Nature Communications (May 2022)

Ultra-dense dislocations stabilized in high entropy oxide ceramics

  • Yi Han,
  • Xiangyang Liu,
  • Qiqi Zhang,
  • Muzhang Huang,
  • Yi Li,
  • Wei Pan,
  • Peng-an Zong,
  • Lieyang Li,
  • Zesheng Yang,
  • Yingjie Feng,
  • Peng Zhang,
  • Chunlei Wan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30260-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Dislocation engineering is important for designing structural materials. Here the authors demonstrate that a high-entropy oxide ceramic with a high density of edge dislocations can be stabilized by increasing the compositional complexity, resulting in enhanced fracture toughness.