[HTML][HTML] Laves phases: a review of their functional and structural applications and an improved fundamental understanding of stability and properties

F Stein, A Leineweber - Journal of Materials Science, 2021 - Springer
Laves phases with their comparably simple crystal structure are very common intermetallic
phases and can be formed from element combinations all over the periodic table resulting in …

[HTML][HTML] Progress in atomic-resolution aberration corrected conventional transmission electron microscopy (CTEM)

KW Urban, J Barthel, L Houben, CL Jia, L Jin… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Transmission electron microscopy is an indispensable tool in modern materials science. It
enables the structure of materials to be studied with high spatial resolution, and thus makes …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment and optimization of the fast inertial relaxation engine (fire) for energy minimization in atomistic simulations and its implementation in lammps

J Guénolé, WG Nöhring, A Vaid, F Houllé, Z Xie… - Computational Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
In atomistic simulations, pseudo-dynamical relaxation schemes often exhibit better
performance and accuracy in finding local minima than line-search-based descent …

Deep-Learning Aided Atomic-Scale Phase Segmentation toward Diagnosing Complex Oxide Cathodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries

D Zhu, C Wang, P Zou, R Zhang, S Wang, B Song… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Phase transformation─ a universal phenomenon in materials─ plays a key role in
determining their properties. Resolving complex phase domains in materials is critical to …

Synthesis and characterization of nano-polycrystal diamonds on refractory high entropy alloys by chemical vapour deposition

CX Han, JQ Zhi, Z Zeng, YS Wang, B Zhou, J Gao… - Applied Surface …, 2023 - Elsevier
Growing diamond has been a long-standing challenge. It is found the diamond grows on
refractory metals (such as Zr, Hf, Ti) hardly to form a continuous film with a high nucleation …

Tailoring the Plasticity of Topologically Close‐packed Phases via the Crystals' Fundamental Building Blocks

W Luo, Z Xie, S Zhang, J Guénolé, P Sun… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Brittle topologically close‐packed precipitates form in many advanced alloys. Due to their
complex structures, little is known about their plasticity. Here, a strategy is presented to …

Computational materials discovery: the case of the W–B system

XY Cheng, XQ Chen, DZ Li, YY Li - Acta Crystallographica Section C …, 2014 - scripts.iucr.org
By means of variable-compositional evolutionary algorithms, in combination with first-
principles calculations, the compositions, structures and mechanical properties of the W–B …

Plasticity of the Nb-rich μ-Co7Nb6 phase at room temperature and 600° C

W Luo, Z Xie, PL Sun, JSKL Gibson, S Korte-Kerzel - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
The µ phase is a common precipitation phase in superalloys and it exists in a wide
composition and temperature range. As such, we study the influences of composition and …

Phase transition induced by synchroshear in Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy

K Xiang, L Ding, Z Jia, X Yang, Q Liu, Z Hao - Scripta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Phase transition of the η-MgZn 2 Laves phase from C14 to C15 structure in peak aged Al-Zn-
Mg-Cu alloy were studied by atomic resolution high-angle annular dark-field scanning …

Stacking faults in Zr (Fe, Cr) 2 Laves structured secondary phase particle in Zircaloy-4 alloy

C Liu, G Li, F Yuan, F Han, Y Zhang, H Gu - Nanoscale, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Stacking faults (SFs) in secondary phase particles (SPPs), which generally crystallize in the
Laves phase in Zircaloy-4 (Zr-4) alloy, have been frequently observed by researchers …