The traditional method for modifying the properties of metals is to alloy them with impurity elements to change their microstructure and/or their phase constitution. For example, the addition of ...

While predetermining mechanical properties supports this process, specifying grain size means that post-processing steps including drawing, coining, stamping, and machining turn-over lower scrap rates ...

A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in China and the U.S. has found that it is possible to track the sliding of grain boundaries in some metals at the atomic scale using an ...