Vacancy diffusion in multi-principal element alloys: The role of chemical disorder in the ordered lattice

SL Thomas, S Patala - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Many of the purported virtues of Multi-Principal Element Alloys (MPEAs), such as corrosion,
high-temperature oxidation and irradiation resistance, are highly sensitive to vacancy …

Minimizing the diffusivity difference between vacancies and interstitials in multi-principal element alloys

B Zhang, Z Zhang, K Xun, M Asta… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Interstitial atoms usually diffuse much faster than vacancies, which is often the root cause for
the ineffective recombination of point defects in metals under irradiation. Here, via ab initio …

Defect accumulation and evolution in refractory multi-principal element alloys

S Zhao, Y Xiong, S Ma, J Zhang, B Xu, JJ Kai - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Refractory multiple principal elemental alloys (MPEAs) hold great promise for structural
materials in future nuclear energy systems. Compared to the extensively studied face …

Short-range order localizing diffusion in multi-principal element alloys

B Xing, X Wang, WJ Bowman, P Cao - Scripta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
The impact of chemical short-range order (SRO) on diffusion is computationally studied and
theoretically analyzed in two classes of multi-principal elements alloys, fcc CrCoNi and bcc …

Vacancy diffusion barrier spectrum and diffusion correlation in multicomponent alloys

B Xing, W Zou, TJ Rupert, P Cao - Acta Materialia, 2024 - Elsevier
Vacancy diffusion serves a crucial role in many important kinetic behaviors and properties of
multicomponent alloys. Essential questions, however, persist regarding how chemical …

Influence of short-range order on diffusion in multiprincipal element alloys from long-time atomistic simulations

B Xu, S Ma, S Huang, J Zhang, Y Xiong, H Fu… - Physical Review …, 2023 - APS
Short-range order (SRO) is an important structural characteristic in multiprincipal element
alloys (MPEAs) that plays a crucial role in their superior mechanical and physical properties …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the influence of percolation on vacancy-mediated diffusion in CoCrNi multi-principal element alloys

B Xu, S Ma, Y Xiong, J Zhang, S Huang, JJ Kai… - Materials & Design, 2022 - Elsevier
Multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs), including high entropy alloys, show exceptional
mechanical properties and corrosion resistance. These unusual properties are mostly …

Vacancy formation energies and migration barriers in multi-principal element alloys

A Roy, P Singh, G Balasubramanian, DD Johnson - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs) continue to garner interest as structural and plasma-
facing materials due to their structural (phase) stability and increased resistance to radiation …

[HTML][HTML] How does short-range order impact defect kinetics in irradiated multiprincipal element alloys?

P Cao - Accounts of Materials Research, 2021 - ACS Publications
The effect of high-energy particle irradiation on materials is often detrimental, yet it can be
beneficial as in orienting high-density magnetic alloys by promoting chemical order. 1 …

Specific features of defect and mass transport in concentrated fcc alloys

YN Osetsky, LK Béland, RE Stoller - Acta Materialia, 2016 - Elsevier
Diffusion and mass transport are basic properties that control materials performance, such
as phase stability, solute decomposition and radiation tolerance. While understanding …