Selected Publications:

1. Bei, H., Z. P. Lu, 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, 125504 (2004).
2. Bei, H. and E. P. George, “Microstructures and mechanical properties of a directionally solidified NiAl-Mo eutectic alloy,” Acta Mater. 53, 69-77 (2005).
3. Bei, H., E. P. George, J. L. Hay, and G. M. Pharr “Influence of indenter tip geometry on elastic deformation during nanoindentation,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 045501 (2005).
4. Bei, H., S. Xie, E. P. George, “Softening caused by profuse shear banding in a bulk metallic glass,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 105503 (2006).
5. Bei, H., S. Shim, E. P. George, M. K. Miller, E. G. Hernert, and G. M. Pharr, “Compressive strength of molybdenum alloy micro-pillars prepared using a new technique,” Scr. Mater. 57, 397-400 (2007).
6. Bei, H., S. Shim, M. K. Miller, E. P. George, and G. M. Pharr, “Effects of focused ion beam milling on the nanomechanical behavior of a molybdenum-alloy single crystal,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 111915 (2007).
7. Bei, H., 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 (2008).
8. Bei, H., S. Shim, G. M. Pharr, and E. P. George, “Effects of pre-strain on the compressive stressstrain response of Mo-alloy single-crystal micropillars,” Acta Mater. 56, 4762-4770 (2008).
9. Shim, S., H. Bei, G. M. Pharr, and E. P. George, “A different type of indentation size effect,” Scr. Mater. 59, 1095-1098 (2008).
10. Bei, H., R. I. Barabash, G. E. Ice, W. Liu, J. Tischler, and E. P. George, “Spatially resolved measurements of residual strain in Mo alloy micro-pillars by differential aperture X-ray microscopy,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 071904 (2008).