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61,005 resultsShowing papers similar to Direct Correlations among the Grain Size, Texture, and Indentation Behavior of Nanocrystalline Nickel Coatings
ClearVariety 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.
Role of Grain Boundary Sliding in Texture Evolution for Nanoplasticity
This materials science paper presents a crystal plasticity model for how grain boundary sliding affects texture evolution in nanocrystalline metals under large deformation. It is a technical metallurgy study with no connection to microplastics or environmental health.
Revealing Grain Boundary Sliding from Textures of a Deformed Nanocrystalline Pd–Au Alloy
This materials science paper presents a model for understanding grain boundary sliding in nanocrystalline metals using crystallographic texture analysis. It is a technical metallurgy study with no direct connection to microplastics or environmental health.
Gradient Nanomechanics: Applications to Deformation, Fracture, and Diffusion in Nanopolycrystals
This theoretical materials science paper presents a generalized continuum mechanics framework for modeling how grain boundaries and bulk material interact in nanoscale polycrystalline metals. This is a nanomechanics study with no relevance to environmental microplastics.
Subsurface mechanical damage correlations after grinding of various optical materials
Researchers studied how loose abrasive grinding causes subsurface damage in various optical materials. This materials engineering paper has no relevance to environmental microplastics.
On Structural Sensitivity of Young’s Modulus of Ni-Rich Ti-Ni Alloy
This study examined how grain size and heat treatment affect Young's modulus in nickel-rich titanium-nickel alloy for bone implant applications. This is a materials science paper focused on biomedical alloys with no direct relevance to microplastics or environmental health.
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.
On the Formation and Characterization of Nanoplastics During Surface Wear Processes
Researchers characterized nanoplastic particle generation during surface wear processes, finding that mechanical abrasion of bulk plastic materials produces a broad size distribution of particles including sub-100 nm fragments, with surface wear rate depending on polymer hardness and contact conditions.
Atomistic Studies of Nanoindentation—A Review of Recent Advances
This review covers advances in using computer simulations to understand how materials deform at the nanoscale during nanoindentation testing. The research is in materials science and not directly related to environmental microplastics.
Grain-boundary structures in polycrystalline metals at the nanoscale
Researchers analyzed grain-boundary structures in computer-generated copper and nickel nanocrystalline samples with grain sizes of 5-12 nm, identifying regions of structural order and characteristic structural units within boundaries that vary between random and textured polycrystalline microstructures.
Estimating fatigue sensitivity to polycrystalline Ni‐base superalloy microstructures using a computational approach
This computational study examined how microstructural features of a nickel superalloy affect fatigue crack formation and small crack growth, aiming to predict fatigue life variability. This aerospace materials engineering study has no connection to microplastics or environmental health.
Effect of Laser Shock Peening on the Microstructure and Properties of the Inconel 625 Surface Layer
Researchers investigated how laser shock peening affects the microstructure and mechanical properties of a high-performance nickel alloy. While unrelated to microplastics directly, understanding metal alloy behavior under stress is relevant to designing durable infrastructure that resists the mechanical wear that generates metal and polymer particles.
Grain size effects and weakest link theory in 3D crystal plasticity simulations of polycrystals
This study applied the weakest link theory to 3D crystal plasticity simulations to understand size effects on the mechanical behavior of metals. The research is focused on materials science and has no direct relevance to microplastic pollution.
The Influence of Crystallographic Orientation and Grain Boundary on Nanoindentation Behavior of Inconel 718 Superalloy Based on Crystal Plasticity Theory
Researchers used computer simulations based on crystal plasticity theory to model how the microscopic grain structure and orientation of a nickel superalloy (Inconel 718) affects its mechanical behavior under nanoindentation — a tiny probe pressing into the surface. The results show that grain boundaries and crystal orientation strongly influence local stress patterns even when the overall force-displacement response looks similar.
Abnormal grain growth mediated by fractal boundary migration at the nanoscale
This materials science paper investigates how grain boundaries in nanocrystalline materials migrate in fractal patterns during abnormal grain growth. It is a technical metallurgy study with no direct connection to microplastics or human health.
Influence of hard phase size and spacing on the fatigue crack propagation in tool steels—Numerical simulation and experimental validation
Not relevant to microplastics research; this paper investigates how carbide size and spacing in tool steel microstructures affects fatigue crack growth rate, with no connection to plastic pollution.
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.
Crack nucleation using combined crystal plasticity modelling, high-resolution digital image correlation and high-resolution electron backscatter diffraction in a superalloy containing non-metallic inclusions under fatigue
This materials engineering study combined crystal plasticity modeling with high-resolution microscopy to understand how fatigue cracks form near non-metallic inclusions in nickel superalloys. The research addresses durability of industrial alloy components and is not related to microplastics research.
Surface Mechanical Properties and Topological Characteristics of Thermoplastic Copolyesters after Precisely Controlled Abrasion
This study characterized surface mechanical properties and texture changes in thermoplastic copolyesters after controlled abrasion testing. Understanding how polymer surfaces wear is relevant to microplastic generation, since mechanical abrasion of plastic products is a key pathway through which microplastics are released into the environment.
Nanoindentation tests on diamond-machined silicon wafers
This precision manufacturing study used nanoindentation to examine how diamond-turning creates an amorphous surface layer on silicon wafers, finding this layer has different mechanical properties than pristine silicon. This is a semiconductor manufacturing study with no relevance to environmental microplastics.
Effect of Cobalt and Chromium Content on Microstructure and Properties of WC-Co-Cr Coatings Prepared by High-Velocity Oxy-Fuel Spraying
Not relevant to microplastics — this materials science paper investigates how cobalt and chromium ratios affect the hardness and corrosion resistance of tungsten carbide coatings applied by high-velocity oxygen fuel spraying.
Macro-, Micro- and Nanomechanical Characterization of Crosslinked Polymers with Very Broad Range of Mechanical Properties
This study compared the mechanical properties of crosslinked polymer networks at macro, micro, and nanoscale, finding that properties measured at different scales are highly correlated in well-defined systems. This materials science research is relevant to understanding how plastic polymers fracture and fragment under mechanical stress, a key step in microplastic formation.