Phase engineering of nanostructural metallic materials: Classification, structures, and applications

J Gu, F Duan, S Liu, W Cha, J Lu - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Metallic materials are usually composed of single phase or multiple phases, which refers to
homogeneous regions with distinct types of the atom arrangement. The recent studies on …

Enhancing the radiation tolerance of high-entropy alloys via solute-promoted chemical heterogeneities

Z Su, J Ding, M Song, L Jiang, T Shi, Z Li, S Wang… - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
High-entropy alloys (HEAs) composed of multiple principal elements have the potential to
offer extraordinary radiation resistance. Using NiCoFeCrMn HEA as a model, here we …

The design of Pd-containing high-entropy alloys and their hardening behavior under He ion irradiation

S Shen, L Hao, X Liu, Y Wang, Y Li, J Zhang, E Fu - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Imparting additional chemical heterogeneities of high-entropy alloys (HEAs) is considered
as a novel strategy to improve their irradiation resistance on dislocation loop growth; …

High-entropy alloys: a critical review of aqueous corrosion behavior and mechanisms

JY Zhang, B Xiao, TH Chou, BX Cao, YL Zhao… - High Entropy Alloys & …, 2023 - Springer
Advances in corrosion-resistant alloys have primarily been driven by new corrosion
mechanisms and new alloys. As a new class of structural and functional materials, high …

Interaction of irradiation defects with precipitates in CuCrZr and Cu-1Fe alloys

YN Bian, Y Lu, J Zhang, B Gao, WB Wang, WZ Han - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, we employ transmission electron microscopy and helium ion irradiation to study
the interactions between the radiation-induced point defects and the incoherent/semi …

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 …

Enhanced irradiation tolerance of a medium entropy alloy via precipitation and dissolution of nanoprecipitates

J Han, Y Zhang, Z Sun, Y Zhang, Y Zhao, L Sun… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2023 - Elsevier
High/medium entropy alloys (HEAs/MEAs) are good candidates for nuclear applications due
to the excellent mechanical properties, good corrosion resistance and radiation resistance …

Ultrahigh strength, thermal stability and high thermal conductivity in hierarchical nanostructured Cu-W alloy

JG Ke, R Liu, ZM Xie, LC Zhang, XP Wang, QF Fang… - Acta Materialia, 2024 - Elsevier
The wider application of copper alloys is challenged due to their relatively low strength and
thermal stability. Here we report a nano-reinforcement dispersion strategy to achieved an …

Nanoprecipitates to enhance radiation tolerance in high-entropy alloys

B Kombaiah, Y Zhou, K Jin, A Manzoor… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The growth of advanced energy technologies for power generation is enabled by the design,
development, and integration of structural materials that can withstand extreme …

Dual nanoprecipitation and nanoscale chemical heterogeneity in a secondary hardening steel for ultrahigh strength and large uniform elongation

S Wang, J Wang, S Zhang, D Wei, Y Chen… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Nanoprecipitates and nanoscale retained austenite (RA) with suitable stability play crucial
roles in determining the yield strength (YS) and ductility of ultrahigh strength steels (UHSSs) …