High entropy alloys: A focused review of mechanical properties and deformation mechanisms

EP George, WA Curtin, CC Tasan - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
The high-entropy alloy (HEA) concept was based on the idea that high mixing entropy can
promote formation of stable single-phase microstructures. During the past 15 years, various …

Solute strengthening in random alloys

C Varvenne, GPM Leyson, M Ghazisaeidi, WA Curtin - Acta Materialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Random solid solution alloys are a broad class of materials that are used across the entire
spectrum of engineering metals, whether as stand-alone materials (eg Al-5xxx alloys) or as …

Theory of strengthening in fcc high entropy alloys

C Varvenne, A Luque, WA Curtin - Acta Materialia, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract High Entropy Alloys (HEAs) are a new class of random alloys having impressive
strength and toughness. Here, a mechanistic, parameter-free, and predictive theory for the …

Dynamic deformation behaviors and mechanisms of CoCrFeNi high-entropy alloys

T Cao, Q Zhang, L Wang, L Wang, Y **ao, J Yao, H Liu… - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to their unique microstructures and chemical compositions, high-entropy alloys (HEAs)
exhibit remarkable mechanical properties, such as high strength, excellent ductility and …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of temperature on mechanical properties and deformation mechanisms of the equiatomic CrFeNi medium-entropy alloy

M Schneider, G Laplanche - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
An equiatomic CrFeNi medium-entropy alloy (MEA) that constitutes a cornerstone of
austenitic stainless steels and Fe-based superalloys is investigated. Anneals at various …

Room-temperature super-elongation in high-entropy alloy nanopillars

Q Zhang, R Niu, Y Liu, J Jiang, F Xu, X Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Nanoscale small-volume metallic materials typically exhibit high strengths but often suffer
from a lack of tensile ductility due to undesirable premature failure. Here, we report unusual …

Abnormal hardening and amorphization in an FCC high entropy alloy under extreme uniaxial tension

K Jiang, Q Zhang, J Li, X Li, F Zhao, B Hou… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ever more extreme environments in advancing industrial applications motivate efforts to
design new generation of alloys with excellent mechanical properties. High entropy alloys …

Radiation-induced segregation on defect clusters in single-phase concentrated solid-solution alloys

C Lu, T Yang, K **, N Gao, P **u, Y Zhang, F Gao… - Acta Materialia, 2017 - Elsevier
A group of single-phase concentrated solid-solution alloys (SP-CSAs), including NiFe,
NiCoFe, NiCoFeCr, as well as a high entropy alloy NiCoFeCrMn, was irradiated with 3 MeV …

Interatomic potential for studying ageing under irradiation in stainless steels: the FeNiCr model alloy

G Bonny, N Castin, D Terentyev - Modelling and Simulation in …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The degradation of austenitic stainless steels in a radiation environment is a known problem
for the in-core components of nuclear light water reactors. For a better understanding of the …

Solid solution strengthening theories of high-entropy alloys

CR LaRosa, M Shih, C Varvenne… - Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
We present a review of solid solution strengthening models for random concentrated solid
solutions of which high entropy alloys are an interesting subset. High entropy alloys (HEAs) …