Analysis of Shear Crushing Behavior of Graded Calcareous Sand in Building Applications by Shuyue Liu, Peng Cao, Ziyu Wang

“…Calcareous sand, a critical construction material in reef engineering and building foundations, possesses unique internal microstructures and inherent mechanical properties. Given these characteristics, it is essential to thoroughly evaluate its strength under various loading conditions to ensure its reliability in building applications. …”
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Correlated fermionic-bosonic insulating states in twisted hetero-trilayer semiconductors by Boyi Xu, Jinyue Fu, Lanyu Huang, Cuihuan Ge, Zheyuan Xu, Weihao Zheng, Qiqi Deng, Shengyi Xie, Qingjun Tong, Dong Li, Ying Jiang, Hongtao Yuan, Anlian Pan

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Unveiling high-temperature stability and growth dynamics of CVD-SiOC coatings across different deposition conditions and environments by Weichen Jing, Naeem ul Haq Tariq, Wenkang Hou, Tianying Xiong, Mingqiang Tang

“…It was found that the composition and microstructure of SiOC coatings, environmental atmosphere, and heat treatment temperature can affect the thermal stability and high-temperature reaction mechanism of SiOC coatings. …”
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Atomistic insights into void distribution characteristics in a NiTi cylindrical shell exposed to explosion loading by Xiang Chen, Xiaoyang Pei, Hao Zhang, Xin Yang, Weilong Yang, Shang Gao, Yixuan Peng, Fang Wang

“…Atomistic simulations are performed to capture the void distribution characteristics during the formation of spallation, when the loading velocity is 1.2 km/s. Microstructure evolutions are also examined to reveal the role of shear deformation band in dynamic damage. …”
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Influence of Irradiation on Mechanical Properties of Nickel by Lei Ma, Changsheng Li, Xue Shang, Wangyu Hu

“…By analyzing the stress-strain curves and the microstructure evolution, it is found that the effect of irradiation accelerates the damage of the internal structure due to the existence of irradiation defects, and high-energy irradiation leads to the instability of the structure in the process of plastic deformation.…”
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Investigating the Influence of Mechanical Loads on Built-Up Edge Formation Across Different Length Scales at Diamond–Transition Metal Interfaces by Mazen S. Alghamdi, Mohammed T. Alamoudi, Rami A. Almatani, Meenakshisundaram Ravi Shankar

“…The corresponding inter-diffusion was examined by elucidating the phase evolution, element concentration profiles, and microstructure evolution via high-resolution TEM/Images equipped with an TEM/EDS system for elemental characterization.…”
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A Nanoindentation Approach to Investigating Dislocation Density in Additive-Manufactured SS316L-Graded Lattice Structures by Kamal Sleem, Gabriele Grima, Marcello Cabibbo

“…Components were fabricated using laser powder bed fusion with 316L stainless steel. The microstructural analysis revealed that the distribution of mechanical deformation across the bodies of the parts was higher in the reduced-size GLS compared to that obtained for the GLS. …”
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Finite Element Simulation and Process Analysis for Hot-Forming WE43 Magnesium Alloy Fasteners: Comparison of Crystal Plasticity with Traditional Method by Anqi Jiang, Yuanming Huo, Zixin Zhou, Zhenrong Yan, Yue Sun

“…Comparative analyses with conventional finite element methods reveal that the crystal plasticity finite element method effectively captures the influence of microstructural evolution on macroscopic deformation. …”
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Influence of crystallographic orientations and nanovoid on the plastic mechanism and damage behavior of single-crystal tungsten under shock by Ziyi Li, Wensheng Liu, Yunzhu Ma, Chaoping Liang

“…These mechanisms and the associated microstructural evolution explain the anisotropic spallation behavior and provide insights into the rapid decline in spall strength for specific orientations.…”
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Experimental characterization and atomistic simulation of grain boundary segregation in Mg-Y alloys by Qianying Shi, Vaidehi Menon, Liang Qi, John Allison

“…To achieve a more fundamental understanding on how Y addition affects the microstructural evolution and mechanical properties, the Y segregation behavior at grain boundaries was investigated in Mg-1wt.…”
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Micro/Nanosilver Contribution in Modifying the Lubrication Film to Improve Friction and Wear Behaviors of TiAl-10 wt.%Ag Composite by Kang Yang, Na Xiao

“….% Ag self-lubricating composite (TASC), compared to those of TiAl alloy. Notably, during microstructure evolution of the wear scar cross-section, a large amount of silver migrated from the TASC to the wear scar, and the silver distributions increased. …”
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Unraveling Temperature-Induced Vacancy Clustering in Tungsten: From Direct Microscopy to Atomistic Insights via Data-Driven Bayesian Sampling by Anruo Zhong, Clovis Lapointe, Alexandra M. Goryaeva, Kazuto Arakawa, Manuel Athènes, Mihai-Cosmin Marinica

“…The evolution of the microstructure of materials is primarily governed by defect-mediated diffusion. …”
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Experiment Analysis of Concrete’s Mechanical Property Deterioration Suffered Sulfate Attack and Drying-Wetting Cycles by Wei Tian, Nv Han

“…Changes in ions in the solution at different sulfate attack periods were tested by inductively coupled plasma (ICP). The damage evolution law, as well as analysis of the concrete’s meso- and microstructure, was revealed by scanning electron microscope (SEM) and computed tomography (CT) scanning equipment. …”
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An artificial market model for the forex market by Kimihiko Sasaki, Daisuke Yokouchi

“…This study aims to construct an artificial foreign exchange market referencing market microstructure theory, without relying on the assumption of information or technical traders. …”
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Media e-lexicography in the focus of modern globalization processes by Dmytro Syzonov

“…An attempt is made to classify media e-dictionaries based on their emergence and functioning in the virtual space, the parameters of media lexicographic editions of a new type are defined, their register part, macro- and microstructure, illustrative material, description features of dictionary entries, and data update formats are analyzed. …”
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Advanced WBG power semiconductor packaging: nanomaterials and nanotechnologies for high-performance die attach paste by Young-Min Ju, Tae-Wan Kim, Seung-Hyun Lee, Ho-Jin Lee, Jinho Ahn, Hak-Sung Kim

“…Furthermore, we examine the reliability of these materials in extreme operating conditions by evaluating their thermal cycling performance, shear strength stability, and microstructural evolution. Graphical abstract…”
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Finite Element Modeling of Acoustic Nonlinearity Derived from Plastic Deformation of 35CrMoA Steel by Shumin Yu, Lei Hu, Xingbin Yang, Xiangyu Ji

“…Acoustic nonlinearity derived from microstructural evolution of metallic materials during plastic deformation has been found to be a promising nondestructive technique to identify early stage plastic damage in metallic structural components. …”
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Glass transition temperature of asphalt binder based on atomistic scale simulation by Yongwei Fang, Yingying Pang, Jiandong Zhang, Yihan Nie, Hongquan Lu

“…It is found that the calculation range for the glass transition temperature sits between 100 and 400 K. The evolution of asphalt binder structure is influenced by different cooling rates, where lower cooling rates allow sufficient microstructural rearrangement, resulting in a smaller volume at the lower temperature. …”
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Deterioration characterization of sandstone physical and mechanical properties under mining and water action by Zhangyin Dai, Ting Xia, Wenfu Meng, Qingli Luo, Hongwei Bai, Yunqin Cao

“…The total deterioration rate increases with the number of wet and dry cycles, the stage deterioration rate and the average stage deterioration rate first decrease and then increase, and the degree of fragmentation gradually increases; (3) According to the microscopic test results, the microstructural evolution of “mining cracking → water adsorption → water–rock interaction” model was established.…”
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Interaction mechanisms between C15 Laves phase clusters and 〈1 1 1〉 dislocation loops in BCC-Fe: An atomistic perspective by Amin Esfandiarpour

“…These findings provide new atomistic insights into the role of C15 clusters in microstructural evolution under irradiation and offer valuable input parameters for higher-scale modeling techniques such as object kinetic Monte Carlo (OKMC).…”
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