Phase transformation kinetics in alloys describes the rates and pathways by which one crystallographic phase converts into another under the influence of temperature, composition and stress. Central ...

Scientists have used pressure with a twisting shear to permanently deform silicon, an important material for electronics. The resulting changes in silicon's microstructure produce material phases that ...

The secret to how steel hardens and shape-memory alloys snap into place lies in rapid, atomic-scale shifts that scientists have struggled to observe in materials. Now, Cornell researchers are ...