Ultra-high strength steels are the crucial irreplaceable materials in the fields of aerospace,
national defense and military industries. Unfortunately, it is challenging to achieve the …

Advanced ultra-high strength steels are highly desirable for a wide range of engineering
applications. Nanoscale co-precipitation strengthening in steels has received increasing …

We report on the alloy design strategies, precipitation mechanism and mechanical
properties of an ultra-high strength steel hardened by co-precipitation of nanoscale NiAl and …

A novel ultra-high strength precipitation hardened martensitic steel with balanced ductility
and creep resistance has been developed. It utilises a unique combination of nanometre …

Graphene/Cu composites were fabricated through a graphene in-situ grown approach,
which involved ball-milling of Cu powders with PMMA as solid carbon source, in-situ growth …

High-performance conventional engineering materials (including Al alloys, Mg alloys, Cu
alloys, stainless steels, Ni superalloys, etc.) and newly-developed high entropy alloys are all …

Understanding the microscopic structure is often the first step in new materials discovery and
is essential to improve the materials functional properties. Neutron powder diffraction has …

For alloys with nanoprecipitate/matrix microstructures, the lattice coherency between the two
phases plays an important role in determining the mechanical performances at high …

Computational investigations of structural, chemical, and deformation behavior in high-
entropy alloys (HEAs), which possess notable mechanical strength, have been limited due …

Nickel (Ni)-based superalloys are used for safety-critical components in the aerospace
industry because of their high strength at elevated temperatures. These materials are …