Mechanical behavior of high-entropy alloys

W Li, D Xie, 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 …

Review on superior strength and enhanced ductility of metallic nanomaterials

IA Ovid'Ko, RZ Valiev, YT Zhu - Progress in materials science, 2018 - Elsevier
Nanostructured metallic materials having nanocrystalline and ultrafine-grained structures
show exceptional mechanical properties, eg superior strength, that are very attractive for …

Superior mechanical properties of a selective-laser-melted AlZnMgCuScZr alloy enabled by a tunable hierarchical microstructure and dual-nanoprecipitation

Z Zhu, FL Ng, HL Seet, W Lu, CH Liebscher, Z Rao… - Materials Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Achieving high mechanical strength and ductility in age-hardenable Al7000 series (Al–Zn–
Mg) alloys fabricated by selective laser melting (SLM) remains challenging. Here, we show …

Break through the strength-ductility trade-off dilemma in aluminum matrix composites via precipitation-assisted interface tailoring

Y Ma, H Chen, MX Zhang, A Addad, Y Kong… - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Strength-ductility trade-off is usually an inevitable scenario in most engineering materials,
including metal matrix composites (MMCs) where reinforcement particles significantly …

Structural evolutions of metallic materials processed by severe plastic deformation

Y Cao, S Ni, X Liao, M Song, Y Zhu - Materials Science and Engineering: R …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Bulk nanostructured (ns)/ultrafine-grained (UFG) metallic materials possess very
high strength, making them attractive for high strength, lightweight and energy efficient …

A precipitation-hardened high-entropy alloy with outstanding tensile properties

JY He, H Wang, HL Huang, XD Xu, MW Chen, Y Wu… - Acta Materialia, 2016 - Elsevier
Recent studies indicated that high-entropy alloys (HEAs) possess unusual structural and
thermal features, which could greatly affect dislocation motion and contribute to the …

Mechanical behavior and strengthening mechanisms in ultrafine grain precipitation-strengthened aluminum alloy

K Ma, H Wen, T Hu, TD Topping, D Isheim… - Acta Materialia, 2014 - Elsevier
To provide insight into the relationships between precipitation phenomena, grain size and
mechanical behavior in a complex precipitation-strengthened alloy system, Al 7075 alloy, a …

Extreme grain refinement by severe plastic deformation: A wealth of challenging science

Y Estrin, A Vinogradov - Acta materialia, 2013 - Elsevier
This article presents our take on the area of bulk ultrafine-grained materials produced by
severe plastic deformation (SPD). Over the last decades, research activities in this area have …

Dislocation exhaustion and ultra-hardening of nanograined metals by phase transformation at grain boundaries

S Wu, Z Kou, Q Lai, S Lan, SS Katnagallu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The development of high-strength metals has driven the endeavor of pushing the limit of
grain size (d) reduction according to the Hall-Petch law. But the continuous grain refinement …

Effect of heterostructure and hetero-deformation induced hardening on the strength and ductility of brass

XT Fang, GZ He, C Zheng, XL Ma, D Kaoumi, YS Li… - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Heterostructured materials have been reported to possess superior combinations of strength
and ductility, which is attributed to hetero-deformation induced (HDI) strengthening and work …