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Playing with defects in metals

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Xiuyan Li and K. Lu discuss a strategy, alternative to alloying, to tailor the mechanical properties of metals. By engineering defects, metals with bespoke performance might be obtained while reducing the materials' compositional complexity.

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Figure 1: A range of mechanical properties that can be obtained by engineering defects in metals.

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  1. Xiuyan Li and K. Lu are at the Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China,

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  2. X.L. is also at the State Key Lab of Advanced Processing and Recycling on Non-ferrous Metals, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, China,

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Li, X., Lu, K. Playing with defects in metals. Nature Mater 16, 700–701 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4929

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