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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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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.

2017 Advanced Engineering Materials 25 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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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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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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Probing Microplasticity in Small-Scale FCC Crystals via Dynamic Mechanical Analysis

This study used dynamic mechanical analysis to study pre-yield dislocation activity — tiny structural movements — in small-scale face-centered cubic metal crystals. It is a materials science paper on nanoscale metal plasticity with no connection to environmental microplastics.

2017 Physical Review Letters 22 citations
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Non-universal behavior of intermittent flow in microplasticity

Microcompression experiments on single-crystal metals revealed that dislocation avalanche behavior during plastic deformation is not universal as some theories predicted, but instead depends significantly on crystal structure, loading orientation, and drive rate. The power-law scaling exponents varied across conditions, spanning values predicted by competing theoretical models.

2019 IDEALS (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
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Fluctuations in crystalline plasticity

This theoretical physics paper reviews the statistical patterns of intermittent plastic deformation events—called dislocation avalanches—in crystalline metals at the micro- and nanoscale. The term 'microplastic' here refers to a materials science concept about deformation behavior, not environmental plastic particles.

2021 Comptes Rendus Physique 19 citations
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From Micro‐ to Macroplasticity

This materials science perspective discusses the transition from microplastic deformation (below the yield stress) to macroplastic deformation in nanocrystalline metals, noting that the traditional 0.2% yield stress definition does not accurately capture when bulk plastic flow begins. This is a materials physics study on metal deformation behavior with no relevance to environmental microplastics.

2006 Advanced Materials 95 citations
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Microplasticity Detected by an Acoustic Technique

This materials science paper describes an acoustic technique that detects microplastic deformation events — tiny slip occurrences within metal crystals during loading — by monitoring longitudinal oscillations. 'Microplasticity' here refers to microscale plastic deformation in crystalline materials and is unrelated to environmental plastic pollution.

1967 Canadian Journal of Physics 122 citations
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Room temperature deformation of 6H–SiC single crystals investigated by micropillar compression

Researchers studied the deformation of silicon carbide crystals at the microscale, finding that both slip and fracture occur at room temperature under very high stress. This materials science research is unrelated to microplastics but contributes to understanding how materials fragment under mechanical stress.

2020 Acta Materialia 39 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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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.

2021 Comptes Rendus Physique 6 citations
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Mesoscale Deformation-induced Surface Phenomena in Loaded Polycrystals

This paper reviews numerical models of deformation-induced surface phenomena in polycrystalline metals at the micro- and mesoscale. The research is focused on materials science and has limited direct relevance to microplastic pollution.

2021 Facta Universitatis Series Mechanical Engineering 5 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
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Scaling in the Local Strain-Rate Field during Jerky Flow in an Al-3%Mg Alloy

This physics paper investigates microscale deformation patterns and scale invariance in aluminum alloy plasticity. It is a materials science study with no relevance to environmental microplastics or human health.

2020 Metals 19 citations