Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of High-Entropy Alloys
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Structural Integrity of Metals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2022) | Viewed by 2977
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
High entropy alloys (HEA) have been receiving extensive global attention. During the past decade, numerous investigations have been conducted to help mechanistically understand the promising mechanical properties/behaviors observed for HEAs. The properties of HEA are remarkable due to their special deformation mechanisms, which are due to their compositional complexities, which lead to unique microstructures. As widely known, the microstructures of HEAs are normally dominated by solid solution phase(s). In addition to this uniqueness, a series of local environments, such as lattice distortion and chemical short-range ordering, are frequently seen. These types of local environments were found to significantly affect the mechanical properties/behavior of HEAs.
This new Special Issue on the correlation between the microstructure and mechanical properties of HEAs welcomes submissions on a variety of different topics. Fundamental studies on the identification and quantification of various strengthening mechanisms, phase formation and/or transformation during solidification/annealing/aging, microstructural evolution and deformation mechanisms during different types of loading, as well as the characterization and analysis of local environments are equally welcome. Both theoretical and experimental contributions are welcome; works that will combine both approaches are especially appreciated. We expect that the papers published in this Special Issue will theoretically advance our understanding of the microstructure–mechanical property correlation for HEAs and practically contribute to the design of novel advanced materials with enhanced properties.
Prof. Dr. Zhenggang Wu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- High entropy alloys
- High entropy materials
- Microstructure
- Mechanical properties
- Deformation mechanism
- Strengthening mechanism
- Lattice distortion
- Chemical short-range ordering
