[HTML][HTML] Heterostructured materials

Y Zhu, X Wu - Progress in materials science, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Heterostructured (HS) materials are a new class of materials that are composed of
heterogeneous zones with dramatically different (> 100%) mechanical or physical …

Recent progress in gradient-structured metals and alloys

W Ji, R Zhou, P Vivegananthan, MS Wu, H Gao… - Progress in Materials …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Gradient structures found in biological materials have served as a source of inspiration for
scientists seeking to enhance the performance of metals and alloys over the past decades …

Gradient cell–structured high-entropy alloy with exceptional strength and ductility

Q Pan, L Zhang, R Feng, Q Lu, K An, AC Chuang… - Science, 2021‏ - science.org
Similar to conventional materials, most multicomponent high-entropy alloys (HEAs) lose
ductility as they gain strength. In this study, we controllably introduced gradient nanoscaled …

Additive manufacturing of alloys with programmable microstructure and properties

S Gao, Z Li, S Van Petegem, J Ge, S Goel… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
In metallurgy, mechanical deformation is essential to engineer the microstructure of metals
and to tailor their mechanical properties. However, this practice is inapplicable to near-net …

Harnessing instability for work hardening in multi-principal element alloys

B Xu, H Duan, X Chen, J Wang, Y Ma, P Jiang… - Nature Materials, 2024‏ - nature.com
The strength–ductility trade-off has long been a Gordian knot in conventional metallic
structural materials and it is no exception in multi-principal element alloys. In particular, at …

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 …

Enhancing strength and ductility of Al-matrix composite via a dual-heterostructure strategy

J Nie, Y Chen, L Song, Y Fan, Y Cao, K **e… - International Journal of …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Aluminum matrix composites (AMCs) often have low ductility, which has been a long-lasting
issue in the last few decades. This problem arises largely from the non-deformability of …

Void nucleation during ductile rupture of metals: A review

PJ Noell, RB Sills, AA Benzerga, BL Boyce - Progress in Materials Science, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Ductile rupture in metals is a phenomenon that affects a wide range of applications from
forming of automotive body panels to failure of pressure vessels. The incipient stage …

Heterostructured materials: superior properties from hetero-zone interaction

Y Zhu, K Ameyama, PM Anderson… - Materials Research …, 2021‏ - Taylor & Francis
Heterostructured materials are an emerging class of materials with superior performances
that are unattainable by their conventional homogeneous counterparts. They consist of …

Mechanical properties and deformation mechanisms of gradient nanostructured metals and alloys

X Li, L Lu, J Li, X Zhang, H Gao - Nature Reviews Materials, 2020‏ - nature.com
Inspired by the gradient structures of biological materials, researchers have explored
compositional and structural gradients for about 40 years as an approach to enhance the …