Seventy years of Hall-Petch, ninety years of superplasticity and a generalized approach to the effect of grain size on flow stress

RB Figueiredo, M Kawasaki, TG Langdon - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
The grain size, and therefore the grain boundary density, is known to play a major role in the
flow stress of metallic materials. A linear relationship to the inverse of the square root of the …

Mechanical behavior of high-entropy alloys

W Li, D **e, D Li, Y Zhang, Y Gao, PK Liaw - Progress in Materials Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Research in the field of high-entropy alloys has been surging since the 2010s. As widely
acknowledged, research interests in this field are largely sparked by the enormous …

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 …

Light-weight refractory high-entropy alloys: A comprehensive review

Z Wang, S Chen, S Yang, Q Luo, Y **, W **e… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, high-entropy alloys (HEAs) have become a research hotspot in materials
community, and great progress has been made in exploring various high-performance …

Stacking fault energy in concentrated alloys

M Shih, J Miao, M Mills, M Ghazisaeidi - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
We revisit the meaning of stacking fault energy (SFE) and the assumptions of equilibrium
dissociation of lattice dislocations in concentrated alloys. SFE is a unique value in pure …

Achieving superb strength in single-phase FCC alloys via maximizing volume misfit

Z Li, S Ma, S Zhao, W Zhang, F Peng, Q Li, T Yang… - Materials Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Single-phase face-centered cubic (SP-FCC) alloys normally possess low strength.
Conventionally strengthening strategies inevitably cause significant ductility sacrifice. Here …

The double-edge effect of second-phase particles on the recrystallization behaviour and associated mechanical properties of metallic materials

K Huang, K Marthinsen, Q Zhao, RE Logé - Progress in Materials Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Most industrial alloys contain a matrix phase and dispersed second-phase particles. Several
thermomechanical processing (TMP) steps are usually needed to produce a final product …

Dislocation mechanisms and 3D twin architectures generate exceptional strength-ductility-toughness combination in CrCoNi medium-entropy alloy

Z Zhang, H Sheng, Z Wang, B Gludovatz… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Combinations of high strength and ductility are hard to attain in metals. Exceptions include
materials exhibiting twinning-induced plasticity. To understand how the strength-ductility …

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 …

Temperature dependence of the mechanical properties of equiatomic solid solution alloys with face-centered cubic crystal structures

Z Wu, H Bei, GM Pharr, EP George - Acta Materialia, 2014 - Elsevier
Compared to decades-old theories of strengthening in dilute solid solutions, the mechanical
behavior of concentrated solid solutions is relatively poorly understood. A special subset of …