Designing structures with combined gradients of grain size and precipitation in high entropy alloys for simultaneous improvement of strength and ductility

Direct observation of chemical short-range order in a medium-entropy alloy

(2021) Xuefei Chen et al.   NATURE

Strain partitioning enables excellent tensile ductility in precipitated heterogeneous high-entropy alloys with gigapascal yield strength

(2021) Feng He et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLASTICITY

Deformation induced hcp nano-lamella and its size effect on the strengthening in a CoCrNi medium-entropy alloy

(2021) Yan Ma et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Bifunctional nanoprecipitates strengthen and ductilize a medium-entropy alloy

(2021) Ying Yang et al.   NATURE

Hierarchical crack buffering triples ductility in eutectic herringbone high-entropy alloys

(2021) Peijian Shi et al.   SCIENCE

Gradient-cell–structured high-entropy alloy with exceptional strength and ductility

(2021) Qingsong Pan et al.   SCIENCE

Short-range order and its impact on the CrCoNi medium-entropy alloy

(2020) Ruopeng Zhang et al.   NATURE

Dual heterogeneous structures lead to ultrahigh strength and uniform ductility in a Co-Cr-Ni medium-entropy alloy

(2020) X. H. Du et al.   Nature Communications

Short-range chemical order and local lattice distortion in a compositionally complex alloy

(2020) Andrea Fantin et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Strain rate dependent shear localization and deformation mechanisms in the CrMnFeCoNi high-entropy alloy with various microstructures

(2020) Zhengling Yang et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING

Effects of lattice distortion and chemical short-range order on the mechanisms of deformation in medium entropy alloy CoCrNi

(2020) Wu-Rong Jian et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Perspective on hetero-deformation induced (HDI) hardening and back stress

(2019) Yuntian Zhu et al.   Materials Research Letters

High-entropy alloys

(2019) Easo P. George et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Tuning element distribution, structure and properties by composition in high-entropy alloys

(2019) Qingqing Ding et al.   NATURE

High impact toughness of CrCoNi medium-entropy alloy at liquid-helium temperature

(2019) Muxin Yang et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

Strengthening in multi-principal element alloys with local-chemical-order roughened dislocation pathways

(2019) Qing-Jie Li et al.   Nature Communications

Deformation nanotwins suppress shear banding during impact test of CrCoNi medium-entropy alloy

(2019) Xiaolei Wu et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

Dynamic shear deformation of a CrCoNi medium-entropy alloy with heterogeneous grain structures

(2018) Yan Ma et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Thermal stability and coarsening of coherent particles in a precipitation-hardened (NiCoFeCr) 94 Ti 2 Al 4 high-entropy alloy

(2018) Y.Y. Zhao et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Dynamically reinforced heterogeneous grain structure prolongs ductility in a medium-entropy alloy with gigapascal yield strength

(2018) Muxin Yang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tunable stacking fault energies by tailoring local chemical order in CrCoNi medium-entropy alloys

(2018) Jun Ding et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

High-content ductile coherent nanoprecipitates achieve ultrastrong high-entropy alloys

(2018) Yao-Jian Liang et al.   Nature Communications

Enhanced strength and ductility in a high-entropy alloy via ordered oxygen complexes

(2018) Zhifeng Lei et al.   NATURE

Multicomponent intermetallic nanoparticles and superb mechanical behaviors of complex alloys

(2018) T. Yang et al.   SCIENCE

Extra strengthening and work hardening in gradient nanotwinned metals

(2018) Zhao Cheng et al.   SCIENCE

Outstanding tensile properties of a precipitation-strengthened FeCoNiCrTi0.2 high-entropy alloy at room and cryogenic temperatures

(2018) Y. Tong et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Achieving ultra-high strength and ductility in equiatomic CrCoNi with partially recrystallized microstructures

(2018) C.E. Slone et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Metastable high-entropy dual-phase alloys overcome the strength–ductility trade-off

(2016) Zhiming Li et al.   NATURE

Stability of ordered L1 2 and B 2 precipitates in face centered cubic based high entropy alloys - Al 0.3 CoFeCrNi and Al 0.3 CuFeCrNi 2

(2016) B. Gwalani et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

Exceptional damage-tolerance of a medium-entropy alloy CrCoNi at cryogenic temperatures

(2016) Bernd Gludovatz et al.   Nature Communications

Back stress strengthening and strain hardening in gradient structure

(2016) Muxin Yang et al.   Materials Research Letters

Mechanical properties, microstructure and thermal stability of a nanocrystalline CoCrFeMnNi high-entropy alloy after severe plastic deformation

(2015) B. Schuh et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Brittle intermetallic compound makes ultrastrong low-density steel with large ductility

(2015) Sang-Heon Kim et al.   NATURE

Heterogeneous lamella structure unites ultrafine-grain strength with coarse-grain ductility

(2015) Xiaolei Wu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Extraordinary strain hardening by gradient structure

(2014) X. Wu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A fracture-resistant high-entropy alloy for cryogenic applications

(2014) B. Gludovatz et al.   SCIENCE

Nanostructured high-strength molybdenum alloys with unprecedented tensile ductility

(2013) G. Liu et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Revealing Extraordinary Intrinsic Tensile Plasticity in Gradient Nano-Grained Copper

(2011) T. H. Fang et al.   SCIENCE

Nanostructural hierarchy increases the strength of aluminium alloys

(2010) Peter V. Liddicoat et al.   Nature Communications