Dual-phase nanostructuring as a route to high-strength magnesium alloys

Ge Wu, Ka-Cheung Chan, Linli Zhu, Ligang Sun and Jian Lu ()
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Ge Wu: City University of Hong Kong
Ka-Cheung Chan: City University of Hong Kong
Linli Zhu: City University of Hong Kong
Ligang Sun: City University of Hong Kong
Jian Lu: City University of Hong Kong

Nature, 2017, vol. 545, issue 7652, 80-83

Abstract: Combining the benefits of nanocrystals with those of amorphous metallic glasses leads to a dual-phase material—comprising sub-10-nanometre-sized nanocrystalline grains embedded in amorphous glassy shells—that exhibits a strength approaching the ideal theoretical limit.

Date: 2017
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