Bhat, M. K.; Brink, T.; Ding, H.; Jung, C.; Best, J. P.; Dehm, G.: Influence of the Structure and Chemistry of Σ5 Grain Boundaries on Microscale Strengthening in Cu Bicrystals. TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition 2024, Orlando, FL, USA (2024)
Brink, T.; Bhat, M. K.; Best, J. P.; Dehm, G.: Grain-boundary segregation effects on bicrystal Cu pillar compression. DPG Spring Meeting, Dresden, Germany (2023)
Bhat, M. K.; Frommeyer, L.; Prithiv, T. S.; Dehm, G.; Best, J. P.: Using small-scale mechanics to probe the origins of segregation-induced strengthening. Nanomechanical Testing in Materials Research and Development VIII, Split, Croatia (2022)
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