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Strength from modelling

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A new multiscale computational method that is capable of predicting solute strengthening of alloys without adjustable parameters may lead to the development of new engineering materials.

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Figure 1: Solute strengthening of aluminium.
Figure 2: Uniaxial compression of a single-crystal silicon sphere tested inside a transmission electron microscope.

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  1. Aaron Beaber and William Gerberich are in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 151 Amundson Hall, 421 Washington Avenue South East, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA. wgerb@umn.edu,

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Beaber, A., Gerberich, W. Strength from modelling. Nature Mater 9, 698–699 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2840

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