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Current Microscopy Contributions to Advances in Science and Technology (A. Méndez-Vilas, Ed.) Investigation of the elementary mechanisms controlling dislocation/twin boundary interactions in fcc metals and alloys: from conventional to advanced TEM characterization H. Idrissi and D. Schryvers EMAT, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerpen, Belgium The elementary mechanisms controlling the interactions between lattice gliding dislocations and twin boundaries were carefully analyzed using conventional and advanced transmission electron microscopy techniques in both bulk coarse- grained Fe-Mn-C TWIP steels with deformation twins and nanocrystalline Palladium thin films with nanoscale growth twins. The results reveal that the individual dislocation/TB reactions depend mainly on the stacking fault energy of the material as well as the nature of the incoming dislocations nucleated during the plastic deformation of the material. It is also demonstrated that such investigation requires dedicated and specific microscopic techniques depending on the microstructure and the intrinsic properties of the crystallographic defects of the materials. Keywords coarse-grained materials; nanocrystalline materials; plastic deformation; dislocation; twin boundary 1. General introduction Twin boundaries (TBs) in face centered cubic (fcc) metals and alloys can be categorized into deformation, annealing, and growth twins. These low-energy planar interfaces, which exhibit exceptional mechanical and thermal stability were the subject of several studies in the past because of their beneficial effect on the mechanical behavior of these materials. Recently, there is a