Overcoming the strength–ductility trade-off by tailoring grain-boundary metastable Si-containing phase in β-type titanium alloy

X Luo, LH Liu, C Yang, HZ Lu, HW Ma, Z Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
It is well accepted that grain-boundary phases in metallic alloys greatly deteriorate the
mechanical properties. In our work, we report on a novel strategy to prepare high strength …

Lightweight Zr1. 2V0. 8NbTixAly high-entropy alloys with high tensile strength and ductility

L Wang, S Chen, T Cao, B Wang, L Wang… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
High-entropy alloys (HEAs) provide a new perspective to design novel lightweight alloys,
whereas the complex precipitates in current lightweight HEAs (LHEAs) generally limit the …

A novel strategy for developing α+ β dual-phase titanium alloys with low Young's modulus and high yield strength

Y Fu, W Xiao, J Wang, L Ren, X Zhao, C Ma - Journal of Materials Science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, a novel strategy for developing α+ β dual-phase titanium alloys with low
Young's modulus and high yield strength was proposed, and a Ti-15Nb-5Zr-4Sn-1Fe alloy …

The effect of Al on the formation and stability of a BCC–B2 microstructure in a refractory metal high entropy superalloy system

TE Whitfield, EJ Pickering, LR Owen, CN Jones… - Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
The development of refractory metal high entropy superalloys has received great interest
due to their potential for high temperature structural applications. The formation of a two …

Composition-dependent shuffle-shear coupling and shuffle-regulated strain glass transition in compositionally modulated Ti-Nb alloys

Y Su, C Liang, X Sun, H Zhang, Q Liang, Y Zheng… - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Athermal pure shuffle O′ nanodomains have been reported as a common structural state in
metastable β-Ti alloys. In this study, by integrating thermodynamic databases, first-principles …

Shuffle-nanodomain regulated strain glass transition in Ti-24Nb-4Zr-8Sn alloy

Q Liang, D Wang, Y Zheng, S Zhao, Y Gao, Y Hao… - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
The unprecedented properties of multi-functional metastable β-Ti alloys, including
superelasticity over a wide temperature range, ultra-low modulus, and Invar and Elinvar …

The role of nano-scaled structural non-uniformities on deformation twinning and stress-induced transformation in a cold rolled multifunctional β-titanium alloy

Q Liang, Z Kloenne, Y Zheng, D Wang, S Antonov… - Scripta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
The microstructure in a multifunctional β-titanium alloy, Ti–24Nb–4Zr–8Sn (wt%), before and
after cold rolling was investigated using conventional and aberration-corrected …

Diffusional-displacive transformation in a metastable β titanium alloy and its strengthening effect

L Qi, S He, C Chen, B Jiang, Y Hao, H Ye, R Yang… - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Diffusional-displacive transformations are generally associated with mechanical properties
of materials such as high strength. Understanding structure evolution of these …

Enhanced work hardening from oxygen-stabilized ω precipitates in an aged metastable β Ti-Nb alloy

K Chou, N Li, EA Marquis - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
High levels of oxygen in solid solution in Ti alloys are considered detrimental to mechanical
properties because of embrittlement concerns. In metastable β titanium alloys, the formation …

Structural transformations and characterisation in nano-engineered alloys

S Mukherjee, J Basu, RK Mandal - Progress in Crystal Growth and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Structural transformations in the solid state dictate operating regimes of materials for
engineering applications. Advanced structural characterisation facilitated by electron …