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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Jolan Bestautte, Szilvia Kalacska, Denis Bechet, Zacharie Obadia, Frederic Christien
Summary: Slow strain rate tests on hydrogen-containing specimens of PH13-8Mo maraging stainless steel revealed H-assisted subcritical quasi-cleavage cracking, which accelerated material failure. Fractographic analysis showed that quasi-cleavage consisted of flat brittle areas and rougher areas. Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) testing on a secondary subcritically grown crack revealed significant crystal lattice rotation and consequential plastic deformation concentrated between the main crack tip and the cracks located ahead of it. Quasi-cleavage consisted of {100} cleavage cracks connected by ductile ridges, suggesting a discontinuous mechanism involving the re-initiation of new cleavage cracks ahead of the main crack tip.
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
K. M. Bertsch, A. Nagao, B. Rankouhi, B. Kuehl, D. J. Thoma
Summary: The study examined the hydrogen embrittlement resistance of austenitic stainless steel parts manufactured using powder-bed-fed selective laser melting (SLM) and directed energy deposition (DED). The influence of hierarchical AM microstructures on mechanical response, microstructural evolution, and void formation was analyzed using multiscale electron microscopy. The presence of hydrogen affected ductility in DED materials, but had minimal impact on SLM or heat-treated materials, with microstructural features driving these different responses discussed.
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Woo-Joong Lee, Jin-Young Lee, Seon-Keun Oh, Hanna Yang, Jaeyeong Park, Un Bong Baek, Young-Kook Lee
Summary: This study investigates the resistance to hydrogen embrittlement (HE) of a high Mn steel at low temperatures and finds that it exhibits excellent resistance at higher temperatures but is prone to cracking at lower temperatures.
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING
(2024)
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Chemistry, Physical
Yuji Momotani, Akinobu Shibata, Nobuhiro Tsuji
Summary: The present study investigated hydrogen-related fractures in low-carbon martensitic steel at different deformation temperatures. The sensitivity to hydrogen embrittlement increased with decreasing temperature from 100 degrees C to 0 degrees C, but decreased further below 0 degrees C. The characterization of fracture surface types revealed a similar temperature dependence of hydrogen-embrittled surfaces to the sensitivity to hydrogen embrittlement. Qualitative discussion indicated that the degree of hydrogen accumulation peaked in the medium temperature range, consistent with the experimentally confirmed sensitivity to hydrogen embrittlement.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
(2022)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Cheng Zhang, Huihui Zhi, Stoichko Antonov, Lin Chen, Yanjing Su
Summary: The presence of hydrogen was found to decrease twin thickness and increase twin density in TWIP austenitic steel, influencing its hydrogen embrittlement behavior. This phenomenon, termed hydrogen-enhanced densified twinning, plays an important role in the twinning process of TWIP austenitic steel.
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
(2021)
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Akinobu Shibata, Ivan Gutierrez-Urrutia, Kazuho Okada, Goro Miyamoto, Yazid Madi, Jacques Besson, Kaneaki Tsuzaki
Summary: The study investigated the relationship between the mechanical response and microscopic crack propagation behavior of hydrogen-related intergranular fractures in high-strength martensitic steel. The results showed that hydrogen can affect crack tip morphology and induce strain localization in the vicinity of intergranular cracks.
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
K. E. Nygren, A. Nagao, S. Wang, P. Sofronis, I. M. Robertson
Summary: Internal hydrogen has a significant effect on the fatigue lifetime of SUS316L stainless steel, but a minimal impact on the tensile properties. The influence of hydrogen on the microstructural state and deformation twins results in non-linear changes in fatigue lifetime with increasing hydrogen concentration.
Article
Crystallography
Ladislav Falat, Lucia Ciripova, Ivan Petryshynets, Ondrej Milkovic, Miroslav Dzupon, Karol Koval'
Summary: In this study, the effects of electrochemical hydrogen charging on the hydrogen embrittlement (HE) resistance of 316H austenitic stainless steel were investigated. The results showed that the HE of the studied material was small. It was also found that the degradation of deformation properties in plastically pre-strained and hydrogen-charged materials was mainly caused by gradual plasticity exhaustion due to tensile straining.
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Cheng Zhang, Huihui Zhi, Stoichko Antonov, Jun He, Hang Yu, Zihui Guo, Yanjing Su
Summary: The effect of deformation twins on the hydrogen embrittlement of TWIP steel was investigated, and the results showed that specimens with high twin volume fraction exhibited better resistance to hydrogen embrittlement.
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Chengcong Huang, Weihao Cai, Liang Qi, Zhigang Wang, Renguo Guan
Summary: Rare-earth yttrium plays an important role in the hydrogen embrittlement of AISI 321 austenitic stainless steel. It improves ductility by interacting with titanium, improving stress concentration, and reducing hydrogen-induced phase transformation.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
(2022)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Zen-Hao Lai, Yi-Ting Lin, Yi-Hsuan Sun, Jui-Fan Tu, Hung-Wei Yen
Summary: This study identified a hydrogen-induced ductilization phenomenon in a specific austenitic lightweight TWIP steel, which is influenced by hydrogen and deformation twinning during deformation, preventing hydrogen embrittlement.
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
(2022)
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Chemistry, Physical
Milene Yumi Maeda, Motomichi Koyama, Hayato Nishimura, Osvaldo Mitsuyuki Cintho, Eiji Akiyama
Summary: Hydrogen has significant effects on the ductility loss and fracture behavior of nitrogen-doped duplex stainless steel, resulting in quasi-cleavage and intergranular fractures associated with transgranular austenite cracking and ferrite/austenite interface cracking, respectively. Deformation twinning in austenite and nitrogen-related solution hardening are crucial factors leading to brittle-like cracking.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
(2021)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Zen-Hao Lai, Yi-Hsuan Sun, Yi-Ting Lin, Jui-Fan Tu, Hung-Wei Yen
Summary: The study focused on the mechanical behaviors of a novel lightweight Fe-Mn-Al-Si-C steel, which achieved a high work hardening rate and ultimate tensile strength by synergistically adding Al and Si to obtain stacking fault energy and density reduction.
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Chemistry, Physical
Yi Luo, Wei Li, Laizhu Jiang, Ning Zhong, Xuejun Jin
Summary: The susceptibility to hydrogen embrittlement and diffusion behavior of different steel types were evaluated, showing that QN1803 had higher austenite stability but increased hydrogen content due to small grain size and low activation energy, leading to microcrack formation.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
(2021)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Hanna Yang, Thanh Tuan Nguyen, Jaeyeong Park, Hyeong Min Heo, Junghoon Lee, Un Bong Baek, Young-Kook Lee
Summary: In this study, the resistance to hydrogen embrittlement of STS 304 austenitic stainless steel was investigated. The results showed that the resistance decreased with decreasing temperature and disappeared below -150 degrees C. The occurrence of hydrogen embrittlement at temperatures from 25 to -50 degrees C was attributed to strain-induced martensitic transformation and hydrogen diffusion into stress-concentrated regions.
METALS AND MATERIALS INTERNATIONAL
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Tomohiko Hojo, Yutao Zhou, Junya Kobayashi, Koh-ichi Sugimoto, Yoshito Takemoto, Akihiko Nagasaka, Motomichi Koyama, Saya Ajito, Eiji Akiyama
Summary: The effects of thermomechanical processing on the microstructure and hydrogen embrittlement properties of ultrahigh-strength, low-alloy, TRIP-aided bainitic ferrite (TBF) steels were investigated. The study found that thermomechanical processing can refine the microstructure, improve the characteristics of retained austenite, and enhance the strength of the material. Additionally, it was found that thermomechanical processing improves the hydrogen embrittlement resistance of the TBF steels.
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Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering
Naohiro Kobayashi, Motomichi Koyama, Misaho Yamamura, Tomohiko Hojo, Eiji Akiyama
Summary: This study investigates the influence of Cr on hydrogen embrittlement behavior in pure Ni, Ni-20Cr, and Ni-44Cr alloys through electrochemical hydrogen charging and microstructure observations. The results show that the addition of Cr promotes plasticity-induced local stress evolution associated with dislocation pile-up and increases the grain boundary strength of the alloys.
JOURNAL OF THE JAPAN INSTITUTE OF METALS AND MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Motomichi Koyama, Shunsuke Mizumachi, Eiji Akiyama, Kaneaki Tsuzaki
Summary: The effect of hydrogen on the resistance to mechanically long fatigue crack growth in an equiatomic Fe-Cr-Ni-Mn-Co high-entropy alloy was investigated. Hydrogen charging resulted in accelerated intergranular crack growth via a plasticity-driven mechanism.
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Tingshu Chen, Takahiro Chiba, Motomichi Koyama, Eiji Akiyama, Kenichi Takai
Summary: Intergranular fracture is the primary mode of fracture in lath martensitic steels with a significant amount of hydrogen. With a reduction in hydrogen content, plasticity plays a significant role in the intergranular fracture, leading to intergranular-like fracture. Intergranular fracture occurs in the macroscopically elastic regime, while intergranular-like fracture involves plasticity evolution, resulting in the formation of nano-voids and tear ridges.
METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE
(2022)
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Yutao Zhou, Motomichi Koyama, Tomohiko Hojo, Saya Ajito, Eiji Akiyama
Summary: In this study, the temperature dependence of microstructure and damage evolution in medium Mn steel was investigated. The results showed that deformation temperatures had a significant impact on the flow behavior, work hardening rate, and mechanical properties of the steel. Deformation-induced martensite acted as the initiation site of damage, and the critical strain and probability of damage initiation decreased with decreasing deformation temperature. Furthermore, the decrease in temperature deteriorated the micro-damage arrestability of ferrite, resulting in a transition from ductile to quasi-cleavage fractures.
METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE
(2023)
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Chemistry, Physical
Rama Srinivas Varanasi, Motomichi Koyama, Hiroyuki Saitoh, Reina Utsumi, Toyoto Sato, Shin-ichi Orimo, Eiji Akiyama
Summary: The phase transformations and microstructure changes during the depressurization of non-hydrogenated and hydrogenated Fe-Mn-Si-Cr alloy were investigated. Understanding the effects of hydrogenation on the stability of the austenite phase in Fe-based alloys is crucial.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
(2023)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Yota Masuda, Motomichi Koyama, Hiroshi Kakinuma, Eiji Akiyama
Summary: The effects of mechanical loading on hydrogen uptake were studied using thermal desorption experiments. The diffusible hydrogen content increased with increasing elastic and plastic strains, with a larger increase per elastic strain than per plastic strain.
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Hao Luo, Van Hoang Nguyen, Kazuhiro Gotoh, Saya Ajito, Tomohiko Hojo, Yasuyoshi Kurokawa, Eiji Akiyama, Noritaka Usami
Summary: This study investigates the effect of post-oxidizing treatment (POT) on the structural, optical, and passivation performances of titanium oxide coated crystalline Si (c-Si) heterostructures prepared by the solution process. The results show that POT improves the passivation performance by oxidizing the TiOx film, c-Si surface, and forming POx.
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Saya Ajito, Tomohiko Hojo, Motomichi Koyama, Sachiko Hiromoto, Eiji Akiyama
Summary: The environment-assisted cracking behavior of AZ31 magnesium alloy was studied through tensile tests in a Na2B4O7·10H2O solution containing NH4SCN and in air at cathodic and corrosion potentials. Mechanical properties of AZ31 were unaffected by the environment at an initial strain rate of 10-4s-1, but degraded in the solution at an initial strain rate of 10-6s-1. Higher potentials resulted in smaller total elongation, while positive potential shift increased the average hydrogen absorption rate. These findings indicate that environment-assisted cracking becomes more severe under relatively high potential due to corrosion and enhanced hydrogen absorption.
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Yutao Zhou, Tomohiko Hojo, Motomichi Koyama, Saya Ajito, Eiji Akiyama
Summary: Hydrogen and deformation temperature have significant effects on micro-damage evolution and fracture behavior of TRIP-aided steel. Hydrogen uptake increases micro-damage density and changes fracture mode at different deformation temperatures.
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING
(2023)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Tingshu Chen, Motomichi Koyama, Takahiro Chiba, Eiji Akiyama, Kenichi Takai
Summary: The effects of the misorientation of prior austenite grain boundary (PAGB) segments on the local plasticity evolution in intergranular (IG) and IG-like fractures were investigated. The study found that low-angle and sigma 3 PAGB segments allow crack-tip blunting before crack growth.
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING
(2023)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Jie Zhang, Xiaoyang Chen, MingJian Ding, Jiaqiang Chen, Ping Yu
Summary: This study enhances the compositional inhomogeneity of relaxor ferroelectric thin films to improve their dielectric temperature stability. The prepared films exhibit a relatively high dielectric constant and a very low variation ratio of dielectric constant over a wide temperature range.
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
(2024)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Xiaoyu Chen, Ranran Zhang, Hao Zou, Ling Li, Qiancheng Zhu, Wenming Zhang
Summary: Polyaniline-manganese dioxide composites exhibit high conductivity, long discharge platform, and stable circulation, and the specific capacity is increased by providing additional H+ ions to participate in the reaction.
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
(2024)
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Xutao Huang, Yinping Chen, Jianjun Wang, Gang Lu, Wenxin Wang, Zan Yao, Sixin Zhao, Yujie Liu, Qian Li
Summary: This study aims to establish a novel approach to better understand and predict the behavior of materials with multi-scale lamellar microstructures. High-resolution reconstruction and collaborative characterization methods are used to accurately represent the microstructure. The mechanical properties of pearlite are investigated using crystal plasticity simulation and in-situ scanning electron microscopy tensile testing. The results validate the reliability of the novel strategy.
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
(2024)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Cheng Chen, Fanchao Meng, Jun Song
Summary: This study systematically investigated the unfaulting mechanism of single-layer interstitial dislocation loops in irradiated L12-Ni3Al. The unfaulting routes of the loops were uncovered and the symmetry breaking during the unfaulting processes was further elucidated. A continuum model was formulated to analyze the energetics of the loops and predict the unfaulting threshold.
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
(2024)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Darshan Bamney, Laurent Capolungo
Summary: This work investigates the formation of adjoining twin pairs (ATPs) at grain boundaries (GBs) in hexagonal close-packed (hcp) metals, focusing on the co-nucleation (CN) of pairs of deformation twins. A continuum defect mechanics model is proposed to study the energetic feasibility of CN of ATPs resulting from GB dislocation dissociation. The model reveals that CN is preferred over the nucleation of a single twin variant for low misorientation angle GBs. Further analysis considering GB character and twin system alignment suggests that CN events could be responsible for ATP formation even at low m' values.
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
(2024)
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Bing Han, Zhengqian Fu, Guoxiang Zhao, Xuefeng Chen, Genshui Wang, Fangfang Xu
Summary: This study investigates the behavior of electric-field induced antiferroelectric to ferroelectric (AFE-FE) phase transition and reveals the evolution of atomic displacement ordering as the cause for the transition behavior changing from sharp to diffuse. The novel semi-ordered configuration results from the competing interaction between long-range displacement modulation and compositional inhomogeneity, which leads to a diffuse AFE-FE transition while maintaining the switching field.
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
(2024)
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Akib Jabed, Golden Kumar
Summary: This study demonstrates that cryogenic rejuvenation promotes homogeneous-like flow and increases ductility in metallic glass samples. Conversely, annealing has the opposite effect, resulting in a smoother fracture surface.
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
(2024)
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Xin Ji, Yan Chong, Satoshi Emura, Koichi Tsuchiya
Summary: A heterogeneous microstructure in Ti-15Mo-3Al alloy with heterogeneous distributions of Mo element and omega(iso) precipitates has achieved a four-fold increase in tensile ductility without a loss of tensile strength, by blocking the propagation of dislocation channels and preventing the formation of micro-cracks.
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
(2024)
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Amit Samanta, Prasanna Balaprakash, Sylvie Aubry, Brian K. Lin
Summary: This study proposes a combined large-scale first principles approach with machine learning and materials informatics to quickly explore the chemistry-composition space of advanced high strength steels (AHSS). The distribution of aluminum and manganese atoms in iron is systematically explored using first principles calculations to investigate low stacking fault energy configurations. The use of an automated machine learning tool, DeepHyper, speeds up the computational process. The study provides insights into the distribution of aluminum and manganese atoms in systems containing stacking faults and their effects on the equilibrium distribution.
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
(2024)
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Guowei Zhou, Yuanzhe Hu, Zizheng Cao, Myoung Gyu Lee, Dayong Li
Summary: In this work, a physics-constrained neural network is used to predict grain-level responses in FCC material by incorporating crystal plasticity theory. The key feature, shear strain rate of slip system, is identified based on crystal plasticity and incorporated into the loss function as physical constitutive equations. The introduction of physics constraints accelerates the convergence of the neural network model and improves prediction accuracy, especially for small-scale datasets. Transfer learning is performed to capture complex in-plane deformation of crystals with any initial orientations, including cyclic loading and arbitrary non-monotonic loading.
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
(2024)
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Pengfei Yang, Qichang Li, Zhongying Wang, Yuxiao Gao, Wei Jin, Weiping Xiao, Lei Wang, Fusheng Liu, Zexing Wu
Summary: In this study, the HER performance of Ru-based catalysts is significantly improved through the dual-doping strategy. The obtained catalyst exhibits excellent performance in alkaline freshwater and alkaline seawater, and can be stably operated in a self-assembled overall water splitting electrolyzer.
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
(2024)
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Ilias Bikmukhametov, Garritt J. Tucker, Gregory B. Thompson
Summary: Depositing a Ni-1at. % P film can facilitate the formation of multiple quintuple twin junctions, resulting in a five-fold twin structure and a pentagonal pyramid surface topology. The ability to control material structures offers opportunities for creating novel surface topologies, which can be used as arrays of field emitters or textured surfaces.
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
(2024)
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Zening Yang, Weiwei Sun, Zhengyu Sun, Mutian Zhang, Jin Yu, Yubin Wen
Summary: Multicomponent oxides (MCOs) have wide applications and accurately predicting their thermal expansion remains challenging. This study introduces an innovative attention-based deep learning model, which achieves improved performance by using two self-attention modules and demonstrates adaptability and interpretability.
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
(2024)
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Ze Liu, Cai Chen, Yuanxun Zhou, Lanting Zhang, Hong Wang
Summary: This study attempts to address the gap in cooling rates between thin film deposition and bulk metallic glass (BMG) casting by correlating the glass-forming range (GFR) determined from combinatorial materials chips (CMCs) with the glass-forming ability (GFA) of BMG. The results show that the full-width at half maximum (FWHM) of the first sharp diffraction peak (FSDP) is a good indicator of BMG GFA, and strong positive correlations between FWHM and the critical casting diameter (Dmax) are observed in various BMG systems. Furthermore, the Pearson correlation coefficients suggest possible similarities in the GFA natures of certain BMG pairs.
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
(2024)
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Mike Schneider, Jean-Philippe Couzinie, Amin Shalabi, Farhad Ibrahimkhel, Alberto Ferrari, Fritz Koermann, Guillaume Laplanche
Summary: This work aims to predict the microstructure of recrystallized medium and high-entropy alloys, particularly the density and thickness of annealing twins. Through experiments and simulations, a database is provided for twin boundary engineering in alloy development. The results also support existing theories and empirical relationships.
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
(2024)