[HTML][HTML] Design for improving corrosion resistance of duplex stainless steels by wrapping inclusions with niobium armour

S Zhang, H Feng, H Li, Z Jiang, T Zhang, H Zhu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Unavoidable nonmetallic inclusions generated in the steelmaking process are fatal defects
that often cause serious corrosion failure of steel, leading to catastrophic accidents and …

[HTML][HTML] A nanodispersion-in-nanograins strategy for ultra-strong, ductile and stable metal nanocomposites

Z Li, Y Zhang, Z Zhang, YT Cui, Q Guo, P Liu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Nanograined metals have the merit of high strength, but usually suffer from low work
hardening capacity and poor thermal stability, causing premature failure and limiting their …

A review on thermal stability of nanostructured materials

N Liang, Y Zhao - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanostructured materials, with average grain size in nanometer scale and a high volume
fraction of grain boundaries, were known to have advanced mechanical properties, such as …

Gradient nanostructured steel with superior tensile plasticity

Z Shang, T Sun, J Ding, NA Richter, NM Heckman… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Nanostructured metallic materials with abundant high-angle grain boundaries exhibit high
strength and good radiation resistance. While the nanoscale grains induce high strength …

Recent progress of radiation response in nanostructured tungsten for nuclear application

H Xu, LL He, YF Pei, CZ Jiang, WQ Li, XH Xiao - Tungsten, 2021 - Springer
Engineering materials for nuclear reactors exposed to high-dose irradiation breed various
radiation damage, leading to performance degradation of materials, which seriously limits …

Synergistically enhanced interface stability by graphene assisted copper surface reconstruction

KM Yang, Q Li, Q Zhang, GS Liu, JJ Wang, YF Yang… - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Graphene (Gr)/Copper (Cu) composites have shown great potential in thermal-
management and information-transport applications. The influences of interface related …

Significant effects of grain size on mechanical response characteristics and deformation mechanisms of metastable austenitic stainless steel

G Sun, M Zhao, L Du, H Wu - Materials Characterization, 2022 - Elsevier
Grain size of a 304 austenitic stainless steel was tuned via deformation-induced martensite
transformation and austenite reversion annealing, and the significant effects of grain size on …

Temperature-dependent reversed fracture behavior of multilayered TiBw/Ti–Ti (Al) composites

H Wu, M Huang, X Li, Y Xia, Z Wang, G Fan - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Engineering strong and ductile structural materials has been an enduring pursuit over the
past few decades. Here we proposed a heterogeneous laminated/gradient integrated …

Effects of transient thermal shock on the microstructures and corrosion properties of a reduced activation high-entropy alloy

WR Zhang, WB Liao, PK Liaw, JL Ren, J Brechtl… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The devices would subject transient thermal shocks (TTS) during operation under extremely
harsh conditions of nuclear fusion reactors, which inevitably exert significant impact on the …

Generalized stability criterion for exploiting optimized mechanical properties by a general correlation between phase transformations and plastic deformations

L Huang, W Lin, Y Zhang, D Feng, Y Li, X Chen, K Niu… - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Designing structured materials with optimized mechanical properties generally focuses on
engineering microstructures, which are closely determined by the processing routes, such …