This paper provides the first evidence of strain-induced crystallization heterogeneities at macroscopic scale, accompanied with strong memory effects during uniaxial cyclic tensile loadings in unfilled natural rubber. Specimens two different sulphur amounts, 1.2 phr and 1.6 phr, geometries, small large widths, have been considered. The crystallinity has evaluated middle each specimen thanks to ...

We present a theory of electronic properties of HgTe quantum dot and propose a strain sensor based on a strain-driven transition from a HgTe quantum dot with inverted bandstructure and robust topologically protected quantum edge states to a normal state without edge states in the energy gap. The presence or absence of edge states leads to large on/off ratio of conductivity across the quantum do...

This paper considers the crystallographic texture evolution in a 1008 low carbon steel. The texture evolution along uniaxial, plane strain and balanced biaxial strain states were measured. For uniaxial testing, grains tend to rotate such that the {111}〈11̄0〉 slip directions are aligned with the loading axis. For plane strain and balanced biaxial strain states, the majority of grains are distribu...