Achieving thermally stable nanoparticles in chemically complex alloys via controllable sluggish lattice diffusion

Bo Xiao; Junhua Luan; Shijun Zhao; Lijun Zhang; Shiyao Chen; Yilu Zhao; Lianyong Xu; C. T. Liu; Ji-Jung Kai; Tao Yang

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-32620-6

Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Achieving thermally stable nanoparticles in chemically complex alloys via controllable sluggish lattice diffusion

Bo Xiao,
Junhua Luan,
Shijun Zhao,
Lijun Zhang,
Shiyao Chen,
Yilu Zhao,
Lianyong Xu,
C. T. Liu,
Ji-Jung Kai,
Tao Yang

Affiliations

Bo Xiao: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong
Junhua Luan: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong
Shijun Zhao: Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong
Lijun Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University
Shiyao Chen: State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University
Yilu Zhao: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen)
Lianyong Xu: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University
C. T. Liu: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong
Ji-Jung Kai: Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong
Tao Yang: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32620-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Nanoparticle strengthening provides a crucial basis for developing high-performance materials, which often fails to work due to poor thermal stability. Here, the authors achieve thermally stable nanoparticles at 800~1000 °C in chemically complex alloys via controllable sluggish lattice diffusion.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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