diff --git a/examples/ConfigFiles/Phase_Phenopowerlaw_Aluminum.yaml b/examples/ConfigFiles/Phase_Phenopowerlaw_Aluminum.yaml
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+Aluminum:
+  lattice: cF
+  mechanics:
+    elasticity: {C_11: 106.75e9, C_12: 60.41e9, C_44: 28.34e9, type: hooke}
+    plasticity:
+      N_sl: [12]
+      a_sl: 2.25
+      dot_gamma_0_sl: 0.001
+      h_0_sl_sl: 75e6
+      h_sl_sl: [1, 1, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4]
+      n_sl: 20
+      output: [xi_sl, gamma_sl]
+      type: phenopowerlaw
+      xi_0_sl: [31e6]
+      xi_inf_sl: [63e6]
diff --git a/examples/ConfigFiles/Phase_Phenopowerlaw_Gold.yaml b/examples/ConfigFiles/Phase_Phenopowerlaw_Gold.yaml
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+# parameters fitted by D. Ma to:
+# I. Kovács, G. Vörös
+# On the mathematical description of the tensile stress-strain curves of polycrystalline face centered cubic metals
+# International Journal of Plasticity, Volume 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35–43
+# DOI: 10.1016/S0749-6419(95)00043-7
+Gold:
+  lattice: cF
+  mechanics:
+    elasticity: {C_11: 191.0e9, C_12: 162.0e9, C_44: 42.20e9, type: hooke}
+    plasticity:
+      N_sl: [12]
+      a_sl: 1.0
+      dot_gamma_0_sl: 0.001
+      h_0_sl_sl: 75e6
+      h_sl_sl: [1, 1, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4]
+      n_sl: 83.3
+      output: [xi_sl]
+      type: phenopowerlaw
+      xi_0_sl: [26.25e6]
+      xi_inf_sl: [53.00e6]
diff --git a/examples/ConfigFiles/Phase_Phenopowerlaw_Magnesium.yaml b/examples/ConfigFiles/Phase_Phenopowerlaw_Magnesium.yaml
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+# Tromans 2011, Elastic Anisotropy of HCP Metal Crystals and Polycrystals
+Magnesium:
+  lattice: hP
+  c/a: 1.62350
+  mechanics:
+    elasticity: {C_11: 59.3e9, C_12: 25.7e9, C_13: 21.4e9, C_33: 61.5e9, C_44: 16.4e9, type: hooke}
+    plasticity:
+      N_sl: [3, 3, 0, 6, 0, 6]
+      N_tw: [6, 0, 0, 6]
+      h_0_tw_tw: 50.0e6
+      h_0_sl_sl: 500.0e6
+      h_0_tw_sl: 150.0e6
+      h_sl_sl: [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1]
+      h_tw_tw: [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1]
+      h_sl_tw: [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1]
+      h_tw_sl: [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1]
+      output: [xi_sl, xi_tw]
+      type: phenopowerlaw
+      xi_0_sl: [10.0e6, 55.0e6, 0, 60.0e6, 0.0, 60.0e6]
+      xi_inf_sl: [40.0e6, 135.0e6, 0, 150.0e6, 0.0, 150.0e6]
+      xi_0_tw: [40e6, 0.0, 0.0, 60.0e6]
+####################################################
+# open for discussion
+####################################################
+      a_sl: 2.25
+      dot_gamma_0_sl: 0.001
+      dot_gamma_0_tw: 0.001
+      n_sl: 20
+      n_tw: 20
+      f_sl_sat_tw: 10.0
diff --git a/examples/ConfigFiles/Phase_Phenopowerlaw_cpTi-alpha.yaml b/examples/ConfigFiles/Phase_Phenopowerlaw_cpTi-alpha.yaml
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+# M. Levy, Handbook of Elastic Properties of Solids, Liquids, and Gases (2001)
+# C. Zambaldi, "Orientation informed nanoindentation of a-titanium: Indentation pileup in hexagonal metals deforming by prismatic slip", J. Mater. Res., Vol. 27, No. 1, Jan 14, 2012
+Ti-alpha:
+  lattice: hP
+  c/a: 1.587
+  mechanics:
+    elasticity: {C_11: 160.0e9, C_12: 90.0e9, C_13: 211.1e9, C_33: 181.7e9, C_44: 46.5e9, type: hooke}
+    plasticity:
+      N_sl: [3, 3, 0, 6]
+      a_sl: 2.0
+      dot_gamma_0_sl: 0.001
+      h_0_sl_sl: 15e6
+      h_sl_sl: [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1]
+      n_sl: 20
+      output: [gamma_sl]
+      type: phenopowerlaw
+      xi_0_sl: [349.3e6, 150e6, 0, 1107.9e6]
+      xi_inf_sl: [568.6e6, 1502.2e6, 0, 3420.1e6]