Superior Strength and Multiple Strengthening Mechanisms in Nanocrystalline TWIP Steel

Scientific Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Kim, Jung Gi ^a   Enikeev, Nariman A ^b,c   Seol, Jae Bok ^a   Abramova, Marina M ^b   Karavaeva, Marina V ^b   Valiev, Ruslan Z ^b,c   Park, Chan Gyung ^a   Kim, Hyoung Seop ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b Science and Education Center of Bashkir People History Ufa University of Science and Technology   (Russian Federation)

^c ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 85050674114     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-29632-y     Document Type: Article

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