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Showing papers in "Progress in Materials Science in 2009"


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TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of alloy chemistry, thermomechanical processing and surface condition on these properties is discussed and various surface modification techniques to achieve superior biocompatibility, higher wear and corrosion resistance.

4,113 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide an overview of the most frequently functional surface structures of plants and their potential for technical use, leading to biomimetic inspired smart surfaces, which can be transferred into technical "biomimetic" materials.

755 citations


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TL;DR: In contrast to synthetic materials, evolutionary developments in biology have resulted in materials with remarkable structural properties, made out of relatively weak constituents, arranged in complex hierarchical patterns as discussed by the authors, which can exhibit superior levels of strength and toughness.

651 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an up-to-date review of metal oxide materials research for gas sensors application, due to the great research effort in the field it could not cover all the interesting works reported, the ones that, according to the authors, are going to contribute to this field's further development were selected and described.

590 citations


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TL;DR: Masumura et al. as discussed by the authors reviewed the mechanical properties of nanocrystalline materials, with emphasis on the fundamental physical mechanisms involved in determining yield stress, and paid particular attention to the abnormal or "inverse" Hall-Petch relationship.

482 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, texture development in metals of fcc, bcc, and hcp crystal structure processed by a severe plastic deformation (SPD) technique called equal-channel angular extrusion (ECAE) or equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) is discussed.

419 citations


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TL;DR: Biomorphic mineralization is a technique that produces materials with morphologies and structures resembling those of nature living things, through employing bio-structures as templates for mineralization as discussed by the authors.

305 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, a brief account of the evolution of defects due to controlled changes in polycrystalline zinc oxide has been presented and a coherent scenario in the light of previous works in this field has been discussed.

289 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a review of recent work on the texture transition of brass-type textures, focusing on the effect of deformation twinning on the development of the brass texture.

289 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, the nature of microtwins and the microtwinning dislocations at the atomic level have been determined using High Angle Annular Dark Field Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy imaging.

275 citations


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TL;DR: Local bond average (LBA) as mentioned in this paper has been proposed to compare the measurable quantities of a specimen to the identities of its representative bonds and the energetic responses of these bonds (bond nature, order, length and strength) to external stimuli, such as changes in temperatures and coordination environments.

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TL;DR: A review of the current knowledge and understanding of the crystallographic features of phase transformations in solid materials is presented in this article, where the main emphasis is on those models/theories that are capable of predicting, rather than just rationalising or explaining, these features.

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TL;DR: The use of the disclination approach in physics and mechanics of solid structures is discussed in this article, where a number of qualitative and quantitative models for the structure formation and evolution in plastically deformed materials, including the properties of screened disclinations, are considered.

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TL;DR: In this article, the size effects of the flow stresses are compared for single-crystal wires and thin films on compliant or stiff substrates, based on recent insights on dislocation nucleation, mobility, and reactions stemming from in situ transmission electron microscopy studies or discrete dislocation dynamics simulations.

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TL;DR: In this article, the topological model of phase transformations is described in terms of disconnections, and a variety of phase transformation with accompanying plastic strain is shown, together with elastic strains associated with equilibrium arrays of interface defects.

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TL;DR: In this article, a review of the recent progress made in the processing and application of these materials and membranes is given, and the characteristics of the materials and the factors influencing their properties are examined in detail.

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TL;DR: In this paper, an oxide materials synthesis approach utilizing photons is presented, which enables near-room temperature modification of structure and chemistry of oxide surfaces, interfaces with atomic-level control, and can be controllably tuned using this approach in a self-limiting manner.

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TL;DR: In this article, the most important structural, mechanical, electronic and magnetic properties of molybdenum chalco-halide molecular wires are summarized and discussed for a wide variety of diverse applications including conducting composites, nonlinear optics, field emission, tribology, spin-modulators, molecular and gas sensing and potentially revolutionary applications in molecular electronics.

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TL;DR: In this paper, a new polymeric material based on syndiotactic polystyrene (s-PS) is presented, which is able to absorb rapidly and efficiently volatile organic compounds from water and air, also when present at very low concentrations.

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TL;DR: In this article, a review of the successes and failures of modeling dislocations in thin films via analytical techniques, 2D dislocation dynamics simulations, and 3D discrete dislocations dynamics (DDD) simulations are discussed.

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed new guidelines for designing ceramic devices with a high density of nanowires or periodically aligned dislocations in single crystals by controlling dislocation distribution, type and composition.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review the past and current research on several properties of Pu and Pu-(Al or Ga) alloys and their connections to the crystal structure and the microstructure.

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TL;DR: The LEDS/LES paradigm is ultimately based on Taylor's 1934 workhardening theory as mentioned in this paper, which produces structures that closely approach minimum free energy subject to Newton's third law, i.e. force equilibrium.