W.A. Curtin

26.4k total citations · 10 hit papers
289 papers, 20.9k citations indexed

About

W.A. Curtin is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, W.A. Curtin has authored 289 papers receiving a total of 20.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 177 papers in Materials Chemistry, 163 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 100 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in W.A. Curtin's work include Microstructure and mechanical properties (111 papers), Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (61 papers) and Advanced ceramic materials synthesis (34 papers). W.A. Curtin is often cited by papers focused on Microstructure and mechanical properties (111 papers), Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (61 papers) and Advanced ceramic materials synthesis (34 papers). W.A. Curtin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and France. W.A. Curtin's co-authors include Zhaoxuan Wu, Jun Song, Binglun Yin, Céline Varvenne, E.P. George, Cemal Cem Taşan, Ronald E. Miller, Francesco Maresca, Zhenhai Xia and Louis G. Hector and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

W.A. Curtin

283 papers receiving 20.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

High entropy alloys: A focused review of mechanical properties and deformation mechanisms

2019 1.4k citations W.A. Curtin et al. Acta Materialia profile →
Theory of strengthening in fcc high entropy alloys

2016 687 citations Céline Varvenne, A. Luque et al. Acta Materialia profile →
Theory of Mechanical Properties of Ceramic‐Matrix Composites

1991 671 citations W.A. Curtin profile →
The origins of high hardening and low ductility in magnesium

2015 582 citations Zhaoxuan Wu, W.A. Curtin Nature profile →
Mechanistic origin and prediction of enhanced ductility in magnesium alloys

2018 545 citations Zhaoxuan Wu, W.A. Curtin et al. profile →
Atomic mechanism and prediction of hydrogen embrittlement in iron

2012 513 citations W.A. Curtin et al. Nature Materials profile →
Mechanistic origin of high strength in refractory BCC high entropy alloys up to 1900K

2019 365 citations Francesco Maresca, W.A. Curtin Acta Materialia profile →
Solute strengthening in random alloys

2016 341 citations Céline Varvenne, Maryam Ghazisaeidi et al. Acta Materialia profile →
Yield strength and misfit volumes of NiCoCr and implications for short-range-order

2020 238 citations W.A. Curtin et al. Nature Communications profile →
Strength can be controlled by edge dislocations in refractory high-entropy alloys

2021 175 citations Chanho Lee, Francesco Maresca et al. Nature Communications profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Neural network potential for Zr-H 2024 ·Journal of Nuclear Materials ·(unknown), D. Reith, Volker Eyert, W.A. Curtin	2
2	Strengthening by {110} and {112} edge dislocations in BCC high entropy alloys 2024 ·Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), W.A. Curtin	2
3	Equilibrium versus non-equilibrium stacking fault widths in NiCoCr 2023 ·Scripta Materialia ·(unknown), Maryam Ghazisaeidi, David Rodney, W.A. Curtin	9
4	Natural aging and vacancy trapping in Al-6xxx 2023 ·Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources ·Abhinav Jain, Michele Ceriotti, W.A. Curtin	2
5	Strength can be controlled by edge dislocations in refractory high-entropy alloys breakdown → 2021 ·Nature Communications ·Chanho Lee, Francesco Maresca, Rui Feng, Yi Chou, T. Ungár, Michael Widom, Ke An, Jonathan D. Poplawsky, Yi‐Chia Chou, Peter K. Liaw, W.A. Curtin	175
6	Theory of twin strengthening in fcc high entropy alloys 2021 ·Acta Materialia ·(unknown), W.A. Curtin	50
7	High energy barriers for edge dislocation motion in body-centered cubic high entropy alloys 2021 ·npj Computational Materials ·(unknown), (unknown), Francesco Maresca, W.A. Curtin	39
8	High throughput synthesis enabled exploration of CoCrFeNi-based high entropy alloys 2021 ·Journal of Material Science and Technology ·Lei Zhao, Liang Jiang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Xiao Zhou, W.A. Curtin, Xiaobo Chen, Peter K. Liaw, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	47
9	Modeling peak-aged precipitate strengthening in Al–Mg–Si alloys 2021 ·Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids ·Yi Hu, W.A. Curtin	25
10	Atomistic modeling of fracture 2018 ·Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering ·(unknown), W.A. Curtin	76
11	Theory of strengthening in fcc high entropy alloys breakdown → 2016 ·Acta Materialia ·Céline Varvenne, A. Luque, W.A. Curtin	687
12	The origins of high hardening and low ductility in magnesium breakdown → 2015 ·Nature ·Zhaoxuan Wu, W.A. Curtin	582
13	Quantum-to-continuum prediction of ductility loss in aluminium–magnesium alloys due to dynamic strain aging 2014 ·Nature Communications ·Shyam M. Keralavarma, A. F. Bower, W.A. Curtin	40
14	Atoms to autos: A multi-scale approach to modeling aluminum deformation 2011 ·JOM ·P. Krajewski, Louis G. Hector, Yue Qi, Raj Kumar Mishra, Anil K. Sachdev, A. F. Bower, W.A. Curtin	12
15	Origin of Plasticity Length-Scale Effects in Fracture 2010 ·Physical Review Letters ·Srinath S. Chakravarthy, W.A. Curtin	25
16	Rate dependence of crack-tip processes predicts twinning trends in f.c.c. metals 2007 ·Nature Materials ·D.H. Warner, W.A. Curtin, Shaoxing Qu	195
17	Enhancing Mechanical Properties of Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes viasp3Interwall Bridging 2007 ·Physical Review Letters ·Zhenhai Xia, Pradeep R. Guduru, W.A. Curtin	99
18	Multiscale Modeling of Fracture 2005 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·W.A. Curtin	7
19	Multiscale Modeling of Dislocation/Grain Boundary Interactions 2004 ·APS March Meeting Abstracts ·W.A. Curtin, (unknown)	13
20	Coupled Atomistic and Discrete Dislocation Plasticity 2002 ·Physical Review Letters ·L. E. Shilkrot, Ronald E. Miller, W.A. Curtin	169

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