Controllable selection of martensitic variant enables concurrent enhancement of strength and ductility in a low-carbon steel

TW Yin, YF Shen, N Jia, YJ Li, WY Xue - International Journal of Plasticity, 2023 - Elsevier
A novel strategy through controlling the selection of martensitic variant in metallic materials
is proposed to break through the trade-off between strength and ductility. Here we prepared …

Strategies for Achieving Strength–Ductility Synergy in Face‐Centered Cubic High‐and Medium‐Entropy Alloys

D Han, S Cai, W Sun, B Yang… - Advanced Engineering …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
High‐and medium‐entropy alloys (HEAs/MEAs), also called as multicomponent alloys, are a
new class of materials that break through the traditional alloy design concept based on …

[HTML][HTML] Severe plastic deformation for producing Superfunctional ultrafine-grained and heterostructured materials: An interdisciplinary review

K Edalati, AQ Ahmed, S Akrami, K Ameyama… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ultrafine-grained and heterostructured materials are currently of high interest due to their
superior mechanical and functional properties. Severe plastic deformation (SPD) is one of …

Cu alloying enables superior strength-ductility combination and high corrosion resistance of FeMnCoCr high entropy alloy

Y Yuan, JJ Wang, J Wei, WY Chen, HL Yan… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The metastable dual phase FeMnCoCr high entropy alloy (HEA) has attracted great
attention since it was first proposed, as it can overcome the strength-ductility trade-off at …

Achieving excellent strength-ductility synergy via cold rolling-annealing in Al-containing refractory high-entropy alloys

Y Ma, L Sun, Y Zhang, Z Zhang - … Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard …, 2023 - Elsevier
Most refractory high-entropy alloys (RHEAs) with Al possess excellent strength but low
elongation. Low ductility is generally induced by the formation of brittle phases after long …

Microstructural evolution and deformation behavior of an interstitial TRIP high-entropy alloy under dynamic loading

ZY You, ZY Tang, B Wang, HW Zhang, P Li… - Materials Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The mechanical properties and microstructural evolution under dynamic loading conditions
are of paramount importance in the development and utilization of interstitial high-entropy …

Investigations on austenite stability and martensitic transformation kinetics of a medium Mn steel under different strain states

Y Zou, Q Gao, H Ding, Y Zhang, Z Tang - International Journal of Plasticity, 2023 - Elsevier
Martensitic transformation has received wide attention due to its significant role in improving
mechanical properties of medium Mn steels. In this paper, three typical strain states in sheet …

Achieving exceptional strength and ductility combination in a heterostructured Mg-Y alloy with densely refined twins

Y Yang, Y Liu, S Jiang, Y Yuan, W Chen, L Sun… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Metals and alloys with heterogeneous microstructures are an emerging class of materials
that exhibit exceptional mechanical properties, owing to the novel scientific principle of …

Chemical short-range order dependence of micromechanical behavior in CoCrNi medium-entropy alloy studied by atomic simulations

Y Liu, H Zhang, Y Yang, L Sun, X Zhao, HL Yan… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chemical short-range order (CSRO) is a typical microstructural characteristic commonly
found in multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs). For MPEAs with the face-centered cubic …

Refractory high-entropy alloys with ultra-high strength and strain hardening ability induced by heterogeneous deformation and microbands

Y Ma, Y Zhang, L Sun, Z Zhang - Journal of Materials Science & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Refractory high-entropy alloys (RHEAs) are potential materials for high-temperature
structural applications due to their excellent high-temperature performance. However, the …