Publications and Research Projects

The uniqueness of the approaches developed in our research group lies in their multidisciplinary nature. Among others, they cover Theoretical Materials Science, Materials Design and Computational Mechanics of Solids. Several specific research topics are

1. Structural models for defect plasticity in metals.
2. Rheological models, physics and mechanics of high-strain-rate deformation of solids.
3. Severe plastic deformation (SPD): novel approaches to numerical simulations of microstructure evolution.
4. Novel fully discrete approaches to the EBSD-based and computed tomography-based materials characterisation.
5. Design of advanced complex-structured composite materials.
6. Rare materials and their mechanical properties.
7. Plasticity of nanocrystalline (NC) and nano-sized metals.

Published articles

1. E.N. Borodin, A.G. Sheinerman, M.Yu. Gutkin, A.P. Jivkov (2026) The beneficial effect of agglomerations of inclusions on the fracture toughness of ceramic nanocomposites. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 109, e70428. 10.1111/jace.70428
2. Afonso D.M. Barroso, Elijah Borodin, Andrey P. Jivkov (2026) Plastic deformation as a phase transition: A combinatorial model of plastic flow in copper single crystals. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 206A, 106370.10.1016/j.jmps.2025.106370
3. E.N. Borodin, A.E. Mayer (2025) Mechanical Effect of Plastic Flow Instabilities at High Strain Rates. In: Altenbach, H. (eds) Current Developments in Solid Mechanics and Their Applications. Advanced Structured Materials, vol 223. Springer, Cham., 10.1007/978-3-031-90022-8_6
4. Oleg Bushuev, Elijah Borodin, Anna Bodyakova, Siying Zhu, Andrey P. Jivkov (2025) Disorientation-based classification of mesostructures in severely deformed copper alloys. Acta Materialia, 286, 120714. 10.1016/j.actamat.2025.120714
5. Elijah Borodin and Afonso D. M. Barroso, Andrey P. Jivkov (2024) Kinetic view on dynamic plasticity of crystalline solids. arXiv. 10.48550/arXiv.2412.14105
6. Elijah Borodin, Oleg Bushuev, Vladimir Bratov, Andrey P. Jivkov (2024) Discrete model for discontinuous dynamic recrystallisation applied to grain structure evolution inside adiabatic shear bands. Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 30, 2125-2139. 10.1016/j.jmrt.2024.03.206
7. E.N. Borodin, A.G. Sheinerman, O.Yu. Bushuev, M.Yu. Gutkin, A.P. Jivkov (2024) Defect-induced fracture topologies in Al2O3 ceramic-graphene nanocomposites. Materials & Design, 239, 112783. 10.1016/j.matdes.2024.112783
8. Siying Zhu, Elijah Borodin, Andrey P. Jivkov (2024) Discrete modelling of continuous dynamic recrystallisation by modified Metropolis algorithm. Computational Materials Science, 234, 112804. 10.1016/j.commatsci.2024.112804
9. Siying Zhu, Andrey P. Jivkov, Elijah Borodin, Anna Bodyakova (2024) Triple junction disclinations in severely deformed Cu–0.4%Mg alloys. Acta Materialia, 264, 119600. 10.1016/j.actamat.2023.119600
10. Siying Zhu, Elijah Borodin, Andrey P. Jivkov (2023) Topological characteristics of grain boundary networks during severe plastic deformations of copper alloys. Acta Materialia, 259, 119290. 10.1016/j.actamat.2023.119290
11. E.N. Borodin, A.P. Jivkov, A.G. Sheinerman, M.Yu. Gutkin (2021) Optimisation of rGO-enriched nanoceramics by combinatorial analysis. Materials & Design, 212, 110191. 10.1016/j.matdes.2021.110191
12. S. Zhu, E.N. Borodin, A.P. Jivkov (2021) Triple junctions network as the key structure for characterisation of SPD processed copper alloys. Materials & Design, 198(24), 109352. 10.1016/j.matdes.2020.109352
13. E. N. Borodin, A. P. Jivkov (2019) Evolution of triple junctions’ network during severe plastic deformation of copper alloys – a discrete stochastic modelling. Philosophical Magazine, 100(4), 467-485. 10.1080/14786435.2019.1695071
14. E.N. Borodin, A. Morozova, V. Bratov, A. Belyakov, A.P. Jivkov (2019) Experimental and numerical analyses of microstructure evolution of Cu-Cr-Zr alloys during severe plastic deformation. Materials Characterization, 156, 109849. 10.1016/j.matchar.2019.109849