Ordering-mediated local nano-clustering results in unusually large Hall-Petch strengthening coefficients in high entropy alloys (open access)

Ordering-mediated local nano-clustering results in unusually large Hall-Petch strengthening coefficients in high entropy alloys

This article reports a dramatic increase in the grain boundary strengthening or Hall-Petch coefficient, K, by systematically investigating the effect of Al addition on tensile yield strength in CoFeNi and CoCrFeNi high entropy alloys (HEAs) or complex concentrated alloys (CCAs). Such a trend is attributed to the ordering mediated nano-clustering in Al containing HEA/CCAs.
Date: January 23, 2021
Creator: Jagetia, Abhinav; Nartu, M. S. K. K. Y.; Dasari, S.; Sharma, A.; Gwalani, Bharat & Banerjee, Rajarshi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Microstructure and surface texture driven improvement in in-vitro response of laser surface processed AZ31B magnesium alloy (open access)

Microstructure and surface texture driven improvement in in-vitro response of laser surface processed AZ31B magnesium alloy

This article explores the effects of laser surface melting on microstructure and surface topography evolution in AZ31B magnesium alloy.
Date: January 19, 2021
Creator: Wu, Tso-Chang; Joshi, Sameehan; Ho, Yee-Hsien; Pantawane, Mangesh V.; Sinha, Subhasis & Dahotre, Narendra B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effect of Polymer Removal on the Morphology and Phase of the Nanoparticles in All-Inorganic Heterostructures Synthesized via Two-Step Polymer Infiltration (open access)

Effect of Polymer Removal on the Morphology and Phase of the Nanoparticles in All-Inorganic Heterostructures Synthesized via Two-Step Polymer Infiltration

This article uses iron oxide/alumina heterostructures formed by two-step infiltration of polystyrene-block-polyvinyl pyridine block copolymer with iron and aluminum precursors from the solution and vapor-phases, respectively, to show that the phase and morphology of iron oxide nanoparticles dramatically depend on the approach used to remove the polymer. The article extends the boundaries of structure manipulations in multicomponent heterostructures synthesized using polymer infiltration synthesis and their properties.
Date: January 28, 2021
Creator: Berman, Diana; Sha, Yuchen & Shevchenko, Elena V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Co-introduction of precipitate hardening and TRIP in a TWIP high-entropy alloy using friction stir alloying (open access)

Co-introduction of precipitate hardening and TRIP in a TWIP high-entropy alloy using friction stir alloying

Article exploring friction stir alloying (FSA) to tune the microstructure and a composition of a TWIP high-entropy alloy by adding Ti, and thus activating site-specific deformation mechanisms that occur concomitantly in a single alloy. This approach presents a novel microstructural architecture to design alloys, an approach that combines and optimizes local compositions such that multiple deformation mechanisms can be activated to enhance engineering properties.
Date: January 15, 2021
Creator: Wang, Tianhao; Shukla, Shivakant; Gwalani, Bharat; Sinha, S.; Thapliyal, Saket; Frank, Michael et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library