Quasicrystals are considered as a new class of intermetallics with the long-range
quasiperiodic ordering, and have attracted research interest over the last 3 decades due to …

Advanced structural materials are expected to display significantly improved mechanical
properties and this may be achieved, at least in part, by refining the grain size to the …

High-pressure torsion (HPT) processing has proved to be a powerful tool to consolidate
metallic particles and fabricate nanostructured metal-matrix composites with a wide range of …

The aluminum–magnesium (Al–Mg) composite materials possess a large potential value in
practical application due to their excellent properties. Molecular dynamics with the …

Abstract High-Pressure Torsion (HPT) was used to consolidate Al-matrix composites
reinforced with Al-Cu-Fe quasicrystals at room temperature. Gas-atomized Al and Al-Cu-Fe …

A mixture of fine powder of the Al 2 Au intermetallic compound and coarse Cu-powder was
processed by the ball milling (BM) technique. The phase composition of the obtained …

Abstract The intermetallic compound Al 2 Pt has potential of use in radiation sensing devices
and selective solar absorbers, and is a promising protective coating of jet engine turbine …

Magnesium (Mg) is a promising material for producing temporary orthopedic implants, since
it is a biodegradable and biocompatible metal which density is very similar to that of the …

Severe plastic deformation by high-pressure torsion can induce solid-state reactions,
including redox reactions, which can affect the mechanical properties of metal matrix …

For pure metals aluminum and magnesium and for chemical compounds Al 3 Mg, Al 2 Mg,
AlMg and AlMg 3 with crystallographic orientations (100),(110) and (111) the work function …