One of the most dangerous technical failures of materials is intergranular brittle fracture
(temper embrittlement) as it proceeds very quickly and its appearance is often hardly …

Ever more stringent regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from transportation motivate
efforts to revisit materials used for vehicles. High-strength aluminium alloys often used in …

The phase transformation of θ ″→ θ′ in an Al-5.7 Cu alloy was investigated by aberration-
corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy, and the tranformation mode of θ ″→ …

We present a review on recent work performed on periodic complex metallic alloy (CMA)
surfaces. The electronic and crystallographic structures of clean pseudo-tenfold, pseudo …

The properties of Sc-doped θ′(Al 2 Cu)/Al interface in Al− Cu alloys were investigated by
first-principles calculations. Sc-doped semi-coherent and coherent θ′(Al 2 Cu)/Al interfaces …

In order to model the adsorption of organic corrosion inhibitors on ultrathin oxide layers on
aluminum, the formation of a self-assembled layer of gallic acid, the smallest tannin …

We performed a DFT modelling of Al 2 O 3 (001)/Al (001) and Al 2 O 3 (001)/Al 2 Cu (001)
surfaces and of Al (010)/Al 2 Cu (010) interfaces covered with Al 2 O 3 (001). We focus on …

The surface chemistry associated with the synthesis of energetic nanolaminates controls the
formation of the critical interfacial layers that dominate the performances of nanothermites …

The effect of solution-treating temperature of 465–495° C on the intergranular corrosion
(IGC) susceptibility of the peak-aged Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy (7050) is investigated. The …

Abstract Open-cell Al-4.5 Cu (wt.%) foams were produced by the replication casting
technique in cell sizes of 2.00–2.38 and 3.35–4.75 mm. The fabricated foams were …