Recent developments on fabrication of Al‐matrix composites reinforced with quasicrystals: from metastable to conventional processing

W Wolf, C Bolfarini, CS Kiminami, WJ Botta - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - Springer
Quasicrystalline alloys and their composites have been extensively studied due to their
complex atomic structures, mechanical properties, and their unique tribological and thermal …

A critical review of Mg–Zn–Y series alloys containing I, W, and LPSO phases

N Tahreen, DL Chen - Advanced Engineering Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Magnesium and its alloys are playing an increasingly important role in the transportation
industry due to the pressing demand of lightweight structures to improve fuel efficiency and …

Precipitation of binary quasicrystals along dislocations

Z Yang, L Zhang, MF Chisholm, X Zhou, H Ye… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Dislocations in crystals naturally break the symmetry of the bulk, introducing local atomic
configurations with symmetries such as fivefold rings. But dislocations do not usually …

Wear and corrosion performance of Al-Cu-Fe-(Cr) quasicrystalline coatings produced by HVOF

W Wolf, GY Koga, R Schulz, S Savoie… - Journal of Thermal …, 2020 - Springer
High-velocity oxygen fuel coatings were produced using gas-atomized Al 62.5 Cu 25 Fe
12.5 and Al 67 Cu 20 Fe 5 Cr 8 powders onto a ferritic stainless-steel substrate, resulting in …

Nanoscale precipitates with quasicrystal domains enhanced strength-ductility synergy in a Mg–6Zn–4Al–1Sn–0.5 Mn alloy

XH Shao, HJ Yang, QQ Jin, YY Song, J Wang… - Materials Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Precipitation strengthening is one of the significant strengthening mechanisms for metallic
alloys owing to its excellent strengthening effect. Here, we effectively introduce homogenous …

[HTML][HTML] Size-dependent solid-solid phase transition process of Ag2S nanoparticles

J Liu, L Chen, H Yang, Z Zhang, Y Wang - Progress in Natural Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
It is well known that for a nanoparticle the solid-solid phase transition begins with the
appearance of a high temperature disordered phase at the surface and the phase interface …

Solid-state formation of icosahedral quasicrystals at Zn3Mg3Y2/Mg interfaces in a Mg–Zn–Y alloy

JF Liu, ZQ Yang, HQ Ye - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2015 - Elsevier
Solid-state formation of Zn 6 Mg 3 Y icosahedral quasicrystals was observed at interfaces
between Mg and W–Zn 3 Mg 3 Y 2 crystals in a Mg–Zn–Y alloy by in situ transmission …

Multilayered sandwich-like architecture containing large-scale faceted Al–Cu–Fe quasicrystal grains

D Wei, Z He - Materials Characterization, 2016 - Elsevier
Faceted quasicrystals are structurally special compared with traditional crystals. Although
the application of faceted quasicrystals has been expected, wide-scale application has not …

Direct observation of solute interstitials and their clusters in Mg alloys

ZQ Yang, SY Ma, QM Hu, HQ Ye, MF Chisholm - Materials Characterization, 2017 - Elsevier
Individual solute interstitial atoms in Mg alloys were directly observed through aberration-
corrected Z-contrast imaging. The atomic species and local positions of solute interstitials …

From quasicrystals to crystals with interpenetrating icosahedra in Ca–Au–Al: in situ variable-temperature transformation

J Pham, F Meng, MJ Lynn, T Ma… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The irreversible transformation from an icosahedral quasicrystal (i-QC) CaAu4. 39Al1. 61 to
its cubic 2/1 crystalline approximant (CA) Ca13Au56. 31 (3) Al21. 69 (CaAu4. 33 (1) Al1. 67 …