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Beyond Serrated Flow in Bulk Metallic Glasses: What Comes Next?

This is a materials science article on serrated flow and plastic deformation in bulk metallic glasses, exploring unusual mechanical behavior in these amorphous metals. It is not related to microplastics or environmental science.

2020 Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 17 citations
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Discontinuous yielding of pristine micro-crystals

This theoretical physics paper develops a model for crystal deformation in dislocation-free materials. While not related to environmental science or microplastics, the work contributes to materials science research on plastic deformation at the microscale.

2021 Comptes Rendus Physique 11 citations
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Temperature Dependence of Mechanical Properties and Plastic Flow Behavior of Cast Multicomponent Alloys Fe20Cr20Mn20Ni20Co20-xCx (x = 0, 1, 3, 5)

This materials science paper examines how carbon additions affect the mechanical properties and deformation behavior of high-entropy metal alloys at temperatures ranging from near absolute zero to room temperature. The paper addresses metallic plasticity at a microscale level and is unrelated to environmental microplastic pollution.

2021 Physical Mesomechanics 11 citations
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Temperature Dependence of the Deformation Behavior of High-Entropy Alloys Co20Cr20Fe20Mn20Ni20, Co19Cr20Fe20Mn20Ni20С1, and Co17Cr20Fe20Mn20Ni20С3. Mechanical Properties and Temperature Dependence of Yield Stress

Not relevant to microplastics — this study examines the mechanical properties and temperature-dependent deformation of high-entropy Cantor alloys doped with carbon, noting 'microplastic deformation' only as a materials science term for sub-yield-stress plastic flow, not as a reference to environmental microplastic pollution.

2024 Physical Mesomechanics 2 citations
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Avalanche statistics and the intermittent-to-smooth transition in microplasticity

This physics study found that at very small scales, crystal plasticity transitions from intermittent to smooth flow as deformation rate increases. It is a materials science paper on metal deformation mechanics, unrelated to environmental microplastics.

2019 Physical Review Materials 25 citations
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Correlation versus randomization of jerky flow in an AlMgScZr alloy using acoustic emission

This physics study analyzed the spatiotemporal patterns of jerky plastic deformation in an aluminum alloy, finding complex correlated and random behaviors in dislocation dynamics. It is a materials science paper unrelated to environmental microplastics.

2018 Physical review. E 37 citations
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Temperature Dependence of the Deformation Behavior of High-entropy Alloys Co20cr20fe20mn20ni20, Co19cr20fe20mn20ni20с1 and Co17cr20fe20mn20ni20с3. Mechanical Properties and Temperature Dependence of Yield Strength

This study examined how temperature affects the deformation behavior of high-entropy metal alloys, finding that adding carbon significantly changed mechanical properties across a wide temperature range — not related to microplastics.

2023 Fizicheskaya Mezomekhanika
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Variety of scaling behaviors in nanocrystalline plasticity

This is a materials science study examining the variety of scaling behaviors observed in nanocrystalline plasticity, exploring how grain size affects deformation mechanisms in metals. It is not related to environmental microplastics.

2020 Physical review. E 21 citations
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Viscosity and transport in a model fragile metallic glass

This paper uses the term 'microplasticity' in the context of metallic glass physics, describing how thermally activated atomic movements drive deformation in amorphous metals at the microscale. This is a materials physics paper unrelated to environmental microplastic pollution.

2021 Physical Review Materials 13 citations
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Dislocation Arrangements and Cyclic Microplasticity Surrounding Stress Concentration in a Ni‐Based Single‐Crystal Superalloy

Not relevant to microplastics — this materials science study examines dislocation behavior and fatigue crack initiation in nickel-based single-crystal superalloys; 'microplasticity' here refers to microscale metal deformation, not plastic particles.

2023 Advanced Engineering Materials 9 citations
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Hot Deformation Behavior and Processing Maps of a New Ti-6Al-2Nb-2Zr-0.4B Titanium Alloy

This materials science study characterized the high-temperature deformation behavior of a new titanium alloy used in aerospace and industrial applications. It has no direct relevance to microplastic or environmental health research.

2021 Materials 14 citations
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Quantification of dislocation structures from anelastic deformation behaviour

This materials science study analyzes the pre-yield deformation behavior of iron and low-alloy steel, modeling how dislocations move reversibly before permanent plastic deformation begins. The research is relevant to structural materials engineering but has no connection to microplastics or environmental health.

2016 Acta Materialia 76 citations
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Microstructural signatures of dislocation avalanches in a high-entropy alloy

This materials physics study traced how individual atomic slip events (dislocation avalanches) produce visible slip lines in a high-entropy alloy under stress. The term 'microplastic events' here refers to a materials science concept about small-scale deformation, not environmental plastic particles.

2021 Physical Review Materials 17 citations
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Effects of Adiabatic Heating and Strain Rate on the Dynamic Response of a CoCrFeMnNi High-Entropy Alloy

This materials science study analyzed how a high-entropy metal alloy responds to high-speed compression, including heat buildup at different strain rates. The research is not directly related to microplastics or human health.

2019 Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials 65 citations
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Rate-Controlling Microplastic Processes during Plastic Flow in FCC Metals: Origin of the Variation of Strain Rate Sensitivity in Aluminum from 78 to 300 K

This materials science study examines the temperature dependence of deformation mechanisms in aluminum, specifically how strain rate sensitivity changes from cryogenic to room temperature — not related to microplastics or environmental health.

2022 Crystals 6 citations
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Simulating the mechanisms of serrated flow in interstitial alloys with atomic resolution over diffusive timescales

Researchers used computer simulations to model how atoms and structural defects interact in metal alloys during deformation, revealing three distinct behavioral regimes that explain a phenomenon called jerky or unstable plastic flow. This fundamental materials science work improves understanding of how metals behave under stress, which has no direct connection to microplastics pollution.

2020 Nature Communications 34 citations
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Nontrivial scaling exponents of dislocation avalanches in microplasticity

This physics study analyzed the statistical patterns of small-scale deformation events (dislocation avalanches) in metals to test theoretical models of material plasticity. The research is in materials physics and is not related to environmental microplastics.

2018 Physical Review Materials 41 citations
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Dislocation Patterning in Deforming Crystals: Theory, Computational Predictions and Validation (Final Technical Report)

This technical report covers a multi-year project on how dislocations — microscopic defects in metal crystals — form patterns during deformation. The research advances fundamental materials science relevant to metal manufacturing and is not directly related to microplastics or environmental health.

2023
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Crack tip microplasticity mediated by microstructure gradients

This study examined how microstructural gradients near crack tips affect crack growth behavior in metals under mechanical loading. The research is focused on materials fracture mechanics and has no direct relevance to microplastic pollution.

2021 Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures 8 citations
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Electron microscope investigation of the microplastic deformation mechanisms of silicon by indentation

This materials science paper uses electron microscopy to study dislocation structures and phase transformations in silicon crystals under indentation at various temperatures. The term 'microplastic deformation' refers to small-scale plastic deformation in crystalline silicon and is entirely unrelated to environmental plastic pollution.

1972 physica status solidi (a) 160 citations