Exceptional thermal stability of nanostructured FeCoNiCrCu high entropy alloy facilitated by unusual grain boundary segregation

J Cao, F Li, Q Zhang, M Li, C Wang, W Wang, Y Liu - Scripta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanocrystalline metals often suffer from grain coarsening at elevated temperatures, which
deteriorates their mechanical properties. One important strategy to retard grain growth is …

Excellent thermal stability and mechanical properties of bulk nanostructured FeCoNiCu high entropy alloy

Y Zhang, M Liu, J Sun, G Li, R Zheng, W Xiao… - Materials Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, we report bulk nanostructured equiatomic FeCoNiCu high-entropy alloy (HEA)
with superior thermal stability and decent mechanical properties. High pressure torsion …

Effect of Al Addition on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of AlxCrCoNi Medium Entropy Alloys Prepared via the Magnetron Co‐Sputtering

S Sun, W Zai, Y Chen, L Huang… - Advanced Engineering …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The effect of Al addition on the microstructural evolution, hardness, and deformation
behavior of a nanostructured CrCoNi medium entropy alloy prepared by co‐sputtering is …

Hierarchical nanostructure stabilizing high content coherent nanoprecipitates in Al-Cr-Fe-Ni-V high-entropy alloy

L Wang, Y Xiao, Y Ren, L Wang, L Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
High-density coherent nanoprecipitates have been widely introduced into the design of new
structural materials to achieve a superior strength-ductility balance. However, the thermal …

Ultra-strong and thermally stable nanocrystalline CrCoNi alloy

P Gao, S Sun, H Li, R Niu, S Han, H Zong… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Grain refinement to the nanocrystalline regime is the most effective way to strengthen
materials but this often deteriorates the grain-size thermal stability and plasticity. Here we …

A nanocrystalline AlCoCuNi medium-entropy alloy with high thermal stability via entropy and boundary engineering

HW Deng, ZM Xie, MM Wang, Y Chen, R Liu… - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
A promising strategy involving the synergetic effects of the high-entropy engineering and
interface architectures has been proposed to realize the thermal stability of nanocrystalline …

Chemical fluctuation enabling strength-plasticity synergy in metastable single-phase high entropy alloy film with gigapascal yield strength

JY Zhang, QF He, J Li, Y Yang - International Journal of Plasticity, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, we synthesized a FeCoNiCrCu high entropy alloy film (HEAF) via magnetron
sputtering, which exhibited a metastable single FCC phase with random chemical …

Local chemical ordering coordinated thermal stability of nanograined high-entropy alloys

HH Wu, LS Dong, SZ Wang, GL Wu, JH Gao, XS Yang… - Rare Metals, 2023 - Springer
Nanograined (NG) materials often suffer from low thermal stability owing to the high volume
fraction of grain boundaries (GBs). Herein, we investigate the possibility of utilizing local …

Atomic scale understanding of phase stability and decomposition of a nanocrystalline CrMnFeCoNi Cantor alloy

YJ Li, A Savan, A Ludwig - Applied Physics Letters, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
High entropy alloys (HEAs) provide superior mechanical and functional properties.
However, these advantages may disappear when a metastable single-phase solid solution …

[HTML][HTML] Design of self-stable nanocrystalline high-entropy alloy

MA Adaan-Nyiak, I Alam, GA Arcuri, AA Tiamiyu - Materials & Design, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanocrystalline (NC) materials are prone to grain-coarsening at low temperatures—
requiring extra solute-element addition for stability. While this approach is established …