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    Magnetoelectric materials, phenomena, and devices
    (College Park, MD : American Institute of Physics, 2021) Herrera Diez, L.; Kruk, R.; Leistner, K.; Sort, J.
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    Electrodeposition of nanocrystalline Fe-P coatings: Influence of bath temperature and glycine concentration on structure, mechanical and corrosion behavior
    (Basel : MDPI AG, 2019) Kovalska, N.; Tsyntsaru, N.; Cesiulis, H.; Gebert, A.; Fornell, J.; Pellicer, E.; Sort, J.; Hansal, W.; Kautek, W.
    A detailed electrochemical study and investigation of a Fe-P glycine bath as a function of the temperature and glycine concentrations and current density, and their resulting corrosion and mechanical behavior is presented. A low addition of glycine to the electrolyte led to a drastic increase of the P content. At low Fe-P deposition rates, heterogeneous rough deposits with morphological bumps and pores were observed. By increasing the Fe-P deposition rate, the number of pores were reduced drastically, resulting in smooth coatings. Increasing the P content led to the formation of nanocrystalline grains from an "amorphous-like" state. Coatings with higher P contents exhibited better corrosion resistance and hardening, most likely attributed to grain boundary strengthening.
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    Ductile bulk metallic glass by controlling structural heterogeneities
    (London : Nature Publishing Group, 2018) Scudino, S.; Bian, J.J.; Shakur Shahabi, H.; Şopu, D.; Sort, J.; Eckert, J.; Liu, G.
    A prerequisite to utilize the full potential of structural heterogeneities for improving the room-temperature plastic deformation of bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) is to understand their interaction with the mechanism of shear band formation and propagation. This task requires the ability to artificially create heterogeneous microstructures with controlled morphology and orientation. Here, we analyze the effect of the designed heterogeneities generated by imprinting on the tensile mechanical behavior of the Zr52.5Ti5Cu18Ni14.5Al10 BMG by using experimental and computational methods. The imprinted material is elastically heterogeneous and displays anisotropic mechanical properties: strength and ductility increase with increasing the loading angle between imprints and tensile direction. This behavior occurs through shear band branching and their progressive rotation. Molecular dynamics and finite element simulations indicate that shear band branching and rotation originates at the interface between the heterogeneities, where the characteristic atomistic mechanism responsible for shear banding in a homogeneous glass is perturbed.