in the Motion of Atoms in Liquid Argon
Physical Review|1964
2.6k cit.

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