Friction stir welding and processing enabled the creation of stronger joints, novel ultrafine-
grained metals, new metal matrix composites, and multifunctional surfaces at user-defined …

Photothermal anti-/de-icing materials (PA/DIMs) have attracted significant attention due to
their potential in addressing surface ice formation. To date, improved durability and harsh …

Poor performance of advanced engineering materials, during long term servicing at high
temperature, is closely related to thermal stability of the microstructures. Instability of the …

Nanostructured metals and alloys often exhibit high strengths but at the expense of reduced
ductility. Through harnessing the far-from-equilibrium processing conditions of laser powder …

In-depth knowledge of the coupling between grain refinement and the transformation-
induced plasticity (TRIP) effect in metastable alloys is a viable approach for the improvement …

Refractory high‐entropy alloys (RHEAs) inspire the development of novel high‐temperature
structural materials due to their outstanding resistance to softening and phase stability at …

Eutectic high-entropy alloys (EHEAs), combining the advantages of both eutectic alloys and
high-entropy alloys (HEAs), possess good castability and superior comprehensive …

Abstract 2205 duplex stainless steel (DSS) and Incoloy 825 alloys are extensively utilized in
the marine environment for decades but have some limitations of insufficient hardness and …

In recent years, high-entropy alloys (HEAs) have emerged as a novel class of high-
performance materials with broad applicability. Currently, one of the most attractive HEA …

Rapid development of smart technologies poses a big challenge for magnetostrictive
materials, which should not only permit isotropic and hysteresis‐free actuation (ie …