Brown University scientists discover new principle in material science

Thursday, April 8, 2010 - 06:50 in Physics & Chemistry

Materials scientists have known that a metal's strength (or weakness) is governed by dislocation interactions, a messy exchange of intersecting fault lines that move or ripple within metallic crystals. But what happens when metals are engineered at the nanoscale? Is there a way to make metals stronger and more ductile by manipulating their nanostructures?...

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