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  • 2012 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society

Overview

H. Van Swygenhoven is affiliated with the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland and specializes in research located mainly at the intersection of engineering and materials science. Their work covers a range of subfields including mechanical engineering, materials chemistry, automotive engineering, biomedical engineering, and mechanics of materials.

The scientist's research focuses on topics such as additive manufacturing materials and processes, additive manufacturing and 3D printing technologies, welding techniques and residual stresses, high entropy alloys studies, laser material processing techniques, and the microstructure and mechanical properties of steels.

Notable recent publications demonstrate the emphasis on additive manufacturing and materials characterization:

  • "Additive manufacturing of alloys with programmable microstructure and properties," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "Deformation mechanisms in a superelastic NiTi alloy: An in-situ high resolution digital image correlation study," 2020, Materials & Design
  • "Verification of selective laser melting heat source models with operando X-ray diffraction data," 2020, Additive Manufacturing
  • "Direct observation of crack formation mechanisms with operando Laser Powder Bed Fusion X-ray imaging," 2022, Additive Manufacturing
  • "A miniaturized selective laser melting device for operando X-ray diffraction studies," 2020, Additive Manufacturing

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Van Swygenhoven include:

  • S. Van Petegem
  • Małgorzata G. Makowska
  • Federica Marone
  • Nicola Casati
  • Darío Ferreira Sánchez

In terms of publication venues, their work has appeared primarily in:

  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Acta Materialia
  • Nature Communications
  • Materials
  • Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Van Swygenhoven's contributions have also been recognized by the Materials Research Society, which awarded them the title of Fellow in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Mechanical behavior of nanocrystalline metals and alloys

    K.S Kumar;H Van Swygenhoven;S Suresh

  • Stacking fault energies and slip in nanocrystalline metals

    H. Van Swygenhoven;P. M. Derlet;A. G. Frøseth

  • Nanocrystalline electrodeposited Ni: microstructure and tensile properties

    F. Dalla Torre;H. Van Swygenhoven;M. Victoria

  • Grain-boundary sliding in nanocrystalline fcc metals

    H. Van Swygenhoven;P. M. Derlet

  • Grain Boundaries and Dislocations

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  • Stress-assisted discontinuous grain growth and its effect on the deformation behavior of nanocrystalline aluminum thin films

    D.S. Gianola;S. Van Petegem;M. Legros;S. Brandstetter

  • Atomic mechanism for dislocation emission from nanosized grain boundaries

    H. Van Swygenhoven;P. M. Derlet;A. Hasnaoui

  • Structure and Mechanical Behavior of Bulk Nanocrystalline Materials

    J.R. Weertman;D. Farkas;K. Hemker;H. Kung

  • Nucleation and propagation of dislocations in nanocrystalline fcc metals

    H. Van Swygenhoven;P.M. Derlet;A.G. Frøseth

  • Deformation in nanocrystalline metals

    Helena Van Swygenhoven;Julia R. Weertman

  • Grain-boundary structures in polycrystalline metals at the nanoscale

    H. Van Swygenhoven;Diana Farkas;Alfredo Caro

  • COMPETING PLASTIC DEFORMATION MECHANISMS IN NANOPHASE METALS

    H. Van Swygenhoven;M. Spaczer;A. Caro;D. Farkas

  • Microscopic description of plasticity in computer generated metallic nanophase samples: a comparison between Cu and Ni

    H Van Swygenhoven;M Spaczer;A Caro

  • On non-equilibrium grain boundaries and their effect on thermal and mechanical behaviour: a molecular dynamics computer simulation

    A Hasnaoui;H Van Swygenhoven;P.M Derlet

  • Dimples on nanocrystalline fracture surfaces as evidence for shear plane formation.

    A. Hasnaoui;H. Van Swygenhoven;P. M. Derlet

  • Intergranular fracture in nanocrystalline metals

    Diana Farkas;H. Van Swygenhoven;P. M. Derlet

  • Computer Simulation of Displacement Cascades in Nanocrystalline Ni

    M. Samaras;P. M. Derlet;H. Van Swygenhoven;M. Victoria

  • Plastic behavior of nanophase Ni: A molecular dynamics computer simulation

    H. Van Swygenhoven;A. Caro

  • Interaction between dislocations and grain boundaries under an indenter - a molecular dynamics simulation

    A. Hasnaoui;P.M. Derlet;H. Van Swygenhoven

  • Cooperative processes during plastic deformation in nanocrystalline fcc metals: A molecular dynamics simulation

    A. Hasnaoui;H. Van Swygenhoven;P. M. Derlet

  • Grain boundary migration during room temperature deformation of nanocrystalline Ni

    Diana Farkas;Anders Frøseth;Helena Van Swygenhoven

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter M. Derlet
Peter M. Derlet Paul Scherrer Institute
Alfredo Caro
Alfredo Caro George Washington University
Diana Farkas
Diana Farkas Virginia Tech
Daniel Grolimund
Daniel Grolimund Paul Scherrer Institute
Sergei L. Dudarev
Sergei L. Dudarev Culham Centre for Fusion Energy
Dominique Schryvers
Dominique Schryvers University of Antwerp
Roland Hauert
Roland Hauert Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
G. Van Tendeloo
G. Van Tendeloo University of Antwerp
Peter Lievens
Peter Lievens KU Leuven

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