• Atomic structure of solute clusters in Al-Zn-Mg alloys 

      Lervik, Adrian; Thronsen, Elisabeth; Friis, Jesper; Marioara, Calin Daniel; Wenner, Sigurd; Bendo, Artenis; Matsuda, Kenji; Holmestad, Randi; Andersen, Sigmund Jarle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Scanning transmission electron microscopy imaging of Al–Zn–Mg alloys has provided new information on the atomic structures of solute rich clusters forming from a supersaturated solid solution at low temperatures. A unique ...
    • Crystallographic relationships of T-/S-phase aggregates in an Al–Cu–Mg–Ag alloy 

      Sunde, Jonas Kristoffer; Johnstone, D.N.; Wenner, Sigurd; Van Helvoort, Antonius; Midgley, Paul A.; Holmestad, Randi (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)
      T-(Al20Cu2Mn3) phase dispersoids are important for limiting recovery and controlling grain growth in Al-Cu alloys. However, these dispersoids can also reduce precipitation hardening by acting as heterogeneous nucleation ...
    • Heterogeneous nucleation and grain growth of inoculated aluminium alloys: An integrated study by in-situ X-radiography and numerical modelling 

      Xu, Yijiang; Casari, Daniele; Du, Qiang; Mathiesen, Ragnvald; Arnberg, Lars; Li, Yanjun (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      A comprehensive study on the heterogeneous nucleation and grain growth of Al-10 wt.%Cu alloys inoculated with Al-5Ti-1B was carried out. To further reveal the solute segregation stifling mechanism, in-situ near-isothermal ...
    • Hydrogen Induced Vacancy Clustering and Void Formation Mechanisms at Grain Boundaries in Palladium 

      Polfus, Jonathan Marc; Løvvik, Ole Martin; Bredesen, Rune; Peters, Thijs (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Hydrogen has a significant impact on the formation of vacancies, clusters and voids in palladium and other metals. The formation of vacancy-hydrogen complexes in bulk Pd and at Σ3 and Σ5 grain boundaries was investigated ...
    • Modelling the Spatial Evolution of Excess Vacancies and its Influence on Age Hardening Behaviors in Multicomponent Aluminium Alloys 

      Wang, Xuezhou; Zhao, Dongdong; Xu, Yijiang; Li, Yanjun (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Excess vacancies play crucial roles in the precipitation of age-hardening precipitates in aluminium alloys, but their spatial evolution across grains during heat treatments is less known. In this work, a numerical model ...
    • Muon kinetics in heat treated Al (–Mg)(–Si) alloys 

      Wenner, Sigurd; Nishimura, Katsuhiko; Matsuda, Kenji; Matsuzaki, Teiichiro; Tomono, Dai; Pratt, Francis L.; Marioara, Calin Daniel; Holmestad, Randi (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)
      Al–Mg–Si alloys are heat-treatable and rely on precipitation hardening for their mechanical strength. We have employed the technique of muon spin relaxation to further our understanding of the complex precipitation sequence ...
    • On the mechanism of Mn(II)-doping in Scandia stabilized zirconia electrolytes 

      Vøllestad, Einar; Øygarden, Vegar; Graff, Joachim Seland; Sunding, Martin Fleissner; Pietras, John D.; Polfus, Jonathan M.; Fontaine, Marie-Laure (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Cubic Scandia-stabilized zirconia (ScSZ) is an attractive electrolyte material for solid oxide cells due to its significant ionic conductivity, provided that the phase transition to its rhombohedral polymorph upon cooling ...
    • On the value of popular crystallographic databases for machine learning prediction of space groups 

      Venkatraman, Vishwesh; Almeida Carvalho, Patricia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Predicting crystal structure information is a challenging problem in materials science that clearly benefits from artificial intelligence approaches. The leading strategies in machine learning are notoriously data-hungry ...
    • Quantifying the grain boundary segregation strengthening induced by post-ECAP aging in an Al-5Cu alloy 

      Jia, Hailong; Bjørge, Ruben; Cao, Lingfei; Hui, Song; Marthinsen, Knut; Li, Yanjun (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Hardening on annealing (HOA) has been frequently observed in nanostructured metals and alloys. For nanostructured materials obtained by severe plastic deformation (SPD), HOA has been attributed to the reduction of dislocation ...