Reliable quantification of the triple junction disclinations was an old dream, and this publication is quite an achievement! Special congratulations to Dr Siying Zhu, with my gratitude to Dr Anna Bodyakova for the long-lasting collaboration! doi.org/10.1016/j.acta…

2024 🥳🎉

The other bright result our research group achieved in 2023 is the new topological analysis of grain boundary structure evolution with a new type of "topological phase transitions" that is undoubtedly new for SPD-processed materials. doi.org/10.1016/j.acta…

500 reads is not a big achievement, but this particular paper is my memorial to Prof Alexander Dudorov (researchgate.net/profile/A-Dudo…), who was outstanding in every aspect of his complex personality, and I am delighted with each success of our joint publication researchgate.net/profile/Elijah…

He was a great photographer as well!

Such an exciting microstructure characterisation!

A terrible old story is still continuing: “When it was pointed out that most ethnic Russians who don’t speak Latvian are retired women, the court argued that nationality indicates a person’s loyalty to the state..” spectator.co.uk/article/why-la…

The Manifold Atlas Project map.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/Main_Page

Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia

United Kingdom as seen from Space

66 years apart

Far be it from me to criticize your work.

How English has changed over the years

The concept of induced fracture networks in ceramic composites, whose topology can be predicted for any spatial distribution of inclusions, is very inspiring and powerful! I believe it can bring much more flexibility to computer-aided materials design. doi.org/10.1016/j.matd…

76 years ago #Today, Claude Shannon published the article 'A Mathematical Theory of Communication', cited over 100,000 times, which is rare for a scientific article and gave rise to the field of information theory.

It's peculiar to write each new paper with a new affiliation without changing your workplace. This year our Department became known as the “Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering”. Why not?! #UoM