Local chemical order enables an ultrastrong and ductile high-entropy alloy in a cryogenic environment.

Owing to superior strength-ductility combination and great potential for applications in extreme conditions, high-entropy alloys (HEAs) with the face-centered cubic (FCC) structure have drawn enormous attention. However, the FCC structure limits yield strength and makes the alloys unable to meet ever-increasing demands for exploring the universe. Here, we report a strategy to obtain FCC materials with outstanding mechanical properties in both ambient and cryogenic environments, via exploiting dynamic development of the interstitial-driven local chemical order (LCO).

Realization of Large Low-Stress Elastocaloric Effect in TiZrNbAl Alloy.

Seeking novel high-performance elastocaloric materials with low critical stress plays a crucial role in advancing the development of elastocaloric refrigeration technology. Here, as a first attempt, the elastocaloric effect of TiZrNbAl shape memory alloy at both room temperature and finite temperatures ranging from 245 K to 405 K, is studied systematically. Composition optimization shows that Ti-19Zr-14Nb-1Al (at.

Impact of Mn Alloying on Phase Stabilities, Magnetic Properties and Electronic Structures in Fe.

Impacts of Mn alloying on lattice stabilities, magnetic properties, electronic structures of the bcc and fcc phases and the fcc→bcc phase transition in Fe16-xMnx (x = 0, 1 and 2) alloys are studied by first-principles calculations. Results show that the doped Mn atom prefers ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic interaction with the host Fe atoms in the bcc and fcc phases, respectively. In these two phases, the magnetic moment of Mn is smaller and larger than Fe, respectively.

Correction: First-principles insights into hydrogen trapping in interstitial-vacancy complexes in vanadium carbide.

Correction for 'First-principles insights into hydrogen trapping in interstitial-vacancy complexes in vanadium carbide' by Shuai Tang , , 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d2cp02425j.

First-principles insights into hydrogen trapping in interstitial-vacancy complexes in vanadium carbide.

Hydrogen trapping is a key factor in designing advanced vanadium alloys and steels, where the influence of carbon vacancies is still elusive. Herein we have investigated the effect of carbon vacancies on the hydrogen trapping of defect-complexes in vanadium carbide using first-principles calculations. When a carbon vacancy is present, the second nearest neighboring trigonal interstitial is a stable hydrogen trapping site.