High-entropy alloys for advanced nuclear applications

EJ Pickering, AW Carruthers, PJ Barron… - Entropy, 2021 - mdpi.com
The expanded compositional freedom afforded by high-entropy alloys (HEAs) represents a
unique opportunity for the design of alloys for advanced nuclear applications, in particular …

Irradiation effects in high-entropy alloys and their applications

Z Cheng, J Sun, X Gao, Y Wang, J Cui, T Wang… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2023 - Elsevier
On the one hand, Irradiation is everywhere and irradiation effect, especially the material
irradiation damage effect under strong irradiation field, is one of the key factors for the …

Short-range ordering and its effects on mechanical properties of high-entropy alloys

Y Wu, F Zhang, X Yuan, H Huang, X Wen… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this letter, we briefly summarize experimental and theoretical findings of formation and
characterization of short-range orderings (SROs) as well as their effects on the deformation …

Lattice distortion in a strong and ductile refractory high-entropy alloy

C Lee, G Song, MC Gao, R Feng, P Chen, J Brechtl… - Acta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
The maximization of the mixing entropy with the optimal range of enthalpy in high-entropy
alloys (HEAs) can promote the formation of a stable single solid-solution phase with the …

A novel cobalt-free oxide dispersion strengthened medium-entropy alloy with outstanding mechanical properties and irradiation resistance

A Fu, B Liu, B Liu, Y Cao, J Wang, T Liao, J Li… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
A novel cobalt-free oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) equiatomic FeCrNi medium
entropy alloy (MEA) was successfully fabricated through mechanical alloying and hot …

Local structure and short-range order in a NiCoCr solid solution alloy

FX Zhang, S Zhao, K **, H Xue, G Velisa, H Bei… - Physical review …, 2017 - APS
Multielement solid solution alloys are intrinsically disordered on the atomic scale, and many
of their advanced properties originate from the local structural characteristics. The local …

Ubiquitous short-range order in multi-principal element alloys

Y Han, H Chen, Y Sun, J Liu, S Wei, B **e… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Recent research in multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs) has increasingly focused on the
role of short-range order (SRO) on material performance. However, the mechanisms of SRO …

The effects of irradiation on CrMnFeCoNi high-entropy alloy and its derivatives

Z Zhang, DEJ Armstrong, PS Grant - Progress in Materials Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract High-entropy alloys (HEAs), based on equiatomic or near-equiatomic mixture of
usually four or more elements, have attracted considerable attention as there are indications …

Distinct point defect behaviours in body-centered cubic medium-entropy alloy NbZrTi induced by severe lattice distortion

T Shi, Z Su, J Li, C Liu, J Yang, X He, D Yun, Q Peng… - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
The point defect properties of body-centered cubic medium-entropy alloy NbZrTi were
studied by first-principles calculations. Due to severe lattice distortion, a significant portion of …

Tunable chemical disorder in concentrated alloys: defect physics and radiation performance

Y Zhang, YN Osetsky, WJ Weber - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
The development of advanced structural alloys with performance meeting the requirements
of extreme environments in nuclear reactors has been long pursued. In the long history of …