Shock-induced deformation and fracture in single-crystalline and nanocrystalline
CoCrFeMnNi high-entropy alloys (HEAs) under different shock intensities are investigated …

Abstract The transition from Hall-Petch (HP) to inverse Hall-Petch (IHP) behaviors
associated with grain size reduction has been recognized for over two decades. However …

Graphene (Gr) reinforced high-entropy alloy (HEA) matrix composites are expected as
potential candidates for next-generation structural applications in light of outstanding …

High-entropy alloys (HEAs) show promising prospects to be extensively applied as
functional and structural applications. Nevertheless, due to technical limitations in real-timely …

High-entropy alloys (HEAs) possess immense potential for structural applications due to
their excellent mechanical properties. Deeply understanding underlying deformation …

Under shock loading, the spall strength of nanocrystals exhibits intricate grain-size effects
due to the presence of abundant grain boundary and dislocation activities. However, the …

Materials respond to shock in many ways such as plastic flow in metals and amorphization
in ceramics. It is very challenging to characterize the deformation mechanisms of ceramics …

Plate impact experiments are conducted on a hot-rolled, heterogeneous-structured, high-
entropy alloy CrMnFeCoNi consisting of two types of domains: the UR domains containing …

The challenge in synthesizing high-entropy ceramic (HEC) nanopowders is to suppress
severe grain coarsening and particle agglomeration, which occur at elevated temperatures …

The machinability of hard brittle polycrystalline ceramic has a strong correlation with internal
microstructures and their accommodated deformation behavior. In the present work, we …