Applications of atom-probe tomography to the characterisation of solute behaviours

EA Marquis, JM Hyde - Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, 2010 - Elsevier
In many materials, mechanistic understanding of material microstructure/property
relationships requires knowledge of alloy structures at the atomic scale. This remains one of …

Three-dimensional atom-probe tomography: Advances and applications

DN Seidman - Annu. Rev. Mater. Res., 2007 - annualreviews.org
This review presents the historical temporal evolution of an atom-probe tomograph (APT)
from its genesis (1973) from field-ion microscope images of individual tungsten atoms …

Three-dimensional nanoscale characterisation of materials by atom probe tomography

A Devaraj, DE Perea, J Liu, LM Gordon… - International …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The development of three-dimensional (3-D), characterisation techniques with high spatial
and mass resolution is crucial for understanding and developing advanced materials for …

Multicomponent γ'-strengthened Co-based superalloys with increased solvus temperatures and reduced mass densities

EA Lass, DJ Sauza, DC Dunand, DN Seidman - Acta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Several Co-Al-(W)-based γ-(FCC)/γ'-(L1 2) alloys are investigated to combine
recent results indicating significant increases in the γ′-solvus temperature with additions of …

Coarsening kinetics of γ′ precipitates in the commercial nickel base Superalloy René 88 DT

J Tiley, GB Viswanathan, R Srinivasan, R Banerjee… - Acta Materialia, 2009 - Elsevier
René 88 DT samples were subjected to different cooling rates after a supersolvus treatment,
and aged for varying periods of time from 25 to 200h at 760° C. Primary and secondary γ …

The mechanism of morphogenesis in a phase-separating concentrated multicomponent alloy

Z Mao, CK Sudbrack, KE Yoon, G Martin… - Nature materials, 2007 - nature.com
What determines the morphology of a decomposing alloy? Besides the well-established
effect of the nucleation barrier, we demonstrate that, in a concentrated multicomponent Ni …

Effects of a tungsten addition on the morphological evolution, spatial correlations and temporal evolution of a model Ni–Al–Cr superalloy

CK Sudbrack, TD Ziebell, RD Noebe, DN Seidman - Acta Materialia, 2008 - Elsevier
The effect of adding 2at.% W to a model Ni–Al–Cr superalloy on the morphological
evolution, spatial correlations and temporal evolution of γ′(L12)-precipitates at 1073K is …

Comparison of compositional and morphological atom-probe tomography analyses for a multicomponent Fe-Cu steel

RP Kolli, DN Seidman - Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2007 - cambridge.org
A multicomponent Fe-Cu based steel is studied using atom-probe tomography. The
precipitates are identified using two different methodologies and subsequent morphological …

Phase transformation and segregation to lattice defects in Ni-base superalloys

D Blavette, E Cadel, C Pareige… - Microscopy and …, 2007 - cambridge.org
Nanostructural features of nickel-base superalloys as revealed by atom probe field ion
microscopy (APFIM) and atom probe tomography (APT) are reviewed. The more salient …

Microstructural evolution and creep properties of precipitation-strengthened Al–0.06 Sc–0.02 Gd and Al–0.06 Sc–0.02 Yb (at.%) alloys

ME Van Dalen, DC Dunand, DN Seidman - Acta Materialia, 2011 - Elsevier
The aging behavior at 300° C of Al–0.06 Sc–0.02 Gd and Al–0.06 Sc–0.02 Yb (at.%) alloys
is studied by local-electrode atom-probe tomography, transmission electron microscopy and …