Laser cladding and surface alloying are surface modification techniques employed to
fabricate thin coating/layer with improved surface properties or to refurbish surface defects …

Engineering alloys are widely applied as important functional structural materials in
aerospace, electronics, metallurgy, and other high-end engineering industries due to their …

The wear resistance of the part surface has become an important factor affecting its own
service life. Laser cladding (LC), as a surface modification technology, can prepare a …

Abstract High-Entropy Alloys (HEAs) are a promising class of metallic materials that have
allured the world of material science and engineering. These intriguing materials are …

The undesirable residual stress accumulated in the parts during the melting and
solidification of the metal powder layer by layer retards the further application of the selective …

Laser cladding provides the feasibility for fabricating various ceramic-reinforced metal-matrix
composite coatings, where the reinforcement content plays a critical role in influencing the …

Since the advent in 2004, high-entropy alloys (HEAs) have become an attraction for the
world and applied in the extensive engineering fields due to their outstanding properties …

Metallic biomaterials are widely used as short and long-term implantable devices by virtue of
their outstanding mechanical properties, such as high load-bearing capacity and fatigue …

During the laser cladding process, the interaction between laser beam and materials
(substrate and conveyed powder) results in melting deposition. The thermal behavior and …

Growing maturity of SLM has enabled the use of rapid manufacturing technology on hard-to-
machine Ti alloys. In this review, selective laser melted titanium alloys are reviewed based …