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4 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Thicker amorphous grain boundary complexions reduce plastic strain localization in nanocrystalline Cu-Zr

Esther C. Hessong, Nicolo Maria della Ventura, Tongjun Niu +6

Amorphous grain boundary complexions have been shown to increase the plasticity of nanocrystalline alloys as compared to ordered grain boundaries. Here, the effect of an important…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Modulation of structural short-range order due to chemical patterning in multi-component amorphous interfacial complexions

Esther C. Hessong, Zhengyu Zhang, Tianjiao Lei +3

Amorphous interfacial complexions have been shown to restrict grain growth and improve damage tolerance in nanocrystalline alloys, with increased chemical complexity stabilizing th…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Bulk nanocrystalline Al-Mg-Y alloys with amorphous grain boundary complexions display high strength and compressive plasticity

Tianjiao Lei, Esther Hessong, Brandon Fields +3

Although nanocrystalline alloys regularly exhibit high strengths, their use in structural applications often face challenges due to sample size limitations, unstable microstructure…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

The structure and migration of twin boundaries in tetragonal -Sn: an application of machine learning based interatomic potentials

Ian Chesser, Mashroor Nitol, Esther C. Hessong +7

Although atomistic simulations have contributed significantly to our understanding of twin boundary structure and migration in metals and alloys with hexagonal close packed (HCP) c…