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Overview

Laszlo J. Kecskes is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their work primarily falls within the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a focus on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Biomaterials as key subfields of study.

Their research topics cover a variety of areas related to materials and mechanical properties, including:

  • Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications
  • Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties
  • Microstructure and mechanical properties
  • Metal and Thin Film Mechanics
  • High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior
  • Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis
  • Advanced materials and composites

Among the frequent coauthors in Kecskes's research are Timothy P. Weihs, Suhas Eswarappa Prameela, Zhigang Xu, Peng Yi, and Michael L. Falk. These collaborations have contributed to the publication of multiple papers primarily focused on materials deformation, strengthening mechanisms, and microstructural evolution.

Kecskes has published several papers in reputable journals, with notable recent works including:

  • "Effect of basal precipitates on extension twinning and pyramidal slip: A micro-mechanical and electron microscopy study of a Mg-Al binary alloy" (2020) in Acta Materialia
  • "Strengthening magnesium by design: Integrating alloying and dynamic processing" (2022) in Mechanics of Materials
  • "Non-conventional hot rolling for improvement of mechanical properties in binary Mg-alloys" (2021) in Mechanics of Materials
  • "Recrystallization mechanisms, grain refinement, and texture evolution during ECAE processing of Mg and its alloys" (2021) in Mechanics of Materials
  • "Tungsten-based heterogeneous multilayer structures via diffusion bonding" (2020) in International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials

Kecskes frequently publishes in the journal Mechanics of Materials, with additional publications appearing in Metals, Materials Characterization, arXiv (Cornell University), and Materials Science and Engineering A.

Best Publications

  • Tensile properties of in situ consolidated nanocrystalline Cu

    S. Cheng;E. Ma;Y.M. Wang;L.J. Kecskes

  • Dislocation-twin interactions in nanocrystalline fcc metals

    Y.T. Zhu;X.L. Wu;X.Z. Liao;J. Narayan

  • Microstructure and mechanical properties of super-strong nanocrystalline tungsten processed by high-pressure torsion

    Q. Wei;H.T. Zhang;B.E. Schuster;B.E. Schuster;K.T. Ramesh

  • Adiabatic shear banding in ultrafine-grained Fe processed by severe plastic deformation

    Q. Wei;L. Kecskes;T. Jiao;K.T. Hartwig

  • Mechanical behavior and dynamic failure of high-strength ultrafine grained tungsten under uniaxial compression

    Q. Wei;T. Jiao;K.T. Ramesh;E. Ma

  • Generalized stacking fault energy, ideal strength and twinnability of dilute Mg-based alloys: A first-principles study of shear deformation

    S.L. Shang;W.Y. Wang;B.C. Zhou;Y. Wang

  • Stabilization and strengthening of nanocrystalline copper by alloying with tantalum

    T. Frolov;K.A. Darling;L.J. Kecskes;Y. Mishin

  • Grain size stabilization of nanocrystalline copper at high temperatures by alloying with tantalum

    K.A. Darling;A.J. Roberts;Y. Mishin;S.N. Mathaudhu

  • Characterization of uniaxial compressive response of bulk amorphous Zr–Ti–Cu–Ni–Be alloy

    Ghatu Subhash;Robert J Dowding;Laszlo J Kecskes

  • Effect of grain size on prismatic slip in Mg-3Al-1Zn alloy

    S.M. Razavi;D.C. Foley;I. Karaman;K.T. Hartwig

  • Effect of low-temperature rolling on the tensile behavior of commercially pure tungsten

    Q. Wei;Q. Wei;L.J. Kecskes

  • Stabilized nanocrystalline iron-based alloys: Guiding efforts in alloy selection

    K.A. Darling;B.K. VanLeeuwen;J.E. Semones;C.C. Koch

  • Dynamic precipitation and recrystallization in Mg-9wt.%Al during equal-channel angular extrusion: A comparative study to conventional aging

    X.L. Ma;Suhas Eswarappa Prameela;Peng Yi;Matthew Fernandez

  • Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Bulk Nanostructured Cu-Ta Alloys Consolidated by Equal Channel Angular Extrusion

    K.A. Darling;M.A. Tschopp;R.K. Guduru;W.H. Yin

  • Microstructure and mechanical properties at different length scales and strain rates of nanocrystalline tantalum produced by high-pressure torsion

    Q. Wei;Z.L. Pan;X.L. Wu;B.E. Schuster

  • Deformation twinning in a nanocrystalline hcp Mg alloy

    X.L. Wu;K.M. Youssef;C.C. Koch;S.N. Mathaudhu

  • Grain size engineering of bcc refractory metals: Top-down and bottom-up—Application to tungsten

    L.J. Kecskes;K.C. Cho;R.J. Dowding;B.E. Schuster

  • Solute-induced solid-solution softening and hardening in bcc tungsten

    Yong-Jie Hu;Michael R. Fellinger;Brady G. Butler;Yi Wang

  • Twinning partial multiplication at grain boundary in nanocrystalline fcc metals

    Y. T. Zhu;X. L. Wu;X. Z. Liao;J. Narayan

  • Investigation of shear band evolution in amorphous alloys beneath a Vickers indentation

    Hongwen Zhang;Xiaoning Jing;Ghatu Subhash;Laszlo J. Kecskes

Frequent Co-Authors

Qiuming Wei
Qiuming Wei University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Suveen N. Mathaudhu
Suveen N. Mathaudhu Colorado School of Mines
Zi-Kui Liu
Zi-Kui Liu Pennsylvania State University
Shun-Li Shang
Shun-Li Shang Pennsylvania State University
Yi Wang
Yi Wang Pennsylvania State University
K.T. Ramesh
K.T. Ramesh Johns Hopkins University
Xidong Hui
Xidong Hui University of Science and Technology Beijing
Timothy P. Weihs
Timothy P. Weihs Johns Hopkins University
Naresh Thadhani
Naresh Thadhani Georgia Institute of Technology
Jinshan Li
Jinshan Li Northwestern Polytechnical University

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