Selected Recent Publications:

1. H. Bei, Z. P. Lu, and E. P. George, Theoretical Strength and the Onset of Plasticity in Bulk Metallic Glasses Investigated by Nanoindentation with a Spherical Indenter, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 (12) 125504 (2004).
2. H. Bei and E. P. George, Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of Directionally Solidified NiAl-Mo Eutectic Alloys, Acta Mater. 53 (1) (2005) 69-77.
3. H. Bei, E. P. George, J. L. Hay, and G. M. Pharr, Influence of Indenter Tip Geometry on Elastic Deformation During Nanoindentation, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95 (4) 045501 (2005).
4. H. Bei, S. Xie, and E. P. George, Softening Caused by Profuse Shear Banding in a Bulk Metallic Glass, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 (2006) 105503.
5. H. Bei, S. Shim, E. P. George, M. K. Miller, E. Herbert, and G. M. Pharr, Compressive Strengths of Molybdenum Alloy Micro-Pillars Prepared Using a New Technique, Scripta Mater. 57, 397-400 (2007).
6. H. Bei, Y. F. Gao, S. Shim, E. P. George, and G. M. Pharr, Strength Differences Arising from Homogeneous Versus Heterogeneous Dislocation Nucleation, Phys. Rev. B. 77 060103(R) (2008).
7. S. Xie and E. P. George, Size-Dependent Plasticity and Fracture of a Metallic Glass in Compression, Intermetallics 16 (3), 485-489 (2008).
8. H. Bei, R. I. Barabash, G. E. Ice, W. Liu, J. Tischler, and E. P. George, Spatially-Resolved Strain Measurements in Mo-Alloy Micro-Pillars by Differential Aperture X-ray Microscopy, Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 071904 (2008).
9. S. Shim, H. Bei, E. P. George, and G. M. Pharr, A Different Type of Indentation Size Effect, Scripta Mater. 59 (10) 1095-1098 (2008).
10. H. Bei, S. Shim, G. M. Pharr, and E. P. George, Effects of Pre-Strain on the Compressive Stress-Strain Response of Mo-Alloy Single Crystal Micro-pillars, Acta Mater. 56 (17) 4762-4770 (2008).