{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Park H"],"funding":["National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)","National Research Foundation of Korea"],"pagination":["5757"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11233735"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["15(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Achieving an optimal balance between strength and ductility in advanced engineering materials has long been a challenge for researchers. In the field of material strengthening, most approaches that prevent or impede the motion of dislocations involve ductility reduction. In the present study, we propose a strengthening approach based on spinodal decomposition in which Cu and Al are introduced into a ferrous medium-entropy alloy. The matrix undergoes nanoscale periodic spinodal decomposition via a simple one-step aging procedure. Chemical fluctuations within periodic spinodal decomposed structures induce spinodal hardening, leading to a doubled strengthening effect that surpasses the conventional precipitation strengthening mechanism. Notably, the periodic spinodal decomposed structures eff"],"journal":["Nature communications"],"pubmed_title":["Periodic spinodal decomposition in double-strengthened medium-entropy alloy."],"pmcid":["PMC11233735"],"funding_grant_id":["2021R1A2C3006662","RS-2023-00281246"],"pubmed_authors":["Park H","Heo YU","Seol JB","Kim HS","Haftlang F","Wang Z"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Periodic spinodal decomposition in double-strengthened medium-entropy alloy.","description":"Achieving an optimal balance between strength and ductility in advanced engineering materials has long been a challenge for researchers. In the field of material strengthening, most approaches that prevent or impede the motion of dislocations involve ductility reduction. In the present study, we propose a strengthening approach based on spinodal decomposition in which Cu and Al are introduced into a ferrous medium-entropy alloy. The matrix undergoes nanoscale periodic spinodal decomposition via a simple one-step aging procedure. Chemical fluctuations within periodic spinodal decomposed structures induce spinodal hardening, leading to a doubled strengthening effect that surpasses the conventional precipitation strengthening mechanism. Notably, the periodic spinodal decomposed structures eff","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Jul","modification":"2025-04-04T11:25:01.9Z","creation":"2025-04-04T11:25:01.9Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11233735","cross_references":{"pubmed":["38982065"],"doi":["10.1038/s41467-024-50078-6"]}}