Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

Pt-induced atomic-level tailoring towards paracrystalline high-entropy alloy

  • Xingjia He,
  • Yu Zhang,
  • Xinlei Gu,
  • Jiangwei Wang,
  • Jinlei Qi,
  • Jun Hao,
  • Longpeng Wang,
  • Hao Huang,
  • Mao Wen,
  • Kan Zhang,
  • Weitao Zheng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36423-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Paracrystalline state is still challenging to reach in alloy systems in a controlled manner. Here, the authors present an atomic-level tailoring route to create paracrystalline Zr-Nb-Hf-Ta-Mo high-entropy alloy through local amorphization induced by atomic-level Pt with negative mixing enthalpy.