Los Alamos Women in Science Northern Chapter of the New Mexico Network for Women in Science and Engineering LUNCHTIME TALK SERIES

ABSTRACT

Nanocrystalline materials have been attracting rapidly increasing interest in the last decade mainly due to the potential gain in a wide range of engineering applications. In addition to interesting physical properties in the areas of magnetics, catalysis, and optics, this class of materials also exhibits a broad range of fascinating mechanical behavior, including superplastic deformation at lower temperatures and ultrahigh strength within a factor of two to three of the theoretical strength. Even though some of these observations have been made, in some cases, nearly two decades ago, it is only very recently that the basic deformation mechanisms that operate in these materials are beginning to be deduced. This talk will focus on some model metallic systems of which microstructure and mechanical properties have been characterized to elucidate the strengthening mechanisms of nanostructured materials.

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Sideroom C is reserved from 11:30 to 1:30 for people who like to eat earlier or later, and informal discussion. You are welcome to come for just the talk at noon, and questions are encouraged!

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November 16: Lunch-Time Talk
11:30-1:30 (talk at 12:00), Otowi cafeteria sideroom C, LANL
Katherine Prestridge, DX-3, "Experimental Measurements of the Evolution of the Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability"

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