1. Formation mechanism of three-fold {1011}α twins during β to α phase transformation in titanium. Meng, Z.C., J.H. Zhang, D. Li, H. Guo, H. Wang, D.S. Xu, Z.B. Zhao, Q.J. Wang, and R. Yang, Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2024. 194: p. 138-141.

2. Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Creep Mechanism in Nanocrystalline α-Zirconium Under Various Conditions. Meng, Z.K., Z.C. Meng, C.Y. Gao, H. Guo, H.S. Chen, L.T. Chen, D.S. Xu, and R. Yang, Acta Metallurgica Sinica, 2024. 60: p. 699-712.

3. Atomistic Investigation of Shock-Induced Amorphization within Micro-shear Bands in Hexagonal Close-Packed Titanium. Meng, Z.C., K.G. Wang, T. Ali, D. Li, C.G. Bai, D.S. Xu, S.J. Li, A.H. Feng, G.J. Cao, J.H. Yao, Q.B. Fan, H. Wang, and R. Yang, Acta Metallurgica Sinica-English Letters, 2024. 37: p. 1590-1600.

4. Crystal plasticity study on deformation behavior of dual-phase Ti alloy under biaxial loading conditions. Liu, Z.X., T. Zhao, X.X. Li, J.H. Zhang, D.S. Xu, and R. Yang, Computational Materials Science, 2025. 247. 113515.

5. Effect of texture on the fatigue crack initiation of a Dual-Phase Titanium alloy. Ismaeel, A., X.X. Li, D.S. Xu, J.H. Zhang, and R. Yang, Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 2024. 33: p. 6319-6327.

6. Twin junctions with geometric compatibility and mobility in titanium and magnesium. Guo, H., J.H. Zhang, X.X. Li, D.S. Xu, H. Wang, S.J. Zheng, Y.J. Ma, and R. Yang, Scripta Materialia, 2023. 236. 115674.

7. Effect of texture on the mechanical and micromechanical properties of a dual-phase titanium alloy. Ismaeel, A., D.S. Xu, X.X. Li, J.H. Zhang, and R. Yang, Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 2023. 27: p. 6833-6846.

8. Effect of common alloying elements on α' martensite start temperature in titanium alloys. Zhang, J.H., H. Guo, M. Hu, H.S. Xu, H.T. Ju, D.S. Xu, C.Y. Teng, and R. Yang, Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 2023. 27: p. 4562-4572.

9. Heterogeneous precipitate microstructure in titanium alloys for simultaneous improvement of strength and ductility. Hao, M.Y., P. Li, X.X. Li, T.L. Zhang, D. Wang, Q.Y. Sun, L.B. Liu, J.S. Li, Y.Y. Cui, R. Yang, and D.S. Xu, Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2022. 124: p. 150-163.

10. Crystal plasticity model of induction heating-assisted incremental sheet forming with recrystallisation simulation in cellular automata. Li, W.N., S. Li, X.X. Li, D.S. Xu, Y.H. Shao, M.M. Attallah, and K. Essa, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2022. 123: p. 903-925.

11. Phase-field study on the formation of a variant clusters induced by elastoplastic stress field around the void in titanium alloys. Zhang, J.H., H. Guo, H.S. Xu, D.S. Xu, and R. Yang, Computational Materials Science, 2022. 215: p. 111781.

12. Identification of critical nuclei in the rapid solidification via configuration heredity. Li, Y., P. Peng, D.S. Xu, and R. Yang, Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter, 2021. 33. 175701.

13. Formation mechanism of α lamellae during β→α transformation in polycrystalline dual-phase Ti alloys. Sun, J., M. Qi, J.H. Zhang, X.X. Li, H. Wang, Y.J. Ma, D.S. Xu, J.F. Lei, and R. Yang, Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2021. 71: p. 98-108.

14. Effects of heating rate on the alloy element partitioning and mechanical properties in equiaxed α-β Ti-6Al-4V alloy. Zhang, J.H., H.T. Ju, H.S. Xu, L. Yang, Z.C. Meng, C. Liu, P. Sun, J.K. Qiu, C.G. Bai, D.S. Xu, and R. Yang, Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2021. 94: p. 1-9.

15. Phase field simulation of the stress-induced α microstructure in Ti-6Al-4 V alloy and its CPFEM properties evaluation. Zhang, J.H., X.X. Li, D.S. Xu, C.Y. Teng, H. Wang, L. Yang, H.T. Ju, H.S. Xu, Z.C. Meng, Y.J. Ma, Y.Z. Wang, and R. Yang, Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2021. 90: p. 168-182.

16. Dislocation self-interaction in TiAl: Evolution of super-dislocation dipoles revealed by atomistic simulations. Zhen, Z., H. Wang, C.Y. Teng, C.G. Bai, D.S. Xu, and R. Yang, Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2021. 69: p. 138-147.

17. Seeded growth of Ti-46Al-8Nb polysynthetically twinned crystals with an ultra-high elongation. Jin, H., Q. Jia, Q.G. Xian, R.H. Liu, Y.Y. Cui, D.S. Xu, and R. Yang, Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2020. 54: p. 190-195.

18. Finite Element Simulation of Hybrid Manufacturing of Ti-6Al-4V by Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing and Rolling. Ju, H.T., D.S. Xu, F.H. Shan, and R. Yang, Rare Metal Materials and Engineering, 2020. 49: p. 878-882.

19. Phase Field Modeling of Formation Mechanism of Grain Boundary Allotriomorph in β→α Phase Transformation in Ti-6Al-4V Alloy. Sun, J., X.X. Li, J.H. Zhang, G. Wang, M. Yang, H. Wang, and D.S. Xu, Acta Metallurgica Sinica, 2020. 56: p. 1113-1122.

20. Selection and mechanical evaluation of γ/γ boundary in γ-TiAl alloy. Zhang, J.H., C.Y. Teng, Z.C. Meng, H.S. Xu, L. Yang, D.S. Xu, and R. Yang, Intermetallics, 2020. 126. 106946.

21. Influences of Applied Shear Stress on the Nucleation and Micro-texture Formation of a Phase in Ti-6Al-4V Alloy. Zhang, J.H., D.S. Xu, C.Y. Teng, H. Wang, X.X. Li, J. Sun, and R. Yang, Rare Metal Materials and Engineering, 2020. 49: p. 939-943.

22. Dynamic recrystallization behavior of GH4169G alloy during hot compressive deformation. Jia, D., W.R. Sun, D.S. Xu, and F. Liu, Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2019. 35: p. 1851-1859.

23. Seed Preparation and Orientation Control of PST Crystals of Ti-47Al Alloy. Jin, H., Q. Jia, R.H. Liu, Q.G. Xian, Y.Y. Cui, D.S. Xu, and R. Yang, Acta Metallurgica Sinica, 2019. 55: p. 1519-1526.

24. Crystal Plasticity Finite Element Method Investigation of the High Temperature Deformation Consistency in Dual-Phase Titanium Alloy. Li, X.X., D.S. Xu, and R. Yang, Acta Metallurgica Sinica, 2019. 55: p. 928-938.

25. CPFEM Study of High Temperature Tensile Behavior of Duplex Titanium Alloy. Li, X. X., Xu, D. S., Yang, R., Chinese Journal of Materials Research, 2019. 33 p. 241-253.

26. Molecular Dynamics Simulation of the Structure and Deformation Behavior of gamma/alpha(2) Interface in TiAl Alloys. Tu, A.D., C.Y. Teng, H. Wang, D.S. Xu, Y. Fu, Z.Y. Ren, and R. Yang, Acta Metallurgica Sinica, 2019. 55: p. 291-298.

27. Interactions between dislocations and twins in deformed titanium aluminide crystals. Yang, G., S.Y. Ma, K. Du, D.S. Xu, S. Chen, Y. Qi, and H.Q. Ye, Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2019. 35: p. 402-408.

28. Characterization of the prior particle boundaries in a powder metallurgy Ti₂AlNb alloy. Zhang, J.H., J.M. Liu, D.S. Xu, J. Wu, L. Xu, and R. Yang, Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2019. 35: p. 2513-2525.

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30. Dynamic recrystallization initiated by direct grain reorientation at high-angle grain boundary in α-titanium, Wang, Hao, Bao, Qili, Zhou, Gang, Qiu, J. K., Yang, Yi, Ma, Y. J., Bai, Chunguang, Xu, Dongsheng, Rugg, David, Huang, Aijun, Hu, Qing-Miao, Lei, J. F., Yang, Rui, Journal of Materials Research, 34(2019) 1608-1621.

31. Recent progress in the simulation of microstructure evolution in titanium alloys, J. Zhang, X. Li, D. Xu, R. Yang, Progress in Natural Science: Materials International, 29 (2019) 295-304.

32. Influence of thermal treatment on element partitioning in alpha plus beta titanium alloy, Huang, Sensen; Zhang, Jinhu; Ma, Yingjie; Zhang, Shilin; Youssef, Sabry S.; Qi, Min; Wang, Hao; Qiu, Jianke; Xu, Dongsheng; Lei, Jiafeng; Yang, Rui, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 791(2019) 575-585.

33. Abnormal dynamic recrystallization behavior of a nickel based superalloy during hot deformation, Jia, Dan; Sun, Wenru; Xu, Dongsheng; Yu, Lianxu; Xin, Xin; Zhang, Weihong; Qi, Feng, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 787(2019) 196-205.

34. Refining constitutive relation by integration of finite element simulations and Gleeble experiments, Yu, D. J.; Xu, D. S.; Wang, H.; Zhao, Z. B.; Wei, G. Z.; Yang, R., Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 35 (2019) 1039-1043.

35. Dislocation dipole-induced strengthening in intermetallic TiAl, He, Yan; Liu, Zhao; Zhou, Gang; Wang, Hao; Bai, Chunguang; Rodney, David; Appel, Fritz; Xu, Dongsheng; Yang, Rui, Scripta Mater., 143 (2018) 98-102.

36. Energy paths of twin-related lattice reorientation in hexagonal metals via ab initio calculations, Zhou, Gang; Ye, Lihua; Wang, Hao; Xu, Dongsheng; Meng, Changgong; Yang, Rui, Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 34 (2018) 700-707.

37. High speed dynamic deformation of polysynthetic twinned titanium aluminide intermetallic compound, Yang, Guang; Du, Kui; Xu, Dongsheng; Xie, Hui; Li, Wenqing; Liu, Dingming; Qi, Yang; Ye, Hengqiang, Acta Mater., 152 (2018) 269-277.

38. A First-Principles Study on Basal/Prismatic Reorientation-Induced Twinning Path and Alloying Effect in Hexagonal Metals. Zhou, G., L.H. Ye, H. Wang, D.S. Xu, C.G. Meng, and R. Yang, Acta Metallurgica Sinica, 54 (2018) 603-612.

39. Gradient plasticity in gradient nano-grained metals, Zhi Zeng, Xiaoyan Li, Dongsheng Xu, Lei Lu, Huajian Gao, Ting Zhu, Extreme Mechanics Letters, 8 (2016) 213, (cover paper, discussed in Science)

40. Molecular dynamics simulation of tensile deformation and fracture of γ-TiAl with and without surface defects, Wu, H. N., D. S. Xu, H. Wang and R. Yang, J. Mater. Sci. Tech, 32 (2016) 1033.

41. Influences of Dislocations on Nucleation and Micro-Texture Formation of α Phase In Ti-6Al-4V Alloy. Zhang, J.H., D.S. Xu, Y.Z. Wang, and R. Yang, Acta Metallurgica Sinica, 52(2016) 905-914.

42. Effect of external stress on gamma nucleation and evolution in TiAl alloys, Teng, C. Y.; Du, A.; Xu, D. S.; Wang, Y.; Yang, R., Intermetallics, 65 (2015) 1-9.

43. MD simulation of asymmetric nucleation and motion of <011] superdislocations in TiAl, Dongsheng Xu, Hao Wang, Rui Yang, Anil Sachdev, Chinese Science Bulletin, 59 (2014) 1725.

44. Atomic modelling of crack initiation on twin boundaries in alpha-titanium under external tensile loading along various orientations, Wang, H., D. S. Xu and R. Yang, Philos. Mag. Lett., 94 (2014) 779. 

45. Defect clustering upon dislocation annihilation in alpha-titanium and alpha-zirconium with hexagonal close-packed structure, Wang, H.; Xu, D. S.; Yang, R., Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 22 (2014) 085004.

46. A mean-field interatomic potential for a multi-component beta-type titanium alloy, Liu, Yanxia; Wang, Hao; Wu, Henan; Xu, Dongsheng; Yang, Rui, Computational Materials Science, 95 (2014) 414-419.

47. Interstitial loop strengthening upon deformation in aluminum via molecular dynamics simulations, H. Wang, D. S. Xu, P. Veyssière, R. Yang, Acta Mater., 61 (2013) 3499-3508.

48. Atomistic investigation of the annihilation of non-screw dislocation dipoles in Al, Cu, Ni and γ-TiAl, H. Wang, D. S. Xu, D. Rodney, P. Veyssière, R. Yang, Model. Simul. Mater. Sci. Eng., 21 (2013) 025002.

49. Defect kinetics on experimental timescales using atomistic simulations, Wang, H.; Rodney, D.; Xu, D. S.; Yang, R.; Veyssiere, P., Philosophical Magazine, 93  (2013) 186-202.

50. Phase-field simulation of twin boundary fractions in fully lamellar TiAl alloys, Teng, C. Y.; Zhou, N.; Wang, Y.; Xu, D. S.; Du, A.; Wen, Y. H.; Yang, R., Acta Mater., 60 (2012) 6372-6381.

51. The formation of stacking fault tetrahedra in Al and Cu: I, II, III, H. Wang, D.S. Xu, R. Yang, P. Veyssière, Acta Mater. 59 (2011) 1-29.

52. Mean-field statistical simulation of grain coarsening in the presence of stable and unstable pinning particles, Wang, G.; Xu, D. S.; Payton, E. J.; Ma, N.; Yang, R.; Mills, M. J.; Wang, Y., Acta Mater., 59 (2011) 4587-4594.

53. Lattice weakening by edge dislocation core under tension, X.Y. Gu, D.S. Xu, H Wang, R Yang, Model. Simul. Mater. Sci. Eng. 18 (2010) 065004.

54. The transformation of narrow dislocation dipoles in selected fcc metals and in γ-TiAl, H. Wang, D.S. Xu, R. Yang, P. Veyssière, Acta Mater. 57(2009)3725.

55. Simulation study of effects of initial particle size distribution on dissolution, Wang, G.; Xu, D. S.; Ma, N.; Zhou, N.; Payton, E. J.; Yang, R.; Mills, M. J.; Wang, Y., Acta Mater., 57 (2009) 316-325.

56. Point Defects Formation by Dislocation Reactions in TiAl, D.S. Xu, H. Wang, R. Yang and P. Veyssière, IOP Conf. Series: Mat. Sci. Eng. 3 (2009) 012024.

57. Molecular dynamics investigation of deformation twinning in γ-TiAl sheared along the pseudo-twinning direction, D.S. Xu, H. Wang, R. Yang, P. Veyssière, Acta Mater. 56 (2008) 1065.

58. Deformation in TiAl by the formation of L1₁ pseudotwin, D. S. Xu, H. Wang, Y. J. Li and R. Yang, Structural Aluminides for Elevated Temperatures, (2008) 119-124.

59. Atomistic simulation of the influence of pressure on dislocation nucleation in bcc Mo, D. S. Xu, R. Yang, J. Li, J. P. Chang, H. Wang, D. Li, S. Yip, Comp. Mater. Sci. 36 (2006) 60.

60. Concentrated point defects in and order-disorder transition temperature of intermetallic compounds, Q. M. Hu, R. Yang, Y. L. Hao, D. S. Xu, and D. Li, Phys. Rev. Lett., 92 (2004) 185505.

61. Dislocation slip or deformation twinning: confining pressure makes a difference, D. S. Xu, J. P. Chang, J. Li, R. Yang, D. Li and S. Yip, Mater. Sci. Eng. A, 387 (2004) 840-844.

62. Selection of Can and Insulating Materials for Controlled-dwell Extrusion of Gamma-TiAl, C. G. Bai, D. Liu, D. S. Xu, Y. Y. Cui, Y. L. Hao and R. Yang, Mater. Sci. Forum, 475 (2004) 789-794.

63. First principles investigations of ordering in α-Ti solid solution, Q. M. Hu, D. S. Xu, R. Yang and D. Li, Philos. Mag. A, 83 (2003) 217-229.

64. First-principles investigation of solute-hydrogen interaction in α-Ti solid solution, Q. M. Hu, D. S. Xu, R. Yang, D. Li, Phys. Rev. B, 66 (2002) 064201.

65. First-principles investigations of the solute-vacancy interaction energy and its effect on the creep properties of alpha-titanium, Q. M. Hu, D. S. Xu, D. Li, Philos. Mag. A, 81 (2001) 2809-2821.

66. The site occupancies of alloying elements in TiAl and Ti₃Al alloys, Y. L. Hao, D. S. Xu, Y. Y. Cui, et al, Acta Mater., 47 (1999) 1129-1139.

67. Site occupancy of alloying elements in TiNi compounds, D. S. Xu, Y. Song, D. Li, Z. Q. Hu, Philos. Mag. A, 75 (1997) 1185-1189.