Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Mechanically derived short-range order and its impact on the multi-principal-element alloys

  • Jae Bok Seol,
  • Won-Seok Ko,
  • Seok Su Sohn,
  • Min Young Na,
  • Hye Jung Chang,
  • Yoon-Uk Heo,
  • Jung Gi Kim,
  • Hyokyung Sung,
  • Zhiming Li,
  • Elena Pereloma,
  • Hyoung Seop Kim

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34470-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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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.