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Han Y, Chen H, Sun Y, Liu J, Wei S, Xie B, Zhang Z, Zhu Y, Li M, Yang J, Chen W, Cao P, Yang Y. Ubiquitous short-range order in multi-principal element alloys. Nat Commun 2024; 15:6486. [PMID: 39090088 PMCID: PMC11294451 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49606-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2023] [Accepted: 06/06/2024] [Indexed: 08/04/2024] Open
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Recent research in multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs) has increasingly focused on the role of short-range order (SRO) on material performance. However, the mechanisms of SRO formation and its precise control remain elusive, limiting the progress of SRO engineering. Here, leveraging advanced additive manufacturing techniques that produce samples with a wide range of cooling rates (up to 107 K s-1) and an enhanced semi-quantitative electron microscopy method, we characterize SRO in three CoCrNi-based face-centered-cubic (FCC) MPEAs. Surprisingly, irrespective of the processing and thermal treatment history, all samples exhibit similar levels of SRO. Atomistic simulations reveal that during solidification, prevalent local chemical order arises in the liquid-solid interface (solidification front) even under the extreme cooling rate of 1011 K s-1. This phenomenon stems from the swift atomic diffusion in the supercooled liquid, which matches or even surpasses the rate of solidification. Therefore, SRO is an inherent characteristic of most FCC MPEAs, insensitive to variations in cooling rates and even annealing treatments typically available in experiments.
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- Ying Han
- Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Department of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.
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- Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
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He M, Davids WJ, Breen AJ, Ringer SP. Quantifying short-range order using atom probe tomography. NATURE MATERIALS 2024:10.1038/s41563-024-01912-1. [PMID: 38956352 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-024-01912-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2022] [Accepted: 05/06/2024] [Indexed: 07/04/2024]
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Medium- and high-entropy alloys are an emerging class of materials that can exhibit outstanding combinations of strength and ductility for engineering applications. Computational simulations have suggested the presence of short-range order (SRO) in these alloys, and recent experimental evidence is also beginning to emerge. Unfortunately, the difficulty in quantifying the SRO under different heat treatment conditions has generated much debate on the atomic preferencing and implications of SRO on mechanical properties. Here we develop an approach to measure SRO using atom probe tomography. This method balances the limitations of atom probe tomography with the threshold values of SRO to map the regimes where the required atomistic neighbourhood information is preserved and where it is not. We demonstrate the method with a case study of the CoCrNi alloy and use this to monitor SRO changes induced by heat treatments. These species-specific SRO measurements enable the generation of computational simulations of atomic neighbourhood models that are equivalent to the experiment and can contribute to the further understanding and design of medium- and high-entropy alloys and other materials systems where SRO may occur.
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- Mengwei He
- Australian Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, and School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, and School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, and School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, and School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Mandal S, Gupta AK, Konečná A, Shirato N, Hachtel JA, Sachan R. Creation of Multi-Principal Element Alloy NiCoCr Nanostructures via Nanosecond Laser-Induced Dewetting. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2309574. [PMID: 38556631 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202309574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2023] [Revised: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 04/02/2024]
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The multi-principal element alloy nanoparticles (MPEA NPs), a new class of nanomaterials, present a highly rewarding opportunity to explore new or vastly different functional properties than the traditional mono/bi/multimetallic nanostructures due to their unique characteristics of atomic-level homogeneous mixing of constituent elements in the nanoconfinements. Here, the successful creation of NiCoCr nanoparticles, a well-known MPEA system is reported, using ultrafast nanosecond laser-induced dewetting of alloy thin films. Nanoparticle formation occurs by spontaneously breaking the energetically unstable thin films in a melt state under laser-induced hydrodynamic instability and subsequently accumulating in a droplet shape via surface energy minimization. While NiCoCr alloy shows a stark contrast in physical properties compared to individual metallic constituents, i.e., Ni, Co, and Cr, yet the transient nature of the laser-driven process facilitates a homogeneous distribution of the constituents (Ni, Co, and Cr) in the nanoparticles. Using high-resolution chemical analysis and scanning nanodiffraction, the environmental stability and grain arrangement in the nanoparticles are further investigated. Thermal transport simulations reveal that the ultrashort (≈100 ns) melt-state lifetime of NiCoCr during the dewetting event helps retain the constituent elements in a single-phase solid solution with homogenous distribution and opens the pathway to create the unique MPEA nanoparticles with laser-induced dewetting process.
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- Soumya Mandal
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 74078, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 74078, USA
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- Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Brno, 61200, Czech Republic
- Institute of Physical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Brno, 616 69, Czech Republic
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- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, 60439, USA
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 74078, USA
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Wang H, He Q, Gao X, Shang Y, Zhu W, Zhao W, Chen Z, Gong H, Yang Y. Multifunctional High Entropy Alloys Enabled by Severe Lattice Distortion. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2305453. [PMID: 37561587 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202305453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Revised: 07/28/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023]
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Since 2004, the design of high entropy alloys (HEAs) has generated significant interest within the materials science community due to their exceptional structural and functional properties. By incorporating multiple principal elements into a common lattice, it is possible to create a single-phase crystal with a highly distorted lattice. This unique feature enables HEAs to offer a promising combination of mechanical and physical properties that are not typically observed in conventional alloys. In this article, an extensive overview of multifunctional HEAs that exhibit severe lattice distortion is provided, covering the theoretical models that are developed to understand lattice distortion, the experimental and computational methods employ to characterize lattice distortion, and most importantly, the impact of severe lattice distortion on the mechanical, physical and electrochemical properties of HEAs. Through this review, it is hoped to stimulate further research into the study of distorted lattices in crystalline solids.
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- Hang Wang
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
- Institute of Materials Modification and Modeling, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
- City University of Hong Kong (Dongguan), Dongguan, Guangdong, 523000, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
- State Key Laboratory for Turbulence and Complex System, Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
- Powder Metallurgy Research Institute, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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Naghdi A, Domínguez-Gutiérrez FJ, Huo WY, Karimi K, Papanikolaou S. Dynamic Nanoindentation and Short-Range Order in Equiatomic NiCoCr Medium-Entropy Alloy Lead to Novel Density Wave Ordering. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2024; 132:116101. [PMID: 38563927 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.132.116101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2022] [Revised: 12/27/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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Chemical short-range order is believed to be a key contributor to the exceptional properties of multicomponent alloys. However, its direct validation and confirmation has been highly elusive in most compounds. Recent studies for equiatomic NiCoCr alloys have shown that thermal treatments (i.e., annealing and aging) may facilitate and manipulate such ordering. In this work, by using molecular simulations, we show that nanomechanical probes, such as nanoindentation, may be utilized toward further manipulation of chemical short-range order, providing explicit validation pathways. By using well established interatomic potentials, we perform hybrid molecular-dynamics-Monte Carlo at room temperature to demonstrate that particular dwell nanoindentation protocols can lead, through thermal Monte Carlo equilibration, to local reorganization under the indenter tip, toward a density-wave stripe pattern. We characterize the novel density-wave structures, which are highly anisotropic and dependent on local, nanoindentation-induced stress concentrations, and we show how they deeply originate from intrinsic features of interelemental interactions. Furthermore, we show that these novel patterns consistently scale with the incipient plastic zone, under the indenter tip, justifying their observation at experimentally feasible nanoindentation depths.
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- A Naghdi
- NOMATEN Centre of Excellence, National Center for Nuclear Research, ulica A. Sołtana 7, 05-400 Swierk/Otwock, Poland
- IDEAS NCBR, ulica Chmielna 69, 00-801 Warsaw, Poland
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- NOMATEN Centre of Excellence, National Center for Nuclear Research, ulica A. Sołtana 7, 05-400 Swierk/Otwock, Poland
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- NOMATEN Centre of Excellence, National Center for Nuclear Research, ulica A. Sołtana 7, 05-400 Swierk/Otwock, Poland
- College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- NOMATEN Centre of Excellence, National Center for Nuclear Research, ulica A. Sołtana 7, 05-400 Swierk/Otwock, Poland
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- NOMATEN Centre of Excellence, National Center for Nuclear Research, ulica A. Sołtana 7, 05-400 Swierk/Otwock, Poland
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Rasooli N, Chen W, Daly M. Deformation mechanisms in high entropy alloys: a minireview of short-range order effects. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:1650-1663. [PMID: 38180135 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr05251f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
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The complex atomic scale structure of high entropy alloys presents new opportunities to expand the deformation theories of mechanical metallurgy. In this regard, solute-defect interactions have emerged as critical piece in elucidating the operation of deformation mechanisms. While notable progress has been made in understanding solute-defect interactions for random solute arrangements, recent interest in high entropy alloys with short-range order adds a new layer of structural complexity for which a cohesive picture has yet to emerge. To this end, this minireview synthesizes the current understanding of short-range order effects on defect behavior through an examination of the key recent literature. This analysis centers on the nanoscale metallurgy of deformation mechanisms, with the order-induced changes to the relevant defect energy landscapes serving as a touchstone for discussion. The topics reviewed include dislocation-mediated strengthening, twinning and phase transformation-based mechanisms, and vacancy-mediated processes. This minireview concludes with remarks on current challenges and opportunities for future efforts.
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- Novin Rasooli
- Department of Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago, 842 W. Taylor St, 2095 ERF (MC 246), Chicago, IL, 60607, USA.
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- Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60616, USA
- Department of Materials Design and Innovation, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA.
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- Department of Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago, 842 W. Taylor St, 2095 ERF (MC 246), Chicago, IL, 60607, USA.
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Li Y, Wei Y, Wang Z, Liu X, Colnaghi T, Han L, Rao Z, Zhou X, Huber L, Dsouza R, Gong Y, Neugebauer J, Marek A, Rampp M, Bauer S, Li H, Baker I, Stephenson LT, Gault B. Quantitative three-dimensional imaging of chemical short-range order via machine learning enhanced atom probe tomography. Nat Commun 2023; 14:7410. [PMID: 37973821 PMCID: PMC10654683 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43314-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023] Open
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Chemical short-range order (CSRO) refers to atoms of specific elements self-organising within a disordered crystalline matrix to form particular atomic neighbourhoods. CSRO is typically characterized indirectly, using volume-averaged or through projection microscopy techniques that fail to capture the three-dimensional atomistic architectures. Here, we present a machine-learning enhanced approach to break the inherent resolution limits of atom probe tomography enabling three-dimensional imaging of multiple CSROs. We showcase our approach by addressing a long-standing question encountered in body-centred-cubic Fe-Al alloys that see anomalous property changes upon heat treatment. We use it to evidence non-statistical B2-CSRO instead of the generally-expected D03-CSRO. We introduce quantitative correlations among annealing temperature, CSRO, and nano-hardness and electrical resistivity. Our approach is further validated on modified D03-CSRO detected in Fe-Ga. The proposed strategy can be generally employed to investigate short/medium/long-range ordering phenomena in different materials and help design future high-performance materials.
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- Yue Li
- Max-Planck Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Max-Planck-Straße 1, 40237, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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- Max-Planck Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Max-Planck-Straße 1, 40237, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China.
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- Institute of Metals, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, 410114, China
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- Max Planck Computing and Data Facility, Gießenbachstraße 2, 85748, Garching, Germany
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- Max-Planck Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Max-Planck-Straße 1, 40237, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Max-Planck Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Max-Planck-Straße 1, 40237, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Max-Planck Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Max-Planck-Straße 1, 40237, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Max-Planck Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Max-Planck-Straße 1, 40237, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Max-Planck Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Max-Planck-Straße 1, 40237, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Max-Planck Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Max-Planck-Straße 1, 40237, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Max-Planck Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Max-Planck-Straße 1, 40237, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Max Planck Computing and Data Facility, Gießenbachstraße 2, 85748, Garching, Germany
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- Max Planck Computing and Data Facility, Gießenbachstraße 2, 85748, Garching, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Max-Planck-Ring 4, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 100083, Beijing, China
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 03755, USA
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- Max-Planck Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Max-Planck-Straße 1, 40237, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Max-Planck Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Max-Planck-Straße 1, 40237, Düsseldorf, Germany.
- Department of Materials, Imperial College, South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
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Coury FG, Miller C, Field R, Kaufman M. On the origin of diffuse intensities in fcc electron diffraction patterns. Nature 2023; 622:742-747. [PMID: 37880440 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06530-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 08/10/2023] [Indexed: 10/27/2023]
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Interpreting diffuse intensities in electron diffraction patterns can be challenging in samples with high atomic-level complexity, as often is the case with multi-principal element alloys. For example, diffuse intensities in electron diffraction patterns from simple face-centred cubic (fcc) and related alloys have been attributed to short-range order1, medium-range order2 or a variety of different {111} planar defects, including thin twins3, thin hexagonal close-packed layers4, relrod spiking5 and incomplete ABC stacking6. Here we demonstrate that many of these diffuse intensities, including [Formula: see text]{422} and [Formula: see text]{311} in ⟨111⟩ and ⟨112⟩ selected area diffraction patterns, respectively, are due to reflections from higher-order Laue zones. We show similar features along many different zone axes in a wide range of simple fcc materials, including CdTe, pure Ni and pure Al. Using electron diffraction theory, we explain these intensities and show that our calculated intensities of projected higher-order Laue zone reflections as a function of deviation from their Bragg conditions match well with the observed intensities, proving that these intensities are universal in these fcc materials. Finally, we provide a framework for determining the nature and location of diffuse intensities that could indicate the presence of short-range order or medium-range order.
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- Francisco Gil Coury
- Materials Engineering Department (DEMa), Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil.
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- SIGMA Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
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Wang L, Ding J, Chen S, Jin K, Zhang Q, Cui J, Wang B, Chen B, Li T, Ren Y, Zheng S, Ming K, Lu W, Hou J, Sha G, Liang J, Wang L, Xue Y, Ma E. Tailoring planar slip to achieve pure metal-like ductility in body-centred-cubic multi-principal element alloys. NATURE MATERIALS 2023; 22:950-957. [PMID: 37037961 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-023-01517-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2022] [Accepted: 02/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Uniform tensile ductility (UTD) is crucial for the forming/machining capabilities of structural materials. Normally, planar-slip induced narrow deformation bands localize the plastic strains and hence hamper UTD, particularly in body-centred-cubic (bcc) multi-principal element high-entropy alloys (HEAs), which generally exhibit early necking (UTD < 5%). Here we demonstrate a strategy to tailor the planar-slip bands in a Ti-Zr-V-Nb-Al bcc HEA, achieving a 25% UTD together with nearly 50% elongation-to-failure (approaching a ductile elemental metal), while offering gigapascal yield strength. The HEA composition is designed not only to enhance the B2-like local chemical order (LCO), seeding sites to disperse planar slip, but also to generate excess lattice distortion upon deformation-induced LCO destruction, which promotes elastic strains and dislocation debris to cause dynamic hardening. This encourages second-generation planar-slip bands to branch out from first-generation bands, effectively spreading the plastic flow to permeate the sample volume. Moreover, the profuse bands frequently intersect to sustain adequate work-hardening rate (WHR) to large strains. Our strategy showcases the tuning of plastic flow dynamics that turns an otherwise-undesirable deformation mode to our advantage, enabling an unusual synergy of yield strength and UTD for bcc HEAs.
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- Liang Wang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
- Institute of Advanced Structure Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
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- Center for Alloy Innovation and Design (CAID), State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
- Advance Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA
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- Department of Physics, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
- Center for Neutron Scattering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Materials Laminating Fabrication and Interface Control Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Materials Laminating Fabrication and Interface Control Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
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- Herbert Gleiter Institute of Nanoscience, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Advanced Structure Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China.
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- Center for Alloy Innovation and Design (CAID), State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
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Dasari S, Sharma A, Jiang C, Gwalani B, Lin WC, Lo KC, Gorsse S, Yeh AC, Srinivasan SG, Banerjee R. Exceptional enhancement of mechanical properties in high-entropy alloys via thermodynamically guided local chemical ordering. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2211787120. [PMID: 37252982 PMCID: PMC10265979 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2211787120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2022] [Accepted: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/01/2023] Open
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Understanding the local chemical ordering propensity in random solid solutions, and tailoring its strength, can guide the design and discovery of complex, paradigm-shifting multicomponent alloys. First, we present a simple thermodynamic framework, based solely on binary enthalpies of mixing, to select optimal alloying elements to control the nature and extent of chemical ordering in high-entropy alloys (HEAs). Next, we couple high-resolution electron microscopy, atom probe tomography, hybrid Monte-Carlo, special quasirandom structures, and density functional theory calculations to demonstrate how controlled additions of Al and Ti and subsequent annealing drive chemical ordering in nearly random equiatomic face-centered cubic CoFeNi solid solution. We establish that short-range ordered domains, the precursors of long-range ordered precipitates, inform mechanical properties. Specifically, a progressively increasing local order boosts the tensile yield strengths of the parent CoFeNi alloy by a factor of four while also substantially improving ductility, which breaks the so-called strength-ductility paradox. Finally, we validate the generality of our approach by predicting and demonstrating that controlled additions of Al, which has large negative enthalpies of mixing with the constituent elements of another nearly random body-centered cubic refractory NbTaTi HEA, also introduces chemical ordering and enhances mechanical properties.
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- Sriswaroop Dasari
- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, TX76207
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- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, TX76207
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- Computational Mechanics & Materials Department, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID83415
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- Physical and Computational Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA99354
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC27695
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu30013, Taiwan, R. O. C
- University Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, ICMCB, UMR 5026, F-33600Pessac, France
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu30013, Taiwan, R. O. C
- High Entropy Materials Center, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu30013, Taiwan, R. O. C
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- University Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, ICMCB, UMR 5026, F-33600Pessac, France
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu30013, Taiwan, R. O. C
- High Entropy Materials Center, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu30013, Taiwan, R. O. C
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- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, TX76207
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Biermair F, Mendez-Martin F, Razumovskiy VI, Moitzi F, Ressel G. Microstructure-Property Correlation and Its Evolution during Aging in an Al 4.4Co 26Cr 19Fe 18Ni 27Ti 5.6 High-Entropy Alloy. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 16:2821. [PMID: 37049114 PMCID: PMC10095688 DOI: 10.3390/ma16072821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Revised: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 03/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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The efficient energy use in multiple sectors of modern industry is partly based on the efficient use of high-strength, high-performance alloys that retain remarkable mechanical properties at elevated and high temperatures. High-entropy alloys (HEAs) represent the most recent class of these materials with a high potential for high-temperature high-strength applications. Aside from their chemical composition and microstructure-property relationship, limited information on the effect of heat treatment as a decisive factor for alloy design is available in the literature. This work intends to contribute to this research topic by investigating the effect of heat treatment on the microstructure and mechanical performance of an Al4.4Co26Cr19Fe18Ni27Ti5.6 HEA. The solution annealed state is compared to aged states obtained at different heat treatment times at 750 °C. The temporal evolution of the matrix and the γ'-precipitates are analyzed in terms of chemical composition, crystallography, size, shape, and volume fraction by means of scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and atom probe tomography. The yield strength evolution and strength contributions are calculated by classical state-of-the-art models as well as by ab-initio-based calculations of the critical resolved shear stress. The findings indicate promising mechanical properties of the investigated alloy and provide insight not only into possible strengthening mechanisms but also into the evolution of main phases during the heat treatment.
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- Florian Biermair
- Materials Center Leoben Forschung GmbH, Roseggerstraße 12, 8700 Leoben, Austria (G.R.)
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- Department of Materials Science, Montanuniversität Leoben, Franz-Josef Straße 18, 8700 Leoben, Austria
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- Materials Center Leoben Forschung GmbH, Roseggerstraße 12, 8700 Leoben, Austria (G.R.)
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- Materials Center Leoben Forschung GmbH, Roseggerstraße 12, 8700 Leoben, Austria (G.R.)
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Zhang X, Kang J, Wei SH. Defect modeling and control in structurally and compositionally complex materials. NATURE COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE 2023; 3:210-220. [PMID: 38177885 DOI: 10.1038/s43588-023-00403-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
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Conventional computational approaches for modeling defects face difficulties when applied to complex materials, mainly due to the vast configurational space of defects. In this Perspective, we discuss the challenges in calculating defect properties in complex materials, review recent advances in computational techniques and showcase new mechanistic insights developed from these methods. We further discuss the remaining challenges in improving the accuracy and efficiency of defect modeling in complex materials, and provide an outlook on potential research directions.
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- Xie Zhang
- Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing, China.
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Ferrari A, Körmann F, Asta M, Neugebauer J. Simulating short-range order in compositionally complex materials. NATURE COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE 2023; 3:221-229. [PMID: 38177884 DOI: 10.1038/s43588-023-00407-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2022] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
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In multicomponent materials, short-range order (SRO) is the development of correlated arrangements of atoms at the nanometer scale. Its impact in compositionally complex materials has stimulated an intense debate within the materials science community. Understanding SRO is critical to control the properties of technologically relevant materials, from metallic alloys to functional ceramics. In contrast to long-range order, quantitative characterization of the nature and spatial extent of SRO evades most of the experimentally available techniques. Simulations at the atomistic scale have full access to SRO but face the challenge of accurately sampling high-dimensional configuration spaces to identify the thermodynamic and kinetic conditions at which SRO is formed and what impact it has on material properties. Here we highlight recent progress in computational approaches, such as machine learning-based interatomic potentials, for quantifying and understanding SRO in compositionally complex materials. We briefly recap the key theoretical concepts and methods.
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- Alberto Ferrari
- Materials Science and Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Materials Science and Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands.
- Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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- Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Mustafa F, Egilmez M, Abuzaid W, El-Khatib S, Nawaz T, Ahmad S, Alagoz S. Strange Metallicity and Magnetic Order in the CoNi(Cr/V) Medium-Entropy Alloy System. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 16:1044. [PMID: 36770051 PMCID: PMC9921504 DOI: 10.3390/ma16031044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2022] [Revised: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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CoNiCr is a prototypical example of topical multi-principle element alloys with superior cryogenic and high-temperature mechanical strength, corrosion, oxidation resistance, and yet-to-be-explored magnetic and electronic functionalities. The remarkable properties of this transition metal ternary system are not only due to atomic radii, electronic configurational mismatch, and atomic volume misfit but are also dependent on the debated magnetically driven chemical short-range order. The current study focuses on the electric and magnetic properties of the single-phase face-centered cubic CoNi(Cr/V) system in which V is introduced to the system at the expense of Cr to fine-tune the volume misfit in the system. All the samples exhibited ultra-small magnetic moments due to the complex magnetic interactions of the constituent elements. The electric transport measurements revealed a strange metallicity evidenced through the observation of the linear temperature dependence of the resistivity. Our findings support the recent theoretical studies on the magnetically driven chemical short-range order of the CoNiCr system.
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- Faisal Mustafa
- Department of Physics, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah 26666, United Arab Emirates
- Materials Science and Engineering Program, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah 26666, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Physics, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah 26666, United Arab Emirates
- Materials Science and Engineering Program, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah 26666, United Arab Emirates
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah 26666, United Arab Emirates
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah 26666, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Physics, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah 26666, United Arab Emirates
- Materials Science and Engineering Program, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah 26666, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Physics, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah 26666, United Arab Emirates
- Materials Science and Engineering Program, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah 26666, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Physics, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah 26666, United Arab Emirates
- Materials Science and Engineering Program, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah 26666, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1, Canada
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Liu D, Yu Q, Kabra S, Jiang M, Forna-Kreutzer P, Zhang R, Payne M, Walsh F, Gludovatz B, Asta M, Minor AM, George EP, Ritchie RO. Exceptional fracture toughness of CrCoNi-based medium- and high-entropy alloys at 20 kelvin. Science 2022; 378:978-983. [DOI: 10.1126/science.abp8070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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CrCoNi-based medium- and high-entropy alloys display outstanding damage tolerance, especially at cryogenic temperatures. In this study, we examined the fracture toughness values of the equiatomic CrCoNi and CrMnFeCoNi alloys at 20 kelvin (K). We found exceptionally high crack-initiation fracture toughnesses of 262 and 459 megapascal-meters
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- Dong Liu
- School of Physics, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TL, UK
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- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- ENGIN-X, ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Oxon OX11 0QX, UK
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- School of Physics, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TL, UK
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- National Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- National Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney), Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- National Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
- Materials Science and Engineering Department, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
- Institute for Materials, Ruhr University Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Mechanically derived short-range order and its impact on the multi-principal-element alloys. Nat Commun 2022; 13:6766. [PMID: 36351925 PMCID: PMC9646780 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34470-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Chemical short-range order in disordered solid solutions often emerges with specific heat treatments. Unlike thermally activated ordering, mechanically derived short-range order (MSRO) in a multi-principal-element Fe40Mn40Cr10Co10 (at%) alloy originates from tensile deformation at 77 K, and its degree/extent can be tailored by adjusting the loading rates under quasistatic conditions. The mechanical response and multi-length-scale characterisation pointed to the minor contribution of MSRO formation to yield strength, mechanical twinning, and deformation-induced displacive transformation. Scanning and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy and the anlaysis of electron diffraction patterns revealed the microstructural features responsible for MSRO and the dependence of the ordering degree/extent on the applied strain rates. Here, we show that underpinned by molecular dynamics, MSRO in the alloys with low stacking-fault energies forms when loaded at 77 K, and these systems that offer different perspectives on the process of strain-induced ordering transition are driven by crystalline lattice defects (dislocations and stacking faults). Unlike diffusion-mediated chemical short-range orders (SROs) in multi-principal element alloys, diffusionless SROs and their impact on alloys have been elusive. Here, the authors show the formation of strain-induced SROs by crystalline lattice defects, upon external loading at 77 K.
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Data-driven electron-diffraction approach reveals local short-range ordering in CrCoNi with ordering effects. Nat Commun 2022; 13:6651. [PMID: 36333312 PMCID: PMC9636235 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34335-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 10/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The exceptional mechanical strength of medium/high-entropy alloys has been attributed to hardening in random solid solutions. Here, we evidence non-random chemical mixing in a CrCoNi alloy, resulting from short-range ordering. A data-mining approach of electron nanodiffraction enabled the study, which is assisted by neutron scattering, atom probe tomography, and diffraction simulation using first-principles theory models. Two samples, one homogenized and one heat-treated, are observed. In both samples, results reveal two types of short-range-order inside nanoclusters that minimize the Cr–Cr nearest neighbors (L12) or segregate Cr on alternating close-packed planes (L11). The L11 is predominant in the homogenized sample, while the L12 formation is promoted by heat-treatment, with the latter being accompanied by a dramatic change in dislocation-slip behavior. These findings uncover short-range order and the resulted chemical heterogeneities behind the mechanical strength in CrCoNi, providing general opportunities for atomistic-structure study in concentrated alloys for the design of strong and ductile materials. Non-random chemical mixings that are intrinsic to medium- and high-entropy alloys are difficult to detect and quantify. Here the authors perform a diffraction data-mining analysis, revealing nanoclusters of short-range orders in a CrCoNi alloy, and their impacts on chemical homogeneity and dislocations slip.
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Destruction of mesoscopic chemically modulated domains in single phase high entropy alloy via plastic deformation. Sci Rep 2022; 12:16776. [PMID: 36202894 PMCID: PMC9537164 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-20932-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 09/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Chemically modulated mesoscopic domains in a fcc single phase CrMnFeCoNi equi-atomic high entropy alloy (HEA) are detected by small angle diffraction performed at a synchrotron radiation facility, whereas the mesoscopic domains cannot be detected by conventional X-ray diffraction and 2D mappings of energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy by scanning electron microscopy and scanning transmission electron microscopy. The mesoscopic domains are deformed and shrieked, and finally destructed by plastic deformation, which is supported by the comprehensive observations/measurements, such as electrical resistivity, Vickers hardness, electron backscattering diffraction, and hard X-ray photoemission spectroscopy. The destruction of the mesoscopic domains causes the decrease in electrical resistivity via plastic deformation, so called K-effect, which is completely opposite to the normal trend of metals. We confirmed that the presence and the size of local chemical ordering or short-range order domains in the single phased HEA, and furthermore, Cr and Mn are related to form the domains.
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Utt D, Lee S, Xing Y, Jeong H, Stukowski A, Oh SH, Dehm G, Albe K. The origin of jerky dislocation motion in high-entropy alloys. Nat Commun 2022; 13:4777. [PMID: 35970838 PMCID: PMC9378647 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32134-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Dislocations in single-phase concentrated random alloys, including high-entropy alloys (HEAs), repeatedly encounter pinning during glide, resulting in jerky dislocation motion. While solute-dislocation interaction is well understood in conventional alloys, the origin of individual pinning points in concentrated random alloys is a matter of debate. In this work, we investigate the origin of dislocation pinning in the CoCrFeMnNi HEA. In-situ transmission electron microscopy studies reveal wavy dislocation lines and a jagged glide motion under external loading, even though no segregation or clustering is found around Shockley partial dislocations. Atomistic simulations reproduce the jerky dislocation motion and link the repeated pinning to local fluctuations in the Peierls friction. We demonstrate that the density of high local Peierls friction is proportional to the critical stress required for dislocation glide and the dislocation mobility. Dislocations in high-entropy alloys encounter pinning during glide resulting in jerky motion. Here the authors demonstrate that the density of high local Peierls force is proportional to the critical stress required for their glide and mobility.
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- Daniel Utt
- Fachgebiet Materialmodellierung, Institut für Materialwissenschaft, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Structure and Nano-/Micromechanics of Materials, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany.,Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics, Institute for Basic Science, Suwon, Republic of Korea.,Institute for Applied Materials, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Fachgebiet Materialmodellierung, Institut für Materialwissenschaft, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea. .,Department of Energy Engineering, KENTECH Institute for Energy Materials and Devices, Korea Institute of Energy Technology (KENTECH), Naju, Republic of Korea.
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- Structure and Nano-/Micromechanics of Materials, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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- Fachgebiet Materialmodellierung, Institut für Materialwissenschaft, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany.
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Uniting tensile ductility with ultrahigh strength via composition undulation. Nature 2022; 604:273-279. [PMID: 35418634 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04459-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Metals with nanocrystalline grains have ultrahigh strengths approaching two gigapascals. However, such extreme grain-boundary strengthening results in the loss of almost all tensile ductility, even when the metal has a face-centred-cubic structure-the most ductile of all crystal structures1-3. Here we demonstrate that nanocrystalline nickel-cobalt solid solutions, although still a face-centred-cubic single phase, show tensile strengths of about 2.3 gigapascals with a respectable ductility of about 16 per cent elongation to failure. This unusual combination of tensile strength and ductility is achieved by compositional undulation in a highly concentrated solid solution. The undulation renders the stacking fault energy and the lattice strains spatially varying over length scales in the range of one to ten nanometres, such that the motion of dislocations is thus significantly affected. The motion of dislocations becomes sluggish, promoting their interaction, interlocking and accumulation, despite the severely limited space inside the nanocrystalline grains. As a result, the flow stress is increased, and the dislocation storage is promoted at the same time, which increases the strain hardening and hence the ductility. Meanwhile, the segment detrapping along the dislocation line entails a small activation volume and hence an increased strain-rate sensitivity, which also stabilizes the tensile flow. As such, an undulating landscape resisting dislocation propagation provides a strengthening mechanism that preserves tensile ductility at high flow stresses.
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Yin H, Du A. Revealing the Potential of Ternary Medium-Entropy Alloys as Exceptional Electrocatalysts toward Nitrogen Reduction: An Example of Heusler Alloys. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:15235-15242. [PMID: 35332777 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c00210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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With less energy consumption and environmental pollution, electrochemical ammonia synthesis is regarded as the most promising way to replace the industrial Haber-Bosch process, which greatly contributes to global energy consumption and CO2 emission. At present, the best metal electrocatalyst for N2 fixation is ruthenium although its performance still suffers from a low Faradaic efficiency and a high overpotential. Alloy engineering is a promising way to discover more metal-based electrocatalysts for dinitrogen reduction reaction (N2RR), and almost all reported alloy catalysts so far are binary alloys. In this work, we proposed a large group of ternary alloy electrocatalysts (Heusler alloys) for N2RR and demonstrated their superior catalytic performance. As an example, alloying Ru with Mn and Si led to a reduced Ru-Ru distance on the surface, which facilitates an uncommon horizontal adsorption mode of N2 and results in effective activation of N2 molecules. The theoretical overpotential of N2RR on Ru2MnSi(100-Ru) is only around 0.28 V, which ranks among the best reported results, and the usage of precious Ru is greatly reduced. Meanwhile, the adsorption of N2 on Ru2MnSi(100-Ru) was much stronger than that of protons, and it also took less energy to drive N2RR than the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), making HER less competitive on this catalyst. Considering the successful synthesis of numerous Heusler alloys including the six members mentioned here, our work provided a wider range of practical and excellent N2RR electrocatalysts in terms of both catalytic performance and economical cost.
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- Hanqing Yin
- School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Gardens Point Campus, Brisbane 4001, Australia
- QUT Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology, Gardens Point Campus, Brisbane 4001, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Gardens Point Campus, Brisbane 4001, Australia
- QUT Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology, Gardens Point Campus, Brisbane 4001, Australia
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High-/medium-entropy alloys (H/MEA) have the inherent local chemical order. Yet, as a structural link between the incipient short-range order and mature long-range counterpart, the chemical medium-range order (CMRO) is conjectural and remains open questions as to if, and what kind of, CMRO would be produced and if CMRO is mechanically stable during plastic deformation. Here, we show compelling evidences for CMRO in an Al9.5CrCoNi MEA. Specifically, the electron diffraction under both [\documentclass[12pt]{minimal}
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Enhanced Strength and Plasticity of CoCrNiAl 0.1Si 0.1 Medium Entropy Alloy via Deformation Twinning and Microband at Cryogenic Temperature. MATERIALS 2021; 14:ma14247574. [PMID: 34947166 PMCID: PMC8708920 DOI: 10.3390/ma14247574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Revised: 11/20/2021] [Accepted: 11/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The synthesis of lightweight yet strong-ductile materials has been an imperative challenge in alloy design. In this study, the CoCrNi-based medium-entropy alloys (MEAs) with added Al and Si were manufactured by vacuum arc melting furnace subsequently followed by cool rolling and anneal process. The mechanical responses of CoCrNiAl0.1Si0.1 MEAs under quasi-static (1 × 10−3 s−1) tensile strength showed that MEAs had an outstanding balance of yield strength, ultimate tensile strength, and elongation. The yield strength, ultimate tensile strength, and elongation were increased from 480 MPa, 900 MPa, and 58% at 298 K to 700 MPa, 1250 MPa, and 72% at 77 K, respectively. Temperature dependencies of the yield strength and strain hardening were investigated to understand the excellent mechanical performance, considering the contribution of lattice distortions, deformation twins, and microbands. Severe lattice distortions were determined to play a predominant role in the temperature-dependent yield stress. The Peierls barrier height increased with decreasing temperature, owing to thermal vibrations causing the effective width of a dislocation core to decrease. Through the thermodynamic formula, the stacking fault energies were calculated to be 14.12 mJ/m2 and 8.32 mJ/m2 at 298 K and 77 K, respectively. In conclusion, the enhanced strength and ductility at cryogenic temperature can be attributed to multiple deformation mechanisms including dislocations, extensive deformation twins, and microbands. The synergistic effect of multiple deformation mechanisms lead to the outstanding mechanical properties of the alloy at room and cryogenic temperature.
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Zhang Y, Osetsky YN, Weber WJ. Tunable Chemical Disorder in Concentrated Alloys: Defect Physics and Radiation Performance. Chem Rev 2021; 122:789-829. [PMID: 34694124 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The development of advanced structural alloys with performance meeting the requirements of extreme environments in nuclear reactors has been long pursued. In the long history of alloy development, the search for metallic alloys with improved radiation tolerance or increased structural strength has relied on either incorporating alloying elements at low concentrations to synthesize so-called dilute alloys or incorporating nanoscale features to mitigate defects. In contrast to traditional approaches, recent success in synthesizing multicomponent concentrated solid-solution alloys (CSAs), including medium-entropy and high-entropy alloys, has vastly expanded the compositional space for new alloy discovery. Their wide variety of elemental diversity enables tunable chemical disorder and sets CSAs apart from traditional dilute alloys. The tunable electronic structure critically lowers the effectiveness of energy dissipation via the electronic subsystem. The tunable chemical complexity also modifies the scattering mechanisms in the atomic subsystem that control energy transport through phonons. The level of chemical disorder depends substantively on the specific alloying elements, rather than the number of alloying elements, as the disorder does not monotonically increase with a higher number of alloying elements. To go beyond our knowledge based on conventional alloys and take advantage of property enhancement by tuning chemical disorder, this review highlights synergistic effects involving valence electrons and atomic-level and nanoscale inhomogeneity in CSAs composed of multiple transition metals. Understanding of the energy dissipation pathways, deformation tolerance, and structural stability of CSAs can proceed by exploiting the equilibrium and non-equilibrium defect processes at the electronic and atomic levels, with or without microstructural inhomogeneities at multiple length scales. Knowledge of tunable chemical disorder in CSAs may advance the understanding of the substantial modifications in element-specific alloy properties that effectively mitigate radiation damage and control a material's response in extreme environments, as well as overcome strength-ductility trade-offs and provide overarching design strategies for structural alloys.
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- Yanwen Zhang
- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States.,Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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Ali ML. Enhanced lattice distortion, yield strength, critical resolved shear stress, and improving mechanical properties of transition-metals doped CrCoNi medium entropy alloy. RSC Adv 2021; 11:23719-23724. [PMID: 35479811 PMCID: PMC9036668 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra02073k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2021] [Accepted: 06/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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The effect of transition-metals (TM) addition on the mechanical properties of CrCoNi medium entropy alloys (MEAs) was investigated. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were carried out to evaluate the atomic distortion and yield strength and critical resolved shear stress (CRSS) quantitively. The MD simulation results indicate that the lattice distortion and yield strength agree with the other experimental results. The addition of 4 atomic% of transition metals enhances the lattice distortion and yield strength of the CrCoNi alloy by ∼30% and retains high ductility and strengthening ability. Also, the elastic moduli, anisotropy factor, Pugh's ratio, and the hardness were investigated. Furthermore, we performed MD simulations to obtain the CRSS and the root-mean-square-atomic-displacement (RMSAD) of equiatomic and near-equiatomic CrCoNi MEAs. We demonstrated that an approximately linear relationship exists between the RMSAD and the CRSS for these alloying systems. A more realistic embedded atom method (EAM) potential also verified the universality. These simulation results will be useful in the future development and research of CrCoNi-based quaternary alloys with improved mechanical properties. The effect of transition-metals (TM) addition on the mechanical properties of CrCoNi medium entropy alloys (MEAs) was investigated.![]()
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- Md Lokman Ali
- Department of Mechanical Science and Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University Osaka 560-8531 Japan .,Department of Physics, Pabna University of Science and Technology Pabna-6600 Bangladesh
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Pei Z, Dutta B, Körmann F, Chen M. Hidden Effects of Negative Stacking Fault Energies in Complex Concentrated Alloys. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 126:255502. [PMID: 34241525 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.255502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2021] [Accepted: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Negative stacking fault energies (SFEs) are found in face-centered cubic high-entropy alloys with excellent mechanical properties, especially at low temperatures. Their roles remain elusive due to the lack of in situ observation of nanoscale deformation. Here, the polymorphism of Shockley partials is fully explored, assisted by a new method. We show negative SFEs result in novel partial pairs as if they were in hexagonal close-packed alloys. The associated yield stresses are much higher than those for other mechanisms at low temperatures. This generalizes the physical picture for all negative-SFE alloys.
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- Zongrui Pei
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 2, 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 2, 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands and Computational Materials Design, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, D-40237 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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Direct observation of chemical short-range order in a medium-entropy alloy. Nature 2021; 592:712-716. [PMID: 33911276 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03428-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Complex concentrated solutions of multiple principal elements are being widely investigated as high- or medium-entropy alloys (HEAs or MEAs)1-11, often assuming that these materials have the high configurational entropy of an ideal solution. However, enthalpic interactions among constituent elements are also expected at normal temperatures, resulting in various degrees of local chemical order12-22. Of the local chemical orders that can develop, chemical short-range order (CSRO) is arguably the most difficult to decipher and firm evidence of CSRO in these materials has been missing thus far16,22. Here we discover that, using an appropriate zone axis, micro/nanobeam diffraction, together with atomic-resolution imaging and chemical mapping via transmission electron microscopy, can explicitly reveal CSRO in a face-centred-cubic VCoNi concentrated solution. Our complementary suite of tools provides concrete information about the degree/extent of CSRO, atomic packing configuration and preferential occupancy of neighbouring lattice planes/sites by chemical species. Modelling of the CSRO order parameters and pair correlations over the nearest atomic shells indicates that the CSRO originates from the nearest-neighbour preference towards unlike (V-Co and V-Ni) pairs and avoidance of V-V pairs. Our findings offer a way of identifying CSRO in concentrated solution alloys. We also use atomic strain mapping to demonstrate the dislocation interactions enhanced by the CSROs, clarifying the effects of these CSROs on plasticity mechanisms and mechanical properties upon deformation.
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Magnetically driven short-range order can explain anomalous measurements in CrCoNi. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:2020540118. [PMID: 33758102 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2020540118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The presence, nature, and impact of chemical short-range order in the multi-principal element alloy CrCoNi are all topics of current interest and debate. First-principles calculations reveal that its origins are fundamentally magnetic, involving repulsion between like-spin Co-Cr and Cr-Cr pairs that is complemented by the formation of a magnetically aligned sublattice of second-nearest-neighbor Cr atoms. Ordering models following these principles are found to predict otherwise anomalous experimental measurements concerning both magnetization and atomic volumes across a range of compositions. In addition to demonstrating the impact of magnetic interactions and resulting chemical rearrangement, the possible explanation of experiments would imply that short-range order of this type is far more prevalent than previously realized.
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Medouni I, Portavoce A, Maugis P, Eyméoud P, Yescas M, Hoummada K. Role of dislocation elastic field on impurity segregation in Fe-based alloys. Sci Rep 2021; 11:1780. [PMID: 33469073 PMCID: PMC7815746 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-80140-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Dislocation engineering in crystalline materials is essential when designing materials for a large range of applications. Segregation of additional elements at dislocations is frequently used to modify the influence of dislocations on material properties. Thus, the influence of the dislocation elastic field on impurity segregation is of major interest, as its understanding should lead to engineering solutions that improve the material properties. We report the experimental study of the elastic field influence on atomic segregation in the core and in the area surrounding edge dislocations in Fe-based alloys. Each element is found either to segregate in the edge dislocation core or to form atmospheres. The elastic field has a strong effect on the segregation atmosphere, but no effect on the dislocation core segregation. The theory is in good agreement with experiments, and should support dislocation engineering.
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- I Medouni
- IM2NP, Faculté des Sciences de Saint-Jérôme case 142, Aix-Marseille University/CNRS, 13397, Marseille, France
- FRAMATOME, Développement (DTID) Et Ingénierie Mécanique (DTIM), 92084, Paris La Défense Cedex, France
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- IM2NP, Faculté des Sciences de Saint-Jérôme case 142, Aix-Marseille University/CNRS, 13397, Marseille, France.
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- IM2NP, Faculté des Sciences de Saint-Jérôme case 142, Aix-Marseille University/CNRS, 13397, Marseille, France
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- IM2NP, Faculté des Sciences de Saint-Jérôme case 142, Aix-Marseille University/CNRS, 13397, Marseille, France
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- FRAMATOME, Développement (DTID) Et Ingénierie Mécanique (DTIM), 92084, Paris La Défense Cedex, France
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- IM2NP, Faculté des Sciences de Saint-Jérôme case 142, Aix-Marseille University/CNRS, 13397, Marseille, France
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Lee C, Chou Y, Kim G, Gao MC, An K, Brechtl J, Zhang C, Chen W, Poplawsky JD, Song G, Ren Y, Chou YC, Liaw PK. Lattice-Distortion-Enhanced Yield Strength in a Refractory High-Entropy Alloy. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2020; 32:e2004029. [PMID: 33135322 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202004029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2020] [Revised: 09/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Severe distortion is one of the four core effects in single-phase high-entropy alloys (HEAs) and contributes significantly to the yield strength. However, the connection between the atomic-scale lattice distortion and macro-scale mechanical properties through experimental verification has yet to be fully achieved, owing to two critical challenges: 1) the difficulty in the development of homogeneous single-phase solid-solution HEAs and 2) the ambiguity in describing the lattice distortion and related measurements and calculations. A single-phase body-centered-cubic (BCC) refractory HEA, NbTaTiVZr, using thermodynamic modeling coupled with experimental verifications, is developed. Compared to the previously developed single-phase NbTaTiV HEA, the NbTaTiVZr HEA shows a higher yield strength and comparable plasticity. The increase in yield strength is systematically and quantitatively studied in terms of lattice distortion using a theoretical model, first-principles calculations, synchrotron X-ray/neutron diffraction, atom-probe tomography, and scanning transmission electron microscopy techniques. These results demonstrate that severe lattice distortion is a core factor for developing high strengths in refractory HEAs.
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- Chanho Lee
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996-2100, USA
- Materials Science and Technology Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA
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- Department of Electrophysics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, 60616, USA
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- National Energy Technology Laboratory/Leidos Research Support Team, Albany, OR, 97321, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Energy and Transportation Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Computherm LLC, 8401 Greenway Blvd, Middleton, WI, 53562, USA
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- Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, 60616, USA
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Division of Advanced Materials Engineering and Institute for Rare Metals, Kongju National University, Cheonan, Chungnam, 330-717, Republic of Korea
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- X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, 60439, USA
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- Department of Electrophysics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996-2100, USA
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