Stabilized nanocrystalline alloys: the intersection of grain boundary segregation with processing science

AE Perrin, CA Schuh - Annual Review of Materials Research, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Processing science for nanocrystalline metals has largely focused on far-from-equilibrium
methods that can generate many grain boundaries with excess defect energy. Conversely …

A review on thermal stability of nanostructured materials

N Liang, Y Zhao - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanostructured materials, with average grain size in nanometer scale and a high volume
fraction of grain boundaries, were known to have advanced mechanical properties, such as …

Revealing the strengthening and toughening mechanisms of Al-CuO composite fabricated via in-situ solid-state reaction

X Rong, D Zhao, C He, C Shi, E Liu, N Zhao - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to native deficiency of the interfacial mismatch between Al 2 O 3 and Al-melt, as well as
micron-Al 2 O 3 segregation at matrix grain boundaries (GBs), achieving both high strength …

Temperature dependence of the Hall–Petch relationship in CoCrFeMnNi high-entropy alloy

SJ Sun, YZ Tian, HR Lin, XG Dong, YH Wang… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Single-phase equiatomic CoCrFeMnNi high-entropy alloy (HEA) specimens with three
different grain sizes (0.65 μm, 2.1 μm and 105 μm) were processed by cold rolling and …

Generalized stability criterion for exploiting optimized mechanical properties by a general correlation between phase transformations and plastic deformations

L Huang, W Lin, Y Zhang, D Feng, Y Li, X Chen, K Niu… - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Designing structured materials with optimized mechanical properties generally focuses on
engineering microstructures, which are closely determined by the processing routes, such …

Correlation between stabilizing and strengthening effects due to grain boundary segregation in iron-based alloys: Theoretical models and first-principles calculations

HR Peng, WT Huo, W Zhang, Y Tang, S Zhang… - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Grain boundary (GB) segregation can drastically affect both the thermal stability and fracture
strength of nanocrystalline metals. Underlying physics of the correlation between the above …

Role of yttrium addition and annealing temperature on thermal stability and hardness of nanocrystalline CoCrFeNi high entropy alloy

G Polat, M Teki̇n, H Kotan - Intermetallics, 2022 - Elsevier
CoCrFeNi high entropy alloys (HEAs) with yttrium (Y) additions (1 and 4 at.%) were
nanostructured by mechanical alloying process and annealed at various temperatures …

Characterization of oxide dispersoids and mechanical properties of 14Cr-ODS FeCrAl alloys

S Wu, J Li, W Li, S Liu - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2020 - Elsevier
Two variants of 14-Cr oxide dispersion strengthened FeCrAl alloys are fabricated by MA
method. The morphology, phase and oxide/matrix interface structure of the nano-oxide …

Unraveling thermodynamic and kinetic contributions to the stability of doped nanocrystalline alloys using nanometallic multilayers

WS Cunningham, STJ Mascarenhas… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Targeted do** of grain boundaries is widely pursued as a pathway for combating thermal
instabilities in nanocrystalline metals. However, certain dopants predicted to produce grain …

Effect of biaxial strain on grain growth in nanocrystalline films: Coupling between grain-boundary energy and strain energy

J Wang, X Li, L Han, Y Huang, Y Liu, Z Wang - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
A primary shortcoming of nanocrystalline materials is that they tend to coarsen at elevated
temperatures, which limits their practical application. Nowadays, it is crucial to develop a …