Key Articles

Quantifying carbide size effects on strain localization and fracture mechanisms in martensitic steels

Yafeng Zhao, Egemen Avcu, Yanfei Cao, Guangcai Ma, Xingqiu Chen, Yi Guo

Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2026

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Exploring the correlation between strain localization and carbide fracture using high-resolution digital image correlation

Zhao Y., Avcu E., Cao Y., Liu S., Ma G., Chen X., GuoY.

Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 246, 220-236, 2026

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Mapping plastic deformation mechanisms in AZ31 magnesium alloy at the nanoscale

Yavuzyegit B., Avcu E., Smith A.D., Donoghue J.M., Lunt D., Robson J.D., Burnett T.L., da Fonseca J.Q., Withers P.J.

Acta Materialia, 250, 118876, 2023

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The effect of reduced graphene oxide content on the microstructural and mechanical properties of copper metal matrix composites

Avcu E., Cao H., Zhang X., Guo Y., Withers P.J., Li X., Wang N., Yan S., Xiao P.

Materials Science and Engineering: A, 856, 143921, 2022

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Electrophoretic deposition of chitosan-based composite coatings for biomedical applications: A review

Avcu E., Baştan F.E., Abdullah H.Z., Rehman M.A.U., Yıldıran Avcu Y., Boccaccini A.R.

Progress in Materials Science, 103, 69 – 108, 2019

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3D Imaging of indentation damage in bone

Lowe T., Avcu E., Bousser E., Sellers W., Withers P.J.

Materials, 11(12), 2533, 2018

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