Lee receives the funding from DOE-BES ($130,000) for the next two years. This funding is the continuation of our research on micro-mechanical characterization of single crystalline metals under different environments (primarily, cryogenic environments). This study will focus on how sample dimension and temperature influence the size-dependent strength and tensile ductility. We will also develop a new mathematical model that can predict a size-dependent stress-strain curve using the finite-size scaling theory and the scale-free intermittency statistics.

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