Martensite as a Key to Unlock the Ideal Strength in Solids

Speaker: Yinong Liu
Affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia

Abstract: Solids in nanosize scale are known to exhibit exceptional mechanical properties, including strengths in the range of tens of gigapascals and elastic strains up to and beyond 10%. These extraordinary properties originate from the strength of the interatomic bonds within the solids.