Advances in Nanomaterials and Plastic Deformation

The deformation-processing of advanced materials having ultrafine- or nano-structures, and therefore significantly improved properties, has developed into one of the most promising frontiers of materials science and technology. The present 35 peer-reviewed papers cover many aspects of Nanomaterials and Plastic Deformation and will provide a succinct introduction to the subject.The session also served as the fourth symposium succeeding the serial symposia Ultrafine Grained and Nanostructured Materials, so those materials are particularly featured in the 35 selected and peer-reviewed papers. In sections on processing, microstructure characterization, and mechanical and other properties, they consider such topics as the annealing process in severely cold draw pearlitic steelwires, bulk nanocrystalline copper produced by high-energy ball milling, microstructure and properties of ultrafine grained iron by rolling, a microtexture study of warm-rolled high strength interstitial-free steel sheets, a constitutive model for large plastic deformation of nanocrystalline materials, compression superplasticity of ultrahigh carbon steel in an electric field, and fatigue properties and fatigue cracks of ultra-fine grained copper processed by equal-channel angular pressing.