Incipient plasticity in multi-principal element alloys, CoCrNi, CoCrFeMnNi, and Al0.1CoCrFeNi was evaluated by nano-indentation and compared with pure Ni. The tests were performed at a loading rate of 70 μN/s in the temperature range of 298 K to 4...
Multi-principal element nitrides have great application potential in protective coatings. However, the investigation of the oxidation and corrosion resistance of multi-principal element nitride coatings is still insufficient. The synthesis and high-t...
Creep is a serious concern reducing the efficiency and service life of components in various structural applications. Multi-principal element alloys are attractive as a new generation of structural materials due to their desirable elevated temperatur...
Nanoporous structures with 3D interconnected networks are traditionally made by dealloying a binary precursor. Certain approaches for fabricating these materials have been applied to refractory multi-principal element alloys (RMPEAs), which can be su...
Machine learning has been widely applied to phase prediction and property evaluation in multi-principal element alloys. In this work, a data-driven machine learning framework is proposed to predict the ultimate tensile strength (UTS) and total elonga...
Multi-principal element (MPE) alloys can be designed to have outstanding properties for a variety of applications. However, because of the compositional and phase complexity of these alloys, the experimental efforts in this area have often utilized t...
Molecular dynamics simulations of nanoindentation were conducted to compare the dislocation behavior in a pure V and a TiVTa multi-principal element alloy (MPEA) with [100] and [111] crystal orientations. It is found that the significant resistance t...
In this work, high-throughput screening technology is applied to four-member refractory multi-principal element alloys (RMPEAs) films with high W content. The exploration of refractory metals such as W is strictly limited by the high melting temperat...
Due to their compositional complexity and flexibility, multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs) have a wide range of design and application prospects. Many researchers focus on tuning chemical inhomogeneity to improve the overall performance of MPEAs....
This work demonstrates the capabilities and advantages of a novel sintering technique to fabricate bulk composition gradient materials. Pressure distribution calculations were used to compare several tooling geometries for use with current-activated,...
Low-density multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs) combining a high specific strength and considerable ductility have remained a research hotspot, due to their promising prospects for energy-saving industrial applications. Light Ti-containing AlNbZrT...
High-entropy alloys (HEAs) and medium-entropy alloys (MEAs), also sometimes referred to as multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs), present opportunities to develop new materials with outstanding mechanical properties. Through the careful selection of...
Multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs) are at the forefront of materials science due to their large variety of compositions, which can yield unexplored properties. Mapping the structure and properties of a compositional MPEA library in a reasonable t...
Multi principal element alloys have attracted interests as a promising way to balance the bottleneck of the “inverse relationship” between high hardness and high fracture toughness. In the present study, the authors demonstrate the effects of Ti addi...
The formation of nano-sized Hf2Fe precipitates at grain boundaries through Fe micro-alloying enhances the strength of Ti-Zr-Hf-Nb-Ta multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs), but this improvement comes at the cost of reduced ductility. Aging at 500 &de...
Multi-principal element alloy (MPEA) Fe66.5−xCr24Ni8Nb1.5Tix coatings were fabricated via laser cladding on Q235 steel substrates to enhance their surface performance. This study revealed that the Ti content within these MPEAs directly influenc...
In the realm of advanced material science, multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs) have emerged as a focal point due to their exceptional mechanical properties and adaptability for high-performance applications. This study embarks on an extensive inve...
Severe plastic deformation (SPD) is an effective route for the nanocrystallization of multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs). The stability of the refined microstructure is important, considering the high temperature applications of these materials....
While the overwhelming number of papers on multi-principal-element alloys (MPEAs) focus on the mechanical and microstructural properties, there has been growing interest in these alloys as solid-state hydrogen stores. We report here the synthesis opt...
In this work, TiCrNiVSi0.1 coatings were prepared on TC4 alloy by CNC-controlled automatic electro-spark deposition (ESD). The TOPSIS-based Taguchi method was applied for multi-criteria optimization of ESD coating quality. Frequency (f), capacitance...
CoCrNi alloys exhibit excellent strength and ductility. In this work, the CoCrNiV multi-principal alloy with single-phase fine grained (FG) structure was prepared by rolling and heat treatment. The characteristics of deformation microstructures and m...
This study investigates the deformation and fracture mechanisms of a Ti61Al16Cr10Nb8V5 multi-principal element alloy (Ti61V5 alloy) under quasi-static and dynamic compression. The alloy comprises an equiaxed BCC matrix (~35 μm) with uniformly disp...
Atomic structure models of multi-principal-element alloys (or high-entropy alloys) composed of four to eight componential elements in both BCC and FCC lattice structures are built according to the principle of maximum entropy. With the concept of ent...
Mixing enthalpy (ΔHmix), mixing entropy (ΔSmix), atomic-size difference (δ), and valence electron concentration (VEC) are the indicators determining the phase structures of multi-principal element alloys. Exploring the relationships...
Material genetic engineering studies the relationship between the composition, microstructure, and properties of materials. By adjusting the atomic composition, structure, or configuration of the material and combining different processes, new materi...
A multi-principal element FeMnNiAlC10 bulk alloy was produced by vacuum arc melting. The same alloy was sintered as a thin film on a silicon substrate by ion beam sputter deposition. The bulk alloy has a multiphase structure the elements predominantl...
High entropy alloys (HEAs) and their closely related variants, called multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs), are the topic of a rather new area of research, and so far, the gathered knowledge is incomplete. This is especially true when it comes to m...
This study focuses on the microstructures and soft-magnetic properties of the Al1.5Fe3Co3Cr1 multi-principal-element alloy (MPEA) in different states. The MPEA was prepared using arc melting and suction-casting, followed by various heat treatments. T...
Multi-Principal-Element or High-Entropy Alloys (MPEAs/HEAs) have gained increasing interest in the past two decades largely due to their outstanding properties such as superior mechanical strength and corrosion resistance. However, research studies o...
Multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs) are characterized by a high-dimensional materials design space, and data-driven models can be considered as the best tools to describe the structure–property relationship in this class of materials. Predic...
Transition metal multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs) are novel alloys that may offer enhanced surface and mechanical properties compared with commercial metallic alloys. However, their biocompatibility has not been investigated. In this study, thr...
The development of strong and ductile alloys for application in cryogenic temperatures has long been sought after. In this work, we have developed a face-centered cubic Ni10Co56.5V33.5 multi-principal element alloy (MPEA) that exhibits a balanced com...
Multi-principal-element alloys (MPEAs) exhibit superior strength and good ductility. However, tribological properties of FeCrNi MPEAs remain unknown at nanoscale and complex environments. Here, we investigate the effects of scratching speed, depth, a...
In this paper, a laser-based directed energy deposition (DED) technique is used to fabricate FeCoNiCr and CrMnFeCoNi multi-principal-element alloys (MPEAs). Comparing the above samples, the FeCoNiCr samples with coarse columnar grains cracked, while...
The design of new alloys by and for metal additive manufacturing (AM) is an emerging field of research. Currently, pre-alloyed powders are used in metal AM, which are expensive and inflexible in terms of varying chemical composition. The present stud...
Zr-Ti-Nb-Ta alloys were synthesized in parallel via multi-target co-sputtering deposition with physical masking in a pseudo-ternary Ti-Nb-ZrTa alloy system. Sixteen alloys with distinct compositions were obtained. Comprehensive characterization of ph...
Multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs) exhibit distinct characteristics compared to conventional single-principal element-based metallic materials, primarily due to their unique design, resulting in intricate microstructural features. Currently, a co...
Magnesium-containing multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs) are promising for lightweight applications due to their low density, high specific strength, and biocompatibility. This study examines two Mg-Ti-Zn alloy compositions, equal molar MgTiZn (TZ...
The effect of Al addition on the structure, microstructure and hydrogen storage properties of the ternary TiVNb alloy was investigated from small amounts to equimolar composition. Alx(TiVNb)1−x (x = 0.05, 0.175 and 0.25) alloys are bcc single-phase m...
It has been 14 years since the discovery of the high-entropy alloys (HEAs), an idea of alloying which has reinvigorated materials scientists to explore unconventional alloy compositions and multicomponent alloy systems. Many authors have referred to...
A near-equiatomic multi-principal element alloy of Cu40Nb30(TiB2)20C10 with both nano-particle size (14 nm) and micron-particle sizes (−44 µm) of Nb was designed and made via the spark plasma sintering technique at two different sintered...
Lightweight multiprincipal element alloys (MPEAs) are promising candidates for potential application as engineering materials due to their high strength and low density. In this work, lightweight Ti70Al15V15 and Ti80Al10V10 MPEAs were fabricated via...
As emergent material candidates for extreme environments, refractory high-entropy alloys (HEAs) or refractory multi-principal-element alloys (RMPEAs) comprising refractory metals feature qualities such as high radiation tolerance, corrosion resistanc...
Multi-principal-element alloys share a set of thermodynamic and structural parameters that, in their range of adopted values, correlate to the tendency of the alloys to assume a solid solution, whether as a crystalline or an amorphous phase. Based on...
Investigation into non-equiatomic high-entropy alloys has grown in recent years due to questions about the role of entropy stabilization in forming single-phase solid solutions. Non-equiatomic alloys have been shown to retain the outstanding mechanic...
High-entropy alloys (HEAs) represent a breakthrough class of materials characterized by a unique combination of properties derived from their multielement compositions. This review explores the current advancements in both electrochemical and electro...
This study examines one of the limitations of CALPHAD databases when applied to high entropy alloys and complex concentrated alloys. We estimate the level of the thermodynamic description, which is still sufficient to correctly predict thermodynamic...
Real-time neutron imaging was utilized to produce a movie-like series of radiographs for in-situ observation of the remixing of liquid state immiscibility that occurs in equiatomic CoCrCu with the addition of Ni. A previous neutron imaging study demo...
The present work is focused on the synthesis of CoCrFeMnNi high entropy alloy (HEA) interstitially alloyed with nitrogen via powder metallurgy routes. Using a simple method, nitrogen was introduced to the HEA from the protective N2 gas atmosphere dur...
This study meticulously examines the influence of aluminum (Al) and titanium (Ti) on the genesis of self-generated ordered phases in high-entropy alloys (HEAs), a class of materials that has garnered considerable attention due to their exceptional mu...
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