[HTML][HTML] Twin-solute, twin-dislocation and twin-twin interactions in magnesium

Y Yue, J Wang, JF Nie - Journal of Magnesium and Alloys, 2023 - Elsevier
Magnesium alloys have received considerable research interest due to their lightweight,
high specific strength and excellent castability. However, their plastic deformation is more …

Computational modeling of grain boundary segregation: A review

C Hu, R Dingreville, BL Boyce - Computational Materials Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Nearly all metals, alloys, ceramics, and their associated composites are polycrystalline in
nature, with grain boundaries that separate well-defined crystalline regions that influence …

Unusual solute segregation phenomenon in coherent twin boundaries

C He, Z Li, H Chen, N Wilson, JF Nie - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Interface segregation of solute atoms has a profound effect on properties of engineering
alloys. The occurrence of solute segregation in coherent twin boundaries (CTBs) in Mg …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing the strain hardening and ductility of Mg-Y alloy by introducing stacking faults

K Wei, L Xiao, B Gao, L Li, Y Liu, Z Ding, W Liu… - Journal of Magnesium …, 2020 - Elsevier
Due to the insufficient slip systems, Mg and its alloys exhibit poor ductility during plastic
deformation at room temperature. To solve this problem, alloying is considered as a most …

Significantly enhanced grain boundary Zn and Ca co-segregation of dilute Mg alloy via trace Sm addition

Z Zhang, J Zhang, J Xie, S Liu, Y He, R Wang… - Materials Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Increasing the level of grain boundary (GB) segregation is one of the effective strategies for
the preparation of new high-performance Mg alloys. Here based on careful experimental …

Effects of dynamic recrystallization mechanisms on texture evolution in Mg-Gd-Y-Zr-Ag alloy during hot compression

D Zhang, C Liu, S Jiang, Y Gao, Y Wan… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, effects of thermal mechanical parameters on the flow behaviors and
microstructure evolution of Mg-7.5 Gd-1.5 Y-0.4 Zr-0.5 Ag (wt%) alloy were analyzed by the …

Room temperature deformation-induced solute segregation and its impact on twin boundary mobility in a Mg-Y alloy

X Wang, Y Hu, K Yu, S Mahajan, IJ Beyerlein… - Scripta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Mechanical behavior of alloys is influenced by segregation of solute atoms, which affects
deformation mechanisms, such as slip and twinning. In this study, we report on an atomic …

Twin boundary superstructures assembled by periodic segregation of solute atoms

H Xie, H Pan, J Bai, D Xie, P Yang, S Li, J Jin… - Nano Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Twinning is a common deformation mechanism in metals, and twin boundary (TB)
segregation of impurities/solutes plays an important role in the performances of alloys such …

New deformation mechanism and strength-ductility synergy in pure titanium with high density twin

S Wang, Z Hu, Z Huang, B Gao, X Chen, J Hu… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The simultaneous optimization of strength and ductility in high-performance metallic
materials has long been a challenge for researchers, characterized by an inherent trade-off …

[HTML][HTML] First-principles calculation of twin boundary energy and strength/embrittlement in hexagonal close-packed titanium

J Hui, X Zhang, T Liu, W Liu, B Wang - Materials & Design, 2022 - Elsevier
We performed first-principles calculations to determine the effects of 14 metallic solutes on
twin boundary (TB) energy and strength/embrittlement in Ti alloys, with Ti {1 0 1¯ 2} and {1 0 …