Twin-related grain boundary engineering and its influence on mechanical properties of face-centered cubic metals: a review

X Li, X Guan, Z Jia, P Chen, C Fan, F Shi - Metals, 2023 - mdpi.com
On the basis of reiterating the concept of grain boundary engineering (GBE), the recent
progress in the theoretical models and mechanisms of twin-related GBE optimization and its …

Mechanisms for suppressing discontinuous precipitation and improving mechanical properties of NiAl-strengthened steels through nanoscale Cu partitioning

BC Zhou, T Yang, G Zhou, H Wang, JH Luan, ZB Jiao - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Control of discontinuous and continuous precipitation is crucial for tailoring the
microstructure and mechanical properties of NiAl-strengthened steels. Through a …

Intermediate temperature embrittlement in a precipitation-hardened high-entropy alloy: The role of heterogeneous strain distribution and environmentally assisted …

BX Cao, DX Wei, XF Zhang, HJ Kong, YL Zhao… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
Severe intergranular embrittlement has been found in a wide range of polycrystalline
metallic materials in the intermediate temperature regime, setting severe limits on their …

[HTML][HTML] Image-driven discriminative and generative machine learning algorithms for establishing microstructure–processing relationships

W Ma, EJ Kautz, A Baskaran, A Chowdhury… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
We investigate the methods of microstructure representation for the purpose of predicting
processing condition from microstructure image data. A binary alloy (uranium–molybdenum) …

[HTML][HTML] Nanoscale precipitation, mechanical properties, and deformation behavior of NiAl-strengthened high-strength steels: Effects of Ni and Al contents and ratios

BC Zhou, SF Liu, HH Wu, JH Luan, JM Guo, T Yang… - Materials & Design, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Effects of Ni and Al contents and ratios on the continuous and discontinuous
precipitation, mechanical properties, and deformation behavior of NiAl-strengthened steels …

Effect of rare earth Er on discontinuous precipitation and mechanical properties of Cu-15Ni-8Sn-0.3 Fe alloy

Y Gong, C Guo, Y Shi, J Zhang, X Liang, X Xiao… - Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Cu-15Ni-8Sn-0.3 Fe-xEr (wt%, x= 0.1–0.4) alloy was prepared by vacuum
induction melting. The microstructure evolution, mechanical properties and discontinuous …

Review of grain boundary complexion engineering: Know your boundaries

AR Krause, PR Cantwell, CJ Marvel… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Grain boundary structure‐property relationships influence bulk performance and, therefore,
are an important criterion in materials design. Materials scientists can generate different …

A possibility to synchronously improve the high-temperature strength and ductility in face-centered cubic metals through grain boundary engineering

XJ Guan, F Shi, HM Ji, XW Li - Scripta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
To examine the influence of grain boundary engineering (GBE) on the high-temperature
mechanical properties of face-centered cubic (FCC) metals, the tensile tests were carried out …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of thermomechanical processing via rotary swaging on grain boundary character distribution and intergranular corrosion in 304 austenitic stainless steel

W Feng, Z Wang, Q Sun, Y He, Y Sun - Journal of Materials Research and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the present work, the thermomechanical processing consisting of rotary swaging
deformation and annealing treatment was performed to optimize the grain boundary …

Suppression of discontinuous precipitation and strength improvement by Sc doping in Cu-6 wt% Ag alloys

B An, R Niu, Y Xin, WL Starch, Z Xiang, Y Su… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract In low-Ag Cu matrix alloys, the presence of coarse discontinuous precipitates may
limit strength. We demonstrated that discontinuous precipitation was suppressed, and …