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Achieving high tensile strength and ductility in refractory alloys by tuning electronic structure

Guided by density functional theory, a commercially viable refractory alloy is developed, which exhibits excellent room-temperature ductility and strength, and high strength at elevated temperatures.

Hailong Huang
Prashant Singh
Nicolas Argibay
Research26 Jan 2026
Nature Materials

P: 1-9
The role of van der Waals forces in adhesion of micromachined surfaces

Frank W. DelRio
Maarten P. de Boer
Martin L. Dunn
Research17 Jul 2005
Nature Materials

Volume: 4, P: 629-634
Quantifying chemomechanical weakening in muscovite mica with a simple micromechanical model

Changes in muscovite caused by environmental factors can be detected in nanoindentation data with a statistical physics model for plastic deformation. The model’s simplicity implies these findings may generalize to other layered materials.

Jordan J. Sickle
William M. Mook
Karin A. Dahmen
ResearchOpen Access06 Nov 2024
Nature Communications

Volume: 15, P: 1-9
Predicting strength distributions of MEMS structures using flaw size and spatial density

Robert F. Cook
Frank W. DelRio
Brad L. Boyce
ResearchOpen Access04 Nov 2019
Microsystems & Nanoengineering

Volume: 5, P: 1-12