[HTML][HTML] Making sustainable aluminum by recycling scrap: The science of “dirty” alloys

D Raabe, D Ponge, PJ Uggowitzer, M Roscher… - Progress in materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
There are several facets of aluminum when it comes to sustainability. While it helps to save
fuel due to its low density, producing it from ores is very energy-intensive. Recycling it shifts …

Atom probe tomography

B Gault, A Chiaramonti, O Cojocaru-Mirédin… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Atom probe tomography (APT) provides three-dimensional compositional mapping with sub-
nanometre resolution. The sensitivity of APT is in the range of parts per million for all …

Hydrogen trapping and embrittlement in high-strength Al alloys

H Zhao, P Chakraborty, D Ponge, T Hickel, B Sun… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Ever more stringent regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from transportation motivate
efforts to revisit materials used for vehicles. High-strength aluminium alloys often used in …

Precipitation kinetics in metallic alloys: Experiments and modeling

A Deschamps, CR Hutchinson - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanoscale precipitation is one of the most widely used microstructural tools to manipulate
the properties of metallic alloys, and especially to reach high strength. Optimal …

Segregation assisted grain boundary precipitation in a model Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy

H Zhao, F De Geuser, AK da Silva, A Szczepaniak… - Acta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Understanding the composition evolution of grain boundaries and grain boundary
precipitation at near-atomic scale in aluminum alloys is crucial to tailor mechanical …

How solute atoms control aqueous corrosion of Al-alloys

H Zhao, Y Yin, Y Wu, S Zhang, AM Mingers… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Aluminum alloys play an important role in circular metallurgy due to their good recyclability
and 95% energy gain when made from scrap. Their low density and high strength translate …

Metrology of small particles and solute clusters by atom probe tomography

F De Geuser, B Gault - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Atom probe tomography (APT) is routinely used for analyzing property-enhancing particles
in the nanometer-size range and below, and plays a prominent role in the analysis of solute …

[HTML][HTML] Machine learning-assisted discovery of strong and conductive Cu alloys: Data mining from discarded experiments and physical features

Q Zhao, H Yang, J Liu, H Zhou, H Wang, W Yang - Materials & Design, 2021 - Elsevier
Copper alloys with high strength and electrical conductivity are ideal candidates for a wide
range of civilian and engineering applications. Traditional methods of alloy design, such as …

Effect of main elements (Zn, Mg and Cu) on the microstructure, castability and mechanical properties of 7xxx series aluminum alloys with Zr and Sc

Y Xu, Z Zhang, Z Gao, Y Bai, P Zhao, W Mao - Materials Characterization, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, a series of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy with different compositions added with Zr and Sc
refiners are designed. The effect of main alloying elements (Zn, Mg, and Cu) on the grain …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of shearable clusters and precipitates on dynamic recovery of Al alloys

Y Wang, H Zhao, X Chen, B Gault, Y Brechet… - Acta Materialia, 2024 - Elsevier
The formability of Al alloys is strongly influenced by their strain hardening capacity. Whilst
the effect of precipitates on yield strength has been thoroughly studied, their effects on the …