Standout Papers

Ultrahigh Strength and High Electrical Conductivity in Copper 2004 2026 2011 2018 2.7k
  1. Ultrahigh Strength and High Electrical Conductivity in Copper (2004)
    Lei Lu, Y.F. Shen et al. Science
  2. Strengthening Materials by Engineering Coherent Internal Boundaries at the Nanoscale (2009)
    K. Lu, Lei Lu et al. Science
  3. Revealing the Maximum Strength in Nanotwinned Copper (2009)
    Lei Lu, Xiaoxu Huang et al. Science
  4. Revealing Extraordinary Intrinsic Tensile Plasticity in Gradient Nano-Grained Copper (2011)
    Tiehui Fang, Wenwen Li et al. Science
  5. Multicomponent intermetallic nanoparticles and superb mechanical behaviors of complex alloys (2018)
    Tao Yang, Yilu Zhao et al. Science
  6. Dislocation nucleation governed softening and maximum strength in nano-twinned metals (2010)
    Xiaoyan Li, Yujie Wei et al. Nature
  7. Nanostructured surface layer on metallic materials induced by surface mechanical attrition treatment (2004)
    K. Lu, Jian Lü Materials Science and Engineering A
  8. Making strong nanomaterials ductile with gradients (2014)
    K. Lu Science
  9. An investigation of surface nanocrystallization mechanism in Fe induced by surface mechanical attrition treatment (2002)
    N.R. Tao, Z.B. Wang et al. Acta Materialia
  10. Stabilizing nanostructures in metals using grain and twin boundary architectures (2016)
    K. Lu Nature Reviews Materials
  11. Grain boundary stability governs hardening and softening in extremely fine nanograined metals (2017)
    Jian Hu, Yinong Shi et al. Science
  12. Formation of nanostructured surface layer on AISI 304 stainless steel by means of surface mechanical attrition treatment (2003)
    Z. K. Hei, G Liu et al. Acta Materialia
  13. Nanocrystalline metals crystallized from amorphous solids: nanocrystallization, structure, and properties (1996)
    K. Lu Materials Science and Engineering R Reports
  14. The Future of Metals (2010)
    K. Lu Science
  15. Nano-sized twins induce high rate sensitivity of flow stress in pure copper (2005)
    Lei Lu, Ruth Schwaiger et al. Acta Materialia
  16. Microstructural evolution and nanostructure formation in copper during dynamic plastic deformation at cryogenic temperatures (2007)
    N.R. Tao, K. Lu et al. Acta Materialia
  17. Nitriding Iron at Lower Temperatures (2003)
    Weiping Tong, N.R. Tao et al. Science
  18. Tensile properties of copper with nano-scale twins (2005)
    Y.F. Shen, Lei Lu et al. Scripta Materialia
  19. Strain-Induced Ultrahard and Ultrastable Nanolaminated Structure in Nickel (2013)
    K. Lu et al. Science
  20. Melting and superheating of crystalline solids: From bulk to nanocrystals (2007)
    Qing Mei, K. Lu Progress in Materials Science
  21. Fatigue behaviors of AISI 316L stainless steel with a gradient nanostructured surface layer (2015)
    Hua Huang, Z.B. Wang et al. Acta Materialia
  22. Interactions between non-screw lattice dislocations and coherent twin boundaries in face-centered cubic metals (2008)
    Zhaohui Jin, Peter Gumbsch et al. Acta Materialia
  23. Plastic strain-induced grain refinement at the nanometer scale in copper (2006)
    Ke Wang, N.R. Tao et al. Acta Materialia
  24. Bulk metallic glass formation in the binary Cu–Zr system (2004)
    D. Wang, Y. Li et al. Applied Physics Letters
  25. Hardness and strain rate sensitivity of nanocrystalline Cu (2006)
    J. Chen, Lei Lu et al. Scripta Materialia
  26. Ductility of Nanostructured Materials (1999)
    C.C. Koch, D.G. Morris et al. MRS Bulletin
  27. Surface Nanocrystallization (SNC) of Metallic Materials-Presentation of the Concept behind a New Approach (1999)
    K. Lu, Jian Lü Journal of Material Science and Technology
  28. Enhanced thermal stability of nanograined metals below a critical grain size (2018)
    Xin Zhou, Xiuyan Li et al. Science

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K. Lu 32899 33238 12555 398 44.1k
Christopher A. Schuh 14461 16147 5436 337 23.2k
E. Ma 31785 33484 6826 411 45.3k
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J. P. Hirth 24180 16089 10364 419 33.2k
Yong‐Wei Zhang 22975 5724 2409 755 35.7k
William D. Nix 23310 16354 19816 383 43.3k
J. Th. M. De Hosson 12876 12674 6666 786 22.9k
Tresa M. Pollock 9513 19019 5229 428 23.5k

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