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Many of the purported virtues of Multi-Principal Element Alloys (MPEAs), such as corrosion, high-temperature oxidation and irradiation resistance, are highly sensitive to vacancy diffusivity. Similarly, solute interdiffusion is governed by…
Multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs) are exciting systems showing remarkable properties compared to conventional materials due to their exceedingly large compositional space and spatially varying chemical environment. However, predicting…
Multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs), also known as high-entropy alloys, have garnered significant interest across many applications due to their exceptional properties. Equilibrium vacancy concentrations in MPEAs influence diffusion and…
Vacancy-mediated diffusion in multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs) remains poorly understood. Existing computational methods face challenges in connecting electronic structure to macroscopic transport coefficients due to the large number…
Accurate prediction of vacancy migration energy barriers, $\Delta E_a$, in multi-component alloys is extremely challenging yet critical for the development of diffusional transformation kinetics needed to model alloy behavior in many…
The accumulation and growth of vacancy clusters under irradiation is a pivotal degradation mode for structural materials in extreme environments. Even tungsten undergoes rapid defect coarsening compromising its integrity. Here we show a…
Multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs), commonly termed as medium- or high-entropy alloys containing three or more components in high concentrations, render a tunable chemical short-range order (SRO). Leveraging large-scale atomistic…
Alloying elements play an important role in the design of plasma facing materials with good comprehensive properties. Based on first-principles calculations, the stability of alloying element W and its interaction with vacancy defects in…
Refractory high-entropy alloys (RHEAs) have emerged as promising candidates for extreme high-temperature applications, for example, in next-generation turbines and nuclear reactors. In such applications, atomic diffusion critically governs…
MAX phases have attracted increased attention due to their unique combination of ceramic and metallic properties. Point-defects are known to play a vital role in the structural, electronic and transport properties of alloys in general and…
Refractory multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs) have exceptional mechanical properties, including high strength-to-weight ratio and fracture toughness, at high temperatures. Here, we elucidate the complex interplay between segregation,…
Vacancy is known to play a critical role in solid state diffusion and determine many properties of the materials. We report a proof-of-principle result on Mn in the role of tuning vacancy diffusion by an anomalous Friedel Oscillations…
Impurity diffusion in Zr is potentially important for many applications of Zr alloys, and in particular for their use of nuclear reactor cladding. However, significant uncertainty presently exists about which elements are vacancy vs.…
Understanding atomic hydrogen (H) diffusion in multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs) is essential for advancing clean energy technologies such as H transport, storage, and nuclear fusion applications. However, the vast compositional space…
Refractory multi-element alloys (RMEA) with body-centered cubic (bcc) structure have been the object of much research over the last decade due to their high potential as candidate materials for high-temperature applications. Most of these…
Refractory multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs) are key research focus for excellent high-temp properties and engineering potential. Deformation mechanisms/mechanical behaviors of quaternary NbTaTiZr MPEA under high strain rates/extreme…
Transmutation elements are the essential products in plasma facing materials tungsten, and have further effects on point defects evolution resulted by radiation. Here, transmutation elements Re and Ta atoms have been selected to assess the…
The exceptional combination of strength and ductility in multi-component alloys is often attributed to the interaction of dislocations with the various solute atoms in the alloy. To study these effects on the mechanical properties of such…
Manipulating point defects for tailored macroscopic properties remains a formidable challenge in materials science. This study demonstrates a proof-of-principle for a universal law involving element Mn, significantly enhancing vacancy…
Refractory high entropy alloys containing elements from the Ti, V and Cr columns of the periodic table form body centered cubic (BCC) structures. Elements from the Ti column are noteworthy because they take the BCC structure at high…