Relative mobility of screw versus edge dislocations controls the ductile-to-brittle transition in metals

Y Lu, YH Zhang, E Ma, WZ Han - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Body-centered cubic metals including steels and refractory metals suffer from an abrupt
ductile-to-brittle transition (DBT) at a critical temperature, hampering their performance and …

High-temperature deformation mechanisms in a BCC+ B2 refractory complex concentrated alloy

JP Couzinié, M Heczko, V Mazánová, ON Senkov… - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
The current study reports the analysis of the deformation mechanisms at 600° C in a two-
phase, BCC+ B2, refractory complex concentrated alloy (RCCA) Al 0.5 NbTa 0.8 Ti 1.5 V 0.2 …

Plastic deformation of solid-solution strengthened Hf-Nb-Ta-Ti-Zr body-centered cubic medium/high-entropy alloys

RR Eleti, N Stepanov, N Yurchenko, D Klimenko… - Scripta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Plastic deformation and rate-controlling mechanism during tensile deformation of various
body-centered cubic (BCC) medium/high-entropy alloys (MEAs/HEAs) were investigated at …

Mechanism of brittle-to-ductile transition in tungsten under small-punch testing

YH Zhang, WZ Han - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Exceptional high brittle-to-ductile transition temperature (BDTT) is a critical issue that limits
the application of tungsten as structural materials. The controlling factors in BDT have been …

Anomalous slip in body-centred cubic metals

D Caillard, B Bienvenu, E Clouet - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Crystal strength and plastic flow are controlled by the motion and interaction of dislocations,
the line defects carrying atomic shear increments. Whereas, in most crystals, deformation …

Classical and machine learning interatomic potentials for BCC vanadium

R Wang, X Ma, L Zhang, H Wang, DJ Srolovitz… - Physical Review …, 2022 - APS
BCC transition metals (TMs) exhibit complex temperature and strain-rate dependent plastic
deformation behavior controlled by individual crystal lattice defects. Classical empirical and …

Orientation dependent plasticity of the refractory multi-principal element alloy MoNbTi investigated via micropillar compression

GH Balbus, SI Rao, ON Senkov, EJ Payton - Acta Materialia, 2024 - Elsevier
Refractory multi-principal element alloys (RMPEAs) are promising candidate materials for
use in high temperature structural applications and other extreme environments. Recent …

Atomic-scale hidden point-defect complexes induce ultrahigh-irradiation hardening in tungsten

RY Zheng, WR Jian, IJ Beyerlein, WZ Han - Nano Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Tungsten displays high strength in extreme temperature and radiation environments and is
considered a promising plasma facing material for fusion nuclear reactors. Unlike other …

Mobility of screw dislocation in BCC tungsten at high temperature in presence of carbon

G Hachet, D Caillard, L Ventelon, E Clouet - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
The interplay of screw dislocations with carbon atoms is investigated in tungsten at high
temperature using in situ straining experiments in a transmission electron microscope (TEM) …

Mechanisms of helium irradiation blistering and surface deformation in tungsten

C Fan, S Pan, X Hu, B He, M Huang - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Helium irradiation blistering in tungsten is of intense interest for plasma-facing materials
under fusion-relevant conditions. Previous studies have revealed that the surface blistering …