• Nanoparticle additions promote outstanding fracture toughness and fatigue strength in a cast Al–Cu alloy 

      Yang, Chenglin; Zhao, Qinglong; Zhang, Zhenjun; Li, Linlin; Tian, Weisi; Liu, Rui; Zhang, Peng; Xu, Yijiang; Li, Yanjun; Zhang, Zhefeng; Jiang, Qichuan; Ritchie, Robert (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Fatigue resistance and fracture toughness are essential to the reliability of castings during service. Reducing microporosity in cast alloys is a crucial issue for improving their fatigue strength and fracture toughness. ...
    • On the damage tolerance of 3-D printed Mg-Ti interpenetrating-phase composites with bioinspired architectures 

      Zhang, Mingyang; Zhao, Ning; Yu, Qin; Liu, Zengqian; Qu, Ruitao; Zhang, Jian; Li, Shujun; Ren, Dechun; Berto, Filippo; Zhang, Zhefeng; Ritchie, Robert O. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Bioinspired architectures are effective in enhancing the mechanical properties of materials, yet are difficult to construct in metallic systems. The structure-property relationships of bioinspired metallic composites also ...