Overview: Application of heterogeneous nucleation in grain-refining of metals

Nanoparticle-inhibited growth of primary aluminum in Al–10Si alloys

(2016) K. Wang et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Influence of icosahedral short range order on diffusion in liquids: A study on Al-Zn-Cr alloys

(2016) Güven Kurtuldu et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Recent advances in grain refinement of light metals and alloys

(2016) M.A. Easton et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN SOLID STATE & MATERIALS SCIENCE

Which wets TiB 2 inoculant particles: Al or Al 3 Ti?

(2016) David Wearing et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS

XRMON-SOL: Isothermal equiaxed solidification of a grain refined Al–20wt%Cu alloy

(2016) A.G. Murphy et al.   JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH

Nanoparticle-induced nucleation of eutectic silicon in hypoeutectic Al-Si alloy

(2016) K. Wang et al.   MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION

Heterogeneous nucleation effect of in situ iron-rich nanoparticles on grain refinement of copper alloy

(2016) Kaixuan Chen et al.   MATERIALS LETTERS

Influence of nanoparticles on microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of Sr-modified Al-10Si alloys

(2016) K. Wang et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING

A Novel Method to Achieve Grain Refinement in Aluminum

(2016) Kui Wang et al.   METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE

The Role of Lattice Misfit on Heterogeneous Nucleation of Pure Aluminum

(2016) L. Wang et al.   METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE

Formation mechanism of in-situ nanostructured grain in cast Cu–10Sn–2Zn–1.5Fe–0.5Co (wt.%) alloy

(2016) Kaixuan Chen et al.   MATERIALS & DESIGN

An analytical approach for predicting as-cast grain size of inoculated aluminum alloys

(2015) Xin Bo Qi et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Grain refining mechanism in the Al/Al–Ti–B system

(2015) Z. Fan et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Atomic study on the ordered structure in Al melts induced by liquid/substrate interface with Ti solute

(2015)   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

The Contribution of Constitutional Supercooling to Nucleation and Grain Formation

(2015) D. H. StJohn et al.   METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE

Recent Developments in Modeling Heteroepitaxy/Heterogeneous Nucleation by Dynamical Density Functional Theory

(2015) Frigyes Podmaniczky et al.   METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE

Influence of Dendritic Growth of Equiaxed Grains on As-Cast Grain Size Prediction of Inoculated Aluminum Alloys

(2015) Yijiang Xu et al.   TRANSACTIONS OF THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF METALS

An extension of the Kampmann–Wagner numerical model towards as-cast grain size prediction of multicomponent aluminum alloys

(2014) Qiang Du et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Icosahedral quasicrystal-enhanced nucleation of the fcc phase in liquid gold alloys

(2014) Güven Kurtuldu et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

A New Approach to Refine Grains in Al Alloys

(2014) Zhihao Bai et al.   ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS

Atomic ordering in liquid aluminium induced by substrates with misfits

(2014) H. Men et al.   COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE

Phase field models for heterogeneous nucleation: Application to inoculation in alpha-solidifying Ti-Al-B alloys

(2014) M. Apel et al.   European Physical Journal-Special Topics

The free growth criterion for grain initiation in TiB 2 inoculated γ-titanium aluminide based alloys

(2014) D. Gosslar et al.   European Physical Journal-Special Topics

An ab initio study on the electronic structures of the solid/liquid interface between TiB 2 (0 0 0 1) surface and Al melts

(2014) H.L. Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS

Relationships of diboride phases in Al–Ti(Zr)–B alloys

(2014) X. Wang et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

An Analytical Model for Solute Segregation at Liquid Metal/Solid Substrate Interface

(2014) Hua Men et al.   METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE

The Effect of Melt Conditioning on Segregation of Solute Elements and Nucleation of Aluminum Grains in a Twin Roll Cast Aluminum Alloy

(2014) KeeHyun Kim   METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE

On the Understanding of Aluminum Grain Refinement by Al-Ti-B Type Master Alloys

(2014) Xiaoming Wang et al.   METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS B-PROCESS METALLURGY AND MATERIALS PROCESSING SCIENCE

Rapid control of phase growth by nanoparticles

(2014) Lian-Yi Chen et al.   Nature Communications

Controlling Phase Growth During Solidification by Nanoparticles

(2014) Lian-Yi Chen et al.   Materials Research Letters

The Interdependence model of grain nucleation: A numerical analysis of the Nucleation-Free Zone

(2013) Arvind Prasad et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Influence of Cr on the nucleation of primary Al and formation of twinned dendrites in Al–Zn–Cr alloys: Can icosahedral solid clusters play a role?

(2013) Güven Kurtuldu et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Grain Refinement of As-Cast Pure Al by Cold-Rolled Al–Ti Alloy Refiner

(2013) Hisashi Sato et al.   MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS

Enhanced grain refinement of cast aluminum alloy by thermal and mechanical treatment of Al-5Ti-B master alloy

(2013) H. GHADIMI et al.   TRANSACTIONS OF NONFERROUS METALS SOCIETY OF CHINA

Anab initiomolecular dynamics study: liquid-Al/solid-TiB2interfacial structure during heterogeneous nucleation

(2012) H L Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

Effect of equal channel angular pressing on microstructure and grain refining performance of Al–5%Ti master alloy

(2012) Wei Wei et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING

An Epitaxial Model for Heterogeneous Nucleation on Potent Substrates

(2012) Zhongyun Fan   METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE

Charged nanoparticles as supramolecular surfactants for controlling the growth and stability of microcrystals

(2012) Bartlomiej Kowalczyk et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Oxidation of Aluminium Alloy Melts and Inoculation by Oxide Particles

(2012) Yun Wang et al.   TRANSACTIONS OF THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF METALS

Effects of solute content on grain refinement in an isothermal melt

(2011) H. Men et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

The Interdependence Theory: The relationship between grain formation and nucleant selection

(2011) D.H. StJohn et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

First-principles calculations on Al/AlB2 interfaces

(2011) Y.F. Han et al.   APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE

Mechanisms of grain refinement by intensive shearing of AZ91 alloy melt

(2010) H. Men et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Grain refinement in a AlZnMgCuTi alloy by intensive melt shearing: A multi-step nucleation mechanism

(2010) H.T. Li et al.   JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH

Heterogeneous nucleation of solid Al from the melt byAl3Ti: Molecular dynamics simulations

(2010) Junsheng Wang et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Heterogeneous nucleation of solid Al from the melt byTiB2andAl3Ti: Anab initiomolecular dynamics study

(2010) Junsheng Wang et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Enhanced heterogeneous nucleation in AZ91D alloy by intensive melt shearing

(2009) Z. Fan et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Predicting the columnar-to-equiaxed transition for a distribution of nucleation undercoolings

(2008) M.A. Martorano et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Athermal heterogeneous nucleation of freezing: numerical modelling for polygonal and polyhedral substrates

(2008) S. A. Reavley et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE