Metallurgists have long been accustomed to a trade-off between yield strength and tensile
ductility. Extending previously known strain-hardening mechanisms, the emerging multi …

Low stacking-fault energy (SFE) nanocrystalline alloys with pre-existing nanotwins (PNTs)
and heterogeneous grain structure (HGS) exhibit exceptional strength-ductility …

The study of alloys exhibiting noteworthy strength-ductility synergy at ambient and cryogenic
temperatures has been a persistent area of interest in materials engineering. This interest …

The multiple elements in equal ratios in complex concentrated alloys (CCAs) favor the
formation of local atomic environments like segregation or chemical ordering observed in …

Multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs) demonstrate significant promise as structural
materials for nuclear energy equipment owing to their exceptional mechanical properties …

The variations of the first pop-in load in nanoindentation with annealing temperature and
time have been investigated both by experiment and theoretical molecular dynamics (MD) …

Local chemical order (LCO) is energetically favorable in multi-principal element alloys
(MPEAs) due to the chemical affinity difference among constituent species. Here we show …

The pursuit of enhancing strength and toughness remains a critical endeavor in the field of
structural materials. This study explores two distinct strategies to overcome the traditional …

Solid solution strengthening remains the basis for many industrial alloys, yet chemical short-
range order (CSRO) can also play a significant role in the strengthening of alloys with …

Chemical short-range order (SRO) can effectively retard the dislocation motion, allowing for
a substantive hardening effect. Notwithstanding, fundamental mechanisms behind …