Phase engineering of nanostructural metallic materials: Classification, structures, and applications

J Gu, F Duan, S Liu, W Cha, J Lu - Chemical Reviews, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Metallic materials are usually composed of single phase or multiple phases, which refers to
homogeneous regions with distinct types of the atom arrangement. The recent studies on …

[HTML][HTML] Chemical inhomogeneities in high-entropy alloys help mitigate the strength-ductility trade-off

E Ma, C Liu - Progress in Materials Science, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Metallurgists have long been accustomed to a trade-off between yield strength and tensile
ductility. Extending previously known strain-hardening mechanisms, the emerging multi …

Hierarchical crack buffering triples ductility in eutectic herringbone high-entropy alloys

P Shi, R Li, Y Li, Y Wen, Y Zhong, W Ren, Z Shen… - Science, 2021‏ - science.org
In human-made malleable materials, microdamage such as cracking usually limits material
lifetime. Some biological composites, such as bone, have hierarchical microstructures that …

Phase-selective recrystallization makes eutectic high-entropy alloys ultra-ductile

Q Wu, F He, J Li, HS Kim, Z Wang, J Wang - Nature communications, 2022‏ - nature.com
Excellent ductility is crucial not only for sha** but also for strengthening metals and alloys.
The ever most widely used eutectic alloys are suffering from the limited ductility and losing …

A high-entropy alloy with dislocation-precipitate skeleton for ultrastrength and ductility

Y Mu, L He, S Deng, Y Jia, Y Jia, G Wang, Q Zhai… - Acta Materialia, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The introduction of dislocations and precipitates has proven to be the effective methods to
improve the mechanical properties of metallic materials and break strength-ductility trade-off …

Simultaneously enhancing the ultimate strength and ductility of high-entropy alloys via short-range ordering

S Chen, ZH Aitken, S Pattamatta, Z Wu, ZG Yu… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Simultaneously enhancing strength and ductility of metals and alloys has been a
tremendous challenge. Here, we investigate a CoCuFeNiPd high-entropy alloy (HEA), using …

Ultrahigh strength and ductility in newly developed materials with coherent nanolamellar architectures

L Fan, T Yang, Y Zhao, J Luan, G Zhou, H Wang… - Nature …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Nano-lamellar materials with ultrahigh strengths and unusual physical properties are of
technological importance for structural applications. However, these materials generally …

A mechanically strong and ductile soft magnet with extremely low coercivity

L Han, F Maccari, IR Souza Filho, NJ Peter, Y Wei… - Nature, 2022‏ - nature.com
Soft magnetic materials (SMMs) serve in electrical applications and sustainable energy
supply, allowing magnetic flux variation in response to changes in applied magnetic field, at …

Enhancing fatigue life by ductile-transformable multicomponent B2 precipitates in a high-entropy alloy

R Feng, Y Rao, C Liu, X **e, D Yu, Y Chen… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Catastrophic accidents caused by fatigue failures often occur in engineering structures.
Thus, a fundamental understanding of cyclic-deformation and fatigue-failure mechanisms is …

FCC-BCC phase transformation induced simultaneous enhancement of tensile strength and ductility at high strain rate in high-entropy alloy

YC Wu, JL Shao - International Journal of Plasticity, 2023‏ - Elsevier
FCC-BCC phase transformation-induced plasticity (TRIP) has been extensively studied in
high-entropy alloys (HEAs) to customize their mechanical properties through …