Nature Communications (Jan 2019)

Enhanced strength–ductility synergy in ultrafine-grained eutectic high-entropy alloys by inheriting microstructural lamellae

  • Peijian Shi,
  • Weili Ren,
  • Tianxiang Zheng,
  • Zhongming Ren,
  • Xueling Hou,
  • Jianchao Peng,
  • Pengfei Hu,
  • Yanfei Gao,
  • Yunbo Zhong,
  • Peter K. Liaw

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08460-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Producing in situ composite materials with superior strength and ductility has long been a challenge. Here, the authors use lamellar microstructure inherited from casting, rolling, and annealing to produce an ultrafine duplex eutectic high entropy alloy with outstanding properties.