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Lei Lu is a researcher affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their work primarily spans the fields of engineering and materials science, with a significant focus on mechanical engineering, materials chemistry, and mechanics of materials. Additional subfields include aerospace engineering and electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics, prominently featuring microstructure and mechanical properties, metal and thin film mechanics, and high entropy alloys studies. Other notable topics include surface treatment and residual stress, advanced materials and composites, aluminum alloys composites properties, and high-temperature coating behaviors.

Lei Lu has published extensively, with frequent contributions in well-known scientific journals. The main venues for their work include Acta Materialia, Materials Science and Engineering A, Scripta Materialia, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, and Science.

Key recent publications include:

  • Mechanical properties and deformation mechanisms of gradient nanostructured metals and alloys (2020, Nature Reviews Materials)
  • Gradient cell-structured high-entropy alloy with exceptional strength and ductility (2021, Science)
  • Atomic faulting induced exceptional cryogenic strain hardening in gradient cell-structured alloy (2023, Science)
  • Work hardening discrepancy designing to strengthening gradient nanotwinned Cu (2021, Scripta Materialia)
  • Interface strain gradient enabled high strength and hardening in laminated nanotwinned Cu (2023, Acta Materialia)

Lei Lu frequently collaborates with a group of coauthors including Sheng-Nian Luo, Y. Cai, Qingsong Pan, Zhao Cheng, and N.B. Zhang, reflecting ongoing research partnerships in related topics.

Best Publications

  • Ultrahigh strength and high electrical conductivity in copper

    Lei Lu;Yongfeng Shen;Xianhua Chen;Lihua Qian

  • Strengthening Materials by Engineering Coherent Internal Boundaries at the Nanoscale

    K. Lu;K. Lu;L. Lu;L. Lu;S. Suresh;S. Suresh

  • Revealing the Maximum Strength in Nanotwinned Copper

    L. Lu;X. Chen;Xiaoxu Huang;K. Lu

  • Toward a quantitative understanding of mechanical behavior of nanocrystalline metals

    M. Dao;L. Lu;R. J. Asaro;J. T. M. De Hosson

  • Dislocation nucleation governed softening and maximum strength in nano-twinned metals

    Xiaoyan Li;Yujie Wei;Yujie Wei;Lei Lu;K e Lu

  • Superplastic extensibility of nanocrystalline copper at room temperature

    L. Lu;M. L. Sui;K. Lu

  • Extra strengthening and work hardening in gradient nanotwinned metals.

    Zhao Cheng;Zhao Cheng;Haofei Zhou;Qiuhong Lu;Huajian Gao

  • Nano-sized twins induce high rate sensitivity of flow stress in pure copper

    L. Lu;L. Lu;R. Schwaiger;Z.W. Shan;M. Dao

  • Tensile properties of copper with nano-scale twins

    Y.F. Shen;L. Lu;Q.H. Lu;Z.H. Jin

  • Mechanical properties and deformation mechanisms of gradient nanostructured metals and alloys

    Xiaoyan Li;Lei Lu;Jianguo Li;Xuan Zhang

  • Gradient-cell–structured high-entropy alloy with exceptional strength and ductility

    Qingsong Pan;Liangxue Zhang;Liangxue Zhang;Rui Feng;Qiuhong Lu

  • Strength, strain-rate sensitivity and ductility of copper with nanoscale twins

    M. Dao;L. Lu;L. Lu;Y.F. Shen;S. Suresh

  • Hardness and strain rate sensitivity of nanocrystalline Cu

    J. Chen;L. Lu;K. Lu

  • Tensile properties of a nanocrystalline 316L austenitic stainless steel

    X.H. Chen;J. Lu;L. Lu;K. Lu

  • Strain hardening and large tensile elongation in ultrahigh-strength nano-twinned copper

    E. Ma;Y. M. Wang;Q. H. Lu;M. L. Sui

  • Plastic anisotropy and associated deformation mechanisms in nanotwinned metals

    Zesheng You;Xiaoyan Li;Liangjin Gui;Qiuhong Lu

  • High-strength sputter-deposited Cu foils with preferred orientation of nanoscale growth twins

    X. Zhang;H. Wang;X. H. Chen;L. Lu

  • An abnormal strain rate effect on tensile behavior in nanocrystalline copper

    L. Lu;S.X. Li;K. Lu

  • Gradient plasticity in gradient nano-grained metals

    Zhi Zeng;Xiaoyan Li;Dongsheng Xu;Lei Lu

  • Tensile behavior of columnar grained Cu with preferentially oriented nanoscale twins

    Q.S. Pan;Q.H. Lu;L. Lu

  • History-independent cyclic response of nanotwinned metals

    Qingsong Pan;Haofei Zhou;Qiuhong Lu;Huajian Gao

Frequent Co-Authors

K. Lu
K. Lu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Nairong Tao
Nairong Tao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Huajian Gao
Huajian Gao Tsinghua University
Ting Zhu
Ting Zhu Georgia Institute of Technology
Evan Ma
Evan Ma Xi'an Jiaotong University
Zhi-Wei Shan
Zhi-Wei Shan Xi'an Jiaotong University
Xiaoyan Li
Xiaoyan Li Tsinghua University
Xiaoxu Huang
Xiaoxu Huang Chongqing University

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