Kanjilal, A.; Rehman, U.; Best, J. P.; Dehm, G.: Microscale fracture behavior of Laves phases in the Mg–Ca–Al ternary alloy system. 86. Annual Meeting of DPG and DPG-Frühjahrstagung (DPG Spring Meeting) of the Matter and Cosmos Section (SMuK), Dresden, Germany (2023)
Kanjilal, A.; Rehman, U.; Best, J. P.; Dehm, G.: Microscale fracture behavior of Laves phases in the Mg–Ca–Al ternary alloy system. DPG-Frühjahrstagung (DPG Spring Meeting) of the Condensed Matter Section (SKM), Dresden, Germany (2023)
Brognara, A.; Best, J. P.; Djemia, P.; Faurie, D.; Dehm, G.; Ghidelli, M.: Effect of composition and nanolayering on mechanical properties of Zr100-xCux thin film metallic glasses. Talk at Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium (2022)
Hosseinabadi, R.; Riesch-Oppermann, H.; Best, J. P.; Dehm, G.; Kirchlechner, C.: Size-dependent coherent twin boundary strength contribution in Cu micropillars. Nanomechanical Testing in Materials Research and Development VIII, Split, Croatia (2022)
Hosseinabadi, R.; Riesch-Oppermann, H.; Best, J. P.; Dehm, G.; Kirchlechner, C.: Size effect in bi-crystalline Cu micropillars with a coherent twin boundary. ECI conference 2022, Nanomechanical Testing in Materials Research and Development VIII, Split, Croatia (2022)
Rielli, V. V.; Theska, .; Yao, Y.; Best, J. P.; Primig, S.: On the composition and nanomechanical response of δ-Phase and γ′′-free zone in Alloy 718. EuroSuperalloys 2022, Bamberg, Germany (2022)
Best, J. P.: The role of nanoscale structural ordering on the damage tolerance of laser-processed bulk metallic glasses. Materials Science Engineering MSE 2022, Darmstadt, Germany (2022)
Paul, M. J.; Liu, Q.; Best, J. P.; Li, X.; Kruzic, J. J.; Ramamurty, U.; Gludovatz, B.: Resistance curve behavior of AlSi10Mg fabricated by laser powder bed fusion. Combined Australian Materials Societies – CAMS2022, Melbourne, Australia (2022)
Best, J. P.: Chemical segregation to grain boundaries: Probing the micromechanical response with site-specific in situ SEM measurements. 66. Metallkunde-Kolloquium of the Montanuniversität Leoben, Lech am Arlberg, Austria (2022)
Best, J. P.: Recent progress in micromechanical testing of grain boundaries. Seminar at Laboratoire des Sciences des Procédés et des Matériaux (LSPM), Paris Nord University, Paris, France (2022)
Hosseinabadi, R.; Best, J. P.; Kirchlechner, C.; Dehm, G.: Impact of an incoherent twin boundary on the mechanical response of Cu bi-crystalline micropillars. 11th European Solid Mechanics Conference - ESMC 2022, Galway, Ireland (2022)
Jentner, R.; Best, J. P.; Kirchlechner, C.; Dehm, G.: Challenges in the phase identification of steels using unsupervised clustering of nanoindentation data. Nanomechanical Testing in Materials Research and Development VIII, Split, Croatia (accepted)
Brognara, A.; Best, J. P.; Djemia, P.; Faurie, D.; Dehm, G.; Ghidelli, M.: Toward engineered thin film metallic glasses with large mechanical properties: effect of composition and nanostructure. Seminat at Laboratoire des Sciences des Procédés et des Matériaux (LSPM), Paris Nord University, Paris, France (2021)
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