Recent publications:
Hu, Y., Turlo, V., Beyerlein, I.J., Mahajan, S., Lavernia, E.J., Schoenung, J.M., Rupert, T.J., 2020. Disconnection-mediated twin embryo growth in Mg. Acta Materialia 194, 437–451. DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2020.04.010
Wang, X., Jiang, L., Zhang, D., Rupert, T.J., Beyerlein, I.J., Mahajan, S., Lavernia, E.J., Schoenung, J.M., 2020b. Revealing the deformation mechanisms for room-temperature compressive superplasticity in nanocrystalline magnesium. Materialia 11, 100731. DOI: 10.1016/j.mtla.2020.100731
Wang, X., Jiang, L., Cooper, C., Yu, K., Zhang, D., Rupert, T.J., Mahajan, S., Beyerlein, I.J., Lavernia, E.J., Schoenung, J.M., 2020a. Toughening magnesium with gradient twin meshes. Acta Materialia 195, 468–481. DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2020.05.021
Jiang, L., Kumar, M.A., Beyerlein, I.J., Wang, X., Zhang, D., Wu, C., Cooper, C., Rupert, T.J., Mahajan, S., Lavernia, E.J., Schoenung, J.M., 2019. Twin formation from a twin boundary in Mg during in-situ nanomechanical testing. Materials Science and Engineering: A 759, 142–153. DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2019.04.117
Zhang, D., Jiang, L., Wang, X., Beyerlein, I.J., Minor, A.M., Schoenung, J.M., Mahajan, S., Lavernia, E.J., 2019a. Revealing deformation mechanisms in Mg–Y alloy by in situ deformation of nano-pillars with mediated lateral stiffness. Journal of Materials Research 34, 1542–1554. DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2019.124
Zhang, D., Jiang, L., Wang, X., Beyerlein, I.J., Minor, A.M., Schoenung, J.M., Mahajan, S., Lavernia, E.J., 2019b. In situ transmission electron microscopy investigation on 〈c + a〉 slip in Mg. Journal of Materials Research 34, 1499–1508. DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2018.487
X. Wang, L. Jiang, D. Zhang, I. J. Beyerlein, S. Mahajan, T. Rupert, E. J. Lavernia, J. M. Schoenung, "Reversed compressive yield anisotropy in magnesium with microlaminated structure", Acta Materialia, Vol. 146, pp. 12-24, March 2018, DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2017.12.025
Z. Ding, W. Liu, H. Sun, S. Li, D. Zhang, Y. Zhao, E. J. Lavernia, Y. Zhu, "Origins and dissociation of pyramidal <c + a> dislocations in magnesium and its alloys", Acta Materialia, Vol. 146, pp. 265-272, December 2017, DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2017.12.049
We. Xu, Y. Zhang, G. Cheng, S. Mathaudhu, R. Scattergood, C. Koch, E. J. Lavernia, Y. Zhu, "On the origin and behavior of irradication-inducedc-component dislocation loops in magnesium", Acta Materialia, Vol. 131, pp. 457-466, April 2017, DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2017.04.015
D. Zhang, L. Jiang, X. Wang, M. Arul Kumar, I. J. Beyerlein, J. M. Schoenung, M. Li, S. Mahajan, E. J. Lavernia, "Multi-scale Investigation on yield "Symmetry" and Reduced Strength Differential in an Mg-Y Alloy", Magnesium Technology 2017, pp 3-3, February 2017, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-52392-7_1
C. Wang, G. Wu, E. J. Lavernia, W. Ding, "Influences of heat treatment on microstructural evolution and tensile behavior of squeeze-cast Mg-Gd-Y-Zr alloy", Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 52, No. 4, pp. 1831-1846, February 2017, DOI: 10.1007/s10853-016-0473-8
C. Wang, E. J. Lavernia, G. Wu, W. Liu and W. Ding, "Influence of Pressure and Temperature on Microstructure and Mechanical Behavior of Squeeze Cast Mg-10Gd-3Y-0.5Zr Alloy", Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A-physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, Vol. 47A, No. 8, pp. 4104-4115, August 2016, DOI: 10.1007/s11661-016-3546-z
L. Tang, Y. Zhao, R.K. Islamgaliev, C. Y.A. Tsao, R.Z. Valiev, E. J. Lavernia and Y. Zhu, "Enhanced Strength and Ductility of AZ80 Mg Alloys by Spray Forming and ECAP", Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural materials Properties Microstructure and Processing, Vol. 670, pp. 280-291, July 2016, DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2016.06.031
D. Zhang, L. Jiang, B. Zheng, J. M. Schoenung, S. Mahajan, I. J. Beyerlein and E. J. Lavernia, chapter entitled, "Deformation twinning, an update", in book entitled Reference Module in Materials Science and Engineering, Elsevier Science Ltd., 2016, DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-803581-8.02878-2
D. Zhang, H. Wen, M. Arul Kumar, F. Chen, L. Zhang, I. J. Beyerlein, J. M. Schoenung, S. Mahajan, E. J. Lavernia, "Yield symmetry and reduced strength differential in Mg-2.5Y alloy", Acta Materialia, Vol. 120, pp. 75-85, August 2016, DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2016.08.037
D. Zhang, L. Jiang, J. M. Schoenung, S. Mahajan, I. J. Beyerlein and E. J. Lavernia, "TEM study on relationship between stacking faults and non-basal dislocations in Mg", Philosophical Magazine, Vol. 95, No. 34, pp. 3823-3844, November 2015, DOI: 10.1080/14786435.2015.110076