Phase-field method, as a powerful and popular approach to predict the mesoscale
microstructure evolution in various materials science, provides a bridge from atomic-scale …

The capability for synergistic advancements in both making and shaping afforded by
additive manufacturing (AM) enables the flexible production of high-performance …

In-depth understanding of nickel (Ni) coarsening is helpful for improving the service life of Ni-
yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ) electrodes in solid oxide cells. Unfortunately, very few …

The effects of Mg back-diffusion on liquid channel segregation and morphology, and hence
on the solidification cracking susceptibility (SCS) of Al-4.0 wt% Mg alloy, were investigated …

In this paper, the in-situ Scanning Electron Microscopy (in-situ SEM) technique and three-
dimensional (3-D) phase-field simulation were combined to perform a comprehensive study …

Scandium is the best alloying element to improve the mechanical properties of industrial Al-
Si-Mg casting alloys. Most literature reports devote to exploring/designing optimal Sc …

In this work, a novel computational model for the description of the temperature-and
composition-dependent isotropic interfacial energy in multicomponent alloys was first …

Based on the experimental equilibrium data on spinodal decomposition in the literature
together with the newly measured data in the present work, a complete metastable phase …

Phase-field model formulations with double well and double obstacle potentials, and
different anisotropy models are investigated with respect to their potential to simulate (i) tip …

Abstract A two-dimensional (2-D) cellular automaton (CA) model considering phase
equilibria according to the Calphad method is proposed for the simulation of solidification …