Standout Papers

A fracture-resistant high-entropy alloy for cryogenic applications 2011 2026 2016 2021 4.5k
  1. A fracture-resistant high-entropy alloy for cryogenic applications (2014)
    Bernd Gludovatz, Anton Hohenwarter et al. Science
  2. Bioinspired structural materials (2014)
    Ulrike G. K. Wegst, Hao Bai et al. Nature Materials
  3. High-entropy alloys (2019)
    E.P. George, Dierk Raabe et al. Nature Reviews Materials
  4. The conflicts between strength and toughness (2011)
    Robert O. Ritchie Nature Materials
  5. Exceptional damage-tolerance of a medium-entropy alloy CrCoNi at cryogenic temperatures (2016)
    Bernd Gludovatz, Anton Hohenwarter et al. Nature Communications
  6. Tuning element distribution, structure and properties by composition in high-entropy alloys (2019)
    Qingqing Ding, Yin Zhang et al. Nature
  7. On the relationship between critical tensile stress and fracture toughness in mild steel (1973)
    Robert O. Ritchie, J. F. Knott et al. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  8. Mechanical properties of high-entropy alloys with emphasis on face-centered cubic alloys (2018)
    Zezhou Li, Shiteng Zhao et al. Progress in Materials Science
  9. Direct mechanical measurement of the tensile strength and elastic modulus of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (2002)
    B.G. Demczyk, John Cumings et al. Materials Science and Engineering A
  10. Heterostructured materials: superior properties from hetero-zone interaction (2020)
    Yuntian Zhu, Kei Ameyama et al. Materials Research Letters
  11. On the Fracture Toughness of Advanced Materials (2009)
    Maximilien E. Launey, Robert O. Ritchie Advanced Materials
  12. Nanoscale origins of the damage tolerance of the high-entropy alloy CrMnFeCoNi (2015)
    Zijiao Zhang, Min Mao et al. Nature Communications
  13. Mechanisms of fatigue-crack propagation in ductile and brittle solids (1999)
    Robert O. Ritchie International Journal of Fracture
  14. Mechanisms of fatigue crack propagation in metals, ceramics and composites: Role of crack tip shielding (1988)
    Robert O. Ritchie Materials Science and Engineering A
  15. Functional gradients and heterogeneities in biological materials: Design principles, functions, and bioinspired applications (2017)
    Zengqian Liu, Marc A. Meyers et al. Progress in Materials Science
  16. Tunable stacking fault energies by tailoring local chemical order in CrCoNi medium-entropy alloys (2018)
    Jun Ding, Qin Yu et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  17. Dislocation mechanisms and 3D twin architectures generate exceptional strength-ductility-toughness combination in CrCoNi medium-entropy alloy (2017)
    Zijiao Zhang, H. W. Sheng et al. Nature Communications
  18. A damage-tolerant glass (2011)
    Marios D. Demetriou, Maximilien E. Launey et al. Nature Materials
  19. Mechanistic fracture criteria for the failure of human cortical bone (2003)
    R.K. Nalla, J.H. Kinney et al. Nature Materials
  20. On the Mechanistic Origins of Toughness in Bone (2010)
    Maximilien E. Launey, Markus J. Buehler et al. Annual Review of Materials Research
  21. Architected cellular materials: A review on their mechanical properties towards fatigue-tolerant design and fabrication (2021)
    M. Benedetti, Anton du Plessis et al. Materials Science and Engineering R Reports
  22. Multiscale Toughening Mechanisms in Biological Materials and Bioinspired Designs (2019)
    Wei Huang, David Restrepo et al. Advanced Materials
  23. The true toughness of human cortical bone measured with realistically short cracks (2008)
    Kurt J. Koester, Joel W. Ager et al. Nature Materials
  24. Encapsulation of Perovskite Nanocrystals into Macroscale Polymer Matrices: Enhanced Stability and Polarization (2016)
    Shilpa N. Raja, Yehonadav Bekenstein et al. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  25. Bioinspired large-scale aligned porous materials assembled with dual temperature gradients (2015)
    Hao Bai, Yuan Chen et al. Science Advances
  26. Fracture toughness and fatigue-crack propagation in a Zr–Ti–Ni–Cu–Be bulk metallic glass (1997)
    Christopher J. Gilbert, Robert O. Ritchie et al. Applied Physics Letters
  27. Bioinspired Hydroxyapatite/Poly(methyl methacrylate) Composite with a Nacre‐Mimetic Architecture by a Bidirectional Freezing Method (2015)
    Hao Bai, Flynn Walsh et al. Advanced Materials
  28. Real-time observations of TRIP-induced ultrahigh strain hardening in a dual-phase CrMnFeCoNi high-entropy alloy (2020)
    Sijing Chen, Hyun Seok Oh et al. Nature Communications
  29. Making ultrastrong steel tough by grain-boundary delamination (2020)
    Li Liu, Qin Yu et al. Science
  30. Exceptional fracture toughness of CrCoNi-based medium- and high-entropy alloys at 20 kelvin (2022)
    Dong Liu, Qin Yu et al. Science
  31. Cryoforged nanotwinned titanium with ultrahigh strength and ductility (2021)
    Shiteng Zhao, Ruopeng Zhang et al. Science
  32. Atomistic simulations of dislocation mobility in refractory high-entropy alloys and the effect of chemical short-range order (2021)
    Sheng Yin, Yunxing Zuo et al. Nature Communications
  33. Amorphization in extreme deformation of the CrMnFeCoNi high-entropy alloy (2021)
    Shiteng Zhao, Chaoyi Zhu et al. Science Advances
  34. On the damage tolerance of 3-D printed Mg-Ti interpenetrating-phase composites with bioinspired architectures (2022)
    Mingyang Zhang, Ning Zhao et al. Nature Communications
  35. High fatigue resistance in a titanium alloy via near-void-free 3D printing (2024)
    Zhan Qu, Zhenjun Zhang et al. Nature
  36. Kink bands promote exceptional fracture resistance in a NbTaTiHf refractory medium-entropy alloy (2024)
    David H. Cook, Punit Kumar et al. Science
  37. The propensity for covalent organic frameworks to template polymer entanglement (2024)
    Silvio Neumann, Junpyo Kwon et al. Science
  38. A strong fracture-resistant high-entropy alloy with nano-bridged honeycomb microstructure intrinsically toughened by 3D-printing (2024)
    Punit Kumar, Sheng Huang et al. Nature Communications

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Robert O. Ritchie 38282 22779 16244 736 71.5k
George M. Pharr 19314 25733 30294 267 49.7k
Huajian Gao 17406 26728 17563 773 55.2k
Michael F. Ashby 35895 23888 17441 223 57.8k
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Marc A. Meyers 17809 19942 9557 439 39.7k
W. C. Oliver 15671 23248 26521 166 41.8k
Dierk Raabe 70798 46533 20729 1.2k 90.5k
John W. Hutchinson 26917 23500 30509 335 57.1k
S. Suresh 17072 14149 16662 265 33.9k
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