Part 1: Perspective and Overview 1. Heterogeneous Materials: A New Class of Materials with Unprecedented Mechanical Properties Xiaolei Wu and Yuntian Zhu 2. Perspective on Heterogeneous Deformation Induced (HDI) Hardening and Work Hardening Yuntian Zhu and Xiaolei Wu 3. Ductility and Plasticity of Nanostructured Metals: Differences and Issues Yuntian Zhu and Xiaolei Wu Part 2: Fundamentals of Heterostructured Materials 4. Extraordinary Strain Hardening by Gradient Structure Xiaolei Wu, Ping Jiang, Liu Chen, Fuping Yuan, and Yuntian Zhu 5. Heterostructured Lamella Structure Unites Ultrafine-Grain Strength with Coarse-Grain Ductility Xiaolei Wu, Muxin Yang, Fuping Yuan, Guilin Wu, Yujie Wei, Xiaoxu Huang, and Yuntian Zhu 6. Synergetic Strengthening by Gradient Structure X. L. Wu, P. Jiang, L. Chen, J. F. Zhang, F. P. Yuan, and Y. T. Zhu 7. Hetero-Deformation-Induced Strengthening and Strain Hardening in Gradient Structure Muxin Yang, Yue Pan, Fuping Yuan, Yuntian Zhu, and Xiaolei Wu 8. Residual Stress Provides Significant Strengthening and Ductility in Gradient Structured Materials Muxin Yang, Runguang Li, Ping Jiang, Fuping Yuan, Yandong Wang, Yuntian Zhu, and Xiaolei Wu 9. Mechanical Properties of Copper/Bronze Laminates: Role of Boundaries Xiaolong Ma, Chongxiang Huang, Jordan Moering, Mathis Ruppert, Heinz Werner Höppel, Mathias Göken, Jagdish Narayan, and Yuntian Zhu 10. Hetero-Boundary-Affected Region (HBAR) for Optimal Strength and Ductility in Heterostructured Laminate C. X. Huang, Y. F. Wang, X. L. Ma, S. Yin, H. W. Höppel, M. Göken, X. L. Wu, H. J. Gao, and Y. T. Zhu 11. In-situ Observation of Dislocation Dynamics Near Heterostructured Boundary Hao Zhou, Chongxiang Huang, Xuechao Sha, Lirong Xiao, Xiaolong Ma, Heinz Werner Höppel, Mathias Göken, Xiaolei Wu, Kei Ameyama, Xiaodong Han, and Yuntian Zhu 12. Hetero-Deformation Induced (HDI) Hardening Does Not Increase Linearly with Strain Gradient Y. F. Wang, C. X. Huang, X. T. Fang, H. W. Höppel, M. Göken, and Y. T. Zhu 13. Extra Strengthening in a Coarse/Ultrafine Grained Laminate: Role of Gradient Boundaries Y. F. Wang, M. S. Wang, X. T. Fang, Q. He, F. J. Guo, R. O. Scattergood, C. X. Huang, and Y. T. Zhu 14. Ductility by Shear Band Delocalization in the Nano-Layer of Gradient Structure Fuping Yuan, Dingshun Yan, Jiangda Sun, Lingling Zhou, Yuntian Zhu, and Xiaolei Wu 15. Heterostructure Induced Dispersive Shear Bands in Heterostructured Cu Y. F. Wang, C. X. Huang, Q. He, F. J. Guo, M. S. Wang, L. Y. Song, and Y. T. Zhu 16. Dense Dispersed Shear Bands in Gradient-Structured Ni Yanfei Wang, Chongxiang Huang, Yusheng Li, Fengjiao Guo, Qiong He, Mingsai Wang, Xiaolei Wu, Ronald O. Scattergood, and Yuntian Zhu Part 3: Gradient Structure 17. Combining Gradient Structure and TRIP Effect to Produce Austenite Stainless Steel with High Strength and Ductility Xiaolei Wu, Muxin Yang, Fuping Yuan, Liu Chen, and Yuntian Zhu 18. Gradient Structure Produces Superior Dynamic Shear Properties Xiangde Bian, Fuping Yuan, Xiaolei Wu, and Yuntian Zhu 19. On Strain Hardening Mechanism in Gradient Nanostructures Jianjun Li, G. J. Weng, Shaohua Chen, and Xiaolei Wu 20. Extraordinary Bauschinger Effect in Gradient Structured Copper Xiaolong Liu, Fuping Yuan, Yuntian Zhu, and Xiaolei Wu 21. Atomistic Tensile Deformation Mechanisms of Fe with Gradient Nano-Grained Structure Wenbin Li, Fuping Yuan, and Xiaolei Wu 22. Strain Hardening Behaviors and Strain Rate Sensitivity of Gradient-Grained Fe under Compression over a Wide Range of Strain Rates Fuping Yuan, Ping Chen, Yanpeng Feng, Ping Jiang, and Xiaolei Wu 23. Mechanical Properties and Deformation Mechanism of Mg-Al-Zn Alloy with Gradient Microstructure in Grain Size and Orientation Liu Chen, Fuping Yuan, Ping Jiang, Jijia Xie, and Xiaolei Wu 24. The Evolution of Strain Gradient and Anisotropy in Gradient-Structured Metal Xiangde Bian, Fuping Yuan, Xiaolei Wu, and Yuntian Zhu 25. Influence of Gradient Structure Volume Fraction on the Mechanical Properties of Pure Copper Xincheng Yang, Xiaolong Ma, Jordan Moering, Hao Zhou, Wei Wang, Yulan Gong, Jingmei Tao, Yuntian Zhu, and Xinkun Zhu 26. The Role of Shear Strain on Texture and Microstructural Gradients in Low Carbon Steel Processed by Surface Mechanical Attrition Treatment Jordan Moering, Xiaolong Ma, Guizhen Chen, Pifeng Miao, Guozhong Li, Gang Qian, Suveen Mathaudhu, and Yuntian Zhu 27. Bauschinger Effect and Hetero-Deformation Induced (HDI) Stress in Gradient Cu-Ge Alloy Xianzhi Hu, Shenbao Jin, Hao Zhou, Zhe Yin, Jian Yang, Yulan Gong, Yuntian Zhu, Gang Sha, and Xinkun Zhu 28. Gradient Structured Copper Induced by Rotationally Accelerated Shot Peening X. Wang, Y. S. Li, Q. Zhang, Y. H. Zhao, and Y. T. Zhu 29. Microstructure Evolution and Mechanical Properties of 5052 Alloy with Gradient Structures Yusheng Li, Lingzhen Li, Jinfeng Nie, Yang Cao, Yonghao Zhao, and Yuntian Zhu 30. Quantifying the Synergetic Strengthening in Gradient Material Y. F. Wang, C. X. Huang, M. S. Wang, Y. S. Li, and Y. T. Zhu 31. Achieving Gradient Martensite Structure and Enhanced Mechanical Properties in a Metastable ß Titanium Alloy Xinkai Ma, Fuguo Li, Zhankun Sun, Junhua Hou, Xiaotian Fang, Yuntian Zhu, and Carl C. Koch Part 4: Heterogeneous Grain Structure 32. Dynamically Reinforced Heterogeneous Grain Structure Prolongs Ductility in a Medium-Entropy Alloy with Gigapascal Yield Strength Muxin Yang, Dingshun Yan, Fuping Yuan, Ping Jiang, Evan Ma, and Xiaolei Wu 33. Dynamic Shear Deformation of a CrCoNi Medium-Entropy Alloy with Heterogeneous Grain Structures Yan Ma, Fuping Yuan, Muxin Yang, Ping Jiang, Evan Ma, and Xiaolei Wu 34. Superior Strength and Ductility of 316L Stainless Steel with Heterostructured Lamella Structure Jiansheng Li, Bo Gao, Yang Cao, Yusheng Li, and Yuntian Zhu Part 5: Dual-Phase Structure 35. Strain Hardening and Ductility in a Coarse-Grain/Nanostructure Laminate Material X. L. Ma, C. X. Huang, W. Z. Xu, H. Zhou, X. L. Wu, and Y. T. Zhu 36. Effect of Strain Rate on Mechanical Properties of Cu/Ni Multilayered Composites Processed by Electrodeposition Zhengrong Fu, Zheng Zhang, Lifang Meng, Baipo Shu, Yuntian Zhu, and Xinkun Zhu Part 6: Dual-Phase Structure 37. Simultaneous Improvement of Tensile Strength and Ductility in Micro-Duplex Structure Consisting ofAustenite and Ferrite L. Chen, F. P. Yuan, P. Jiang, J. J. Xie, and X. L. Wu 38. Strain Hardening in Fe–16Mn–10Al–0.86C–5Ni High Specific Strength Steel M. X. Yang, F. P. Yuan, Q. G. Xie, Y. D. Wang, E. Ma, and X. L. Wu 39. Deformation Mechanisms for Superplastic Behaviors in a Dual-Phase High Specific Strength Steel with Ultrafine Grains Wei Wang, Muxin Yang, Dingshun Yan, Ping Jiang, Fuping Yuan, and Xiaolei Wu 40. Plastic Deformation Mechanisms in a Severely Deformed Fe-Ni-Al-C Alloy with Superior Tensile Properties Yan Ma, Muxin Yang, Ping Jiang, Fuping Yuan, and Xiaolei Wu 41. Hetero-Deformation Induced (HDI) Strengthening and Strain Hardening in Dual-Phase Steel X. L. Liu, Q. Q. Xue, W. Wang, L. L. Zhou, P. Jiang, H. S. Ma, F. P. Yuan, Y. G. Wei, and X. L. Wu