title: From "Smaller is Stronger" to "Size-Independent Strength Plateau": Towards Measuring the Ideal Strength of Iron.
authors.affiliation: Center for Advancing Materials Performance from the Nanoscale and Hysitron Applied Research Center in China, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Wei-Zhong
authors.initials: WZ
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: Center for Advancing Materials Performance from the Nanoscale and Hysitron Applied Research Center in China, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Science and Bioengineering, Osaka University, Osaka, 560-8531, Japan.|Center for Elements Strategy Initiative for Structural Materials, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Shigenobu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ogata
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Science and Bioengineering, Osaka University, Osaka, 560-8531, Japan.
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kimizuka
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA.
authors.forename: Zhao-Chun
authors.initials: ZC
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 87185, USA.|Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics Department, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Weinberger
authors.affiliation: Center for Advancing Materials Performance from the Nanoscale and Hysitron Applied Research Center in China, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Qing-Jie
authors.initials: QJ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Center for Advancing Materials Performance from the Nanoscale and Hysitron Applied Research Center in China, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Bo-Yu
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Division of Physical Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Xi-Xiang
authors.initials: XX
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Center for Advancing Materials Performance from the Nanoscale and Hysitron Applied Research Center in China, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China.|Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
authors.forename: Ju
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Center for Advancing Materials Performance from the Nanoscale and Hysitron Applied Research Center in China, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China.|Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA.
authors.forename: Evan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: Center for Advancing Materials Performance from the Nanoscale and Hysitron Applied Research Center in China, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Zhi-Wei
authors.initials: ZW
authors.lastname: Shan
mesh_terms: D007501:Iron / Q000737:chemistry*; D008422:Materials Testing; D055595:Mechanical Phenomena; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D010316:Particle Size; D011312:Pressure
chemical_list: D007501:Iron
keywords: ideal strength; iron nanoparticles; size effects; strength plateau