Recycling cupola slag for manufacturing magnesium metal matrix composites with alumina for electric vehicle battery pack system housings by Andrea Sánchez-Arroyo, Mario Rodríguez-Reyes, Gerardo Daniel Olvera-Romero, José Refugio Parga-Torres, Zully Matamoros-Veloza, Brandon Osvaldo Villarreal-Fuentes, Dagoberto Vázquez-Obregón

“…Their mechanical properties and corrosion resistance in a 3.5 wt% NaCl solution were systematically evaluated. Microstructural analysis revealed a significant grain size reduction in the reinforced systems, with the 85M-12.5C-2.5 A system achieving an average grain size of 9.4 µm compared to 22.5 µm in the unreinforced 100 M system. …”
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Acute dentate nucleus deep brain stimulation modulates corticomotor excitability in chronic stroke survivors by Xin Li, Kenneth B. Baker, Kyle O'Laughlin, Yin-Liang Lin, Kelsey Baker, Robert Chen, Jacqueline Chen, Andre G. Machado, Ela B. Plow

“…Increases in corticomotor excitability observed with acute DBS were associated with higher microstructural integrity of ipsilesional corticospinal tract (r > 0.70, p < 0.017) and dentato-thalamo-cortical pathways (ρ > 0.69, p < 0.022). …”
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Study on the mechanism of direct wet mineralization of fly ash for CO2 storage and optimization of key influencing factors by Shengtao WANG, Jiaxu TANG, Ning YANG, Qingxiang WANG, Shilin WANG, Xuqiang CAO, Xinquan ZHANG, Xiaolin SONG, Chicheng MA

“…Range analysis and variance analysis were used to determine the primary and secondary influencing factors as well as the optimal parameter combination, thereby evaluating the impact of different conditions on mineralization performance. …”
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Experimental insights into the effects of Mg addition and ECAP processing on the anomalous anneal strengthening of pure zinc by Zahra Ramezanroudi, Sara Sarvarpour, Reza Alizadeh

“…Although ECAP processing refines and homogenizes the Zn–1Mg microstructure, it does not markedly improve mechanical strength. …”
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Effect of Nitrogen Content on Hot Deformation Behavior and Grain Growth in Nuclear Grade 316LN Stainless Steel by Ming-wei Guo, Zhen-hua Wang, Ze-an Zhou, Shu-hua Sun, Wan-tang Fu

“…In the processing maps, both power dissipation ratio and unstable region increased with increasing N concentration. In terms of microstructure evolution, N promoted dynamic recrystallization kinetic and decreased dynamic recrystallization grain size. …”
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Test-retest reliability of diffusion kurtosis imaging metrics in the healthy adult brain by Liu-Yang Wu, Yao Xu, Lan-Lan Chen, Wen-Rui Yang, Yan Li, Song-An Shang, Xian-Fu Luo, Wei Xia, Jing Xia, Hong-Ying Zhang

“…Default mode-related areas exhibited higher reliability than other brain cortices in terms of implicated microstructural DKI property. Additionally, an appropriate smoothing preprocessing could improve the reliability of a few DKI metrics only in WM regions.…”
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Synergistically enhanced cryogenic strength and ductility in 304L stainless steel made by directed energy deposition additive manufacturing by Yen-Ting Chang, Andrew Hattoon Enriquez, Yuheng Nie, Didun Oladeji, Marie A. Charpagne

“…We find that regardless of the printing strategy, DED AM 304L exhibits synergistically enhanced strength and ductility from room temperature down to cryogenic temperature (77 K); that surpasses the mechanical performance of 304L synthesized via conventional processes. We follow the evolution of statistically representative microstructure regions using electron microscopy during quasi in-situ tensile tests interrupted at different strain levels and reveal the deformation mechanisms responsible for this behavior. …”
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Determination of Anisotropic Mechanical Properties for Materials Processed by Laser Powder Bed Fusion by Even W. Hovig, Amin S. Azar, Frode Grytten, Knut Sørby, Erik Andreassen

“…It was observed that both build orientation and postprocessing have strong influence on the anisotropic mechanical properties of the material. The effect of microstructure was also investigated and characterised. …”
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Study on Constitutive Characteristic of As-Cast AA6061 Alloy under Plane Strain Compression Based on Orthogonal Analysis by Fangcheng Qin, Huiping Qi, Yuehua Kang, Chongyu Liu

“…Constitutive relationship and microstructure evolution of as-cast AA6061 alloy were studied using plane strain compression (PSC) under the temperature of 300–450°C, the strain rate of 0.01–5 s−1, and the strain of 0.9. …”
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Effects of pH on Oat Protein Isolate and Pickering Emulsion Stabilized by the Protein by Jing WANG, Yingxue JIAO, Wei GAO, Lipeng FAN, Sunshuo LIANG, Huiting WANG, Lijuan LU, Wenhui QI, Zhisheng ZHANG

“…The structural and functional characteristics of oat protein isolate (OPI) were systematically investigated across varying pH conditions (3, 5, 7, 9, and 11), with emphasis on microstructural properties, Zeta potential dynamics, and protein subunit compositions. …”
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COMPREHENSIVE INDEX OF QUALITY OF ROLLED STEEL AND ITS APPLICATION by A. B. Steblov

“…The concept of an integrated indicator of quality of rolled metals, for example bearing steel 1.3520(EN), as a set of properties reflecting the quality of the profile geometry, surface defects, macro and microstructure and mechanical properties was considered. …”
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Atomistic Simulation of the Effect of Temperature on Mechanical Properties of some Nano-Crystalline Metals by Isaiah Eze Igwe, Yusuf Tajuddeen Batsari

“…In this investigation, the strain corresponding to yielding stress is observed to be lower with increasing temperature. Finally, the evolution of crystalline microstructure during the entire tensile process was investigated. …”
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The Shell of the Invasive Bivalve Species Dreissena polymorpha: Biochemical, Elemental and Textural Investigations. by Françoise Immel, Cédric Broussard, Bastien Catherinet, Laurent Plasseraud, Gérard Alcaraz, Irina Bundeleva, Frédéric Marin

“…By describing the microstructure, geochemistry and biochemistry/proteomics of the shell, the present study aims at promoting this species as a model organism in biomineralization studies, in order to establish a bridge with ecotoxicology, while sketching evolutionary conclusions. …”
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Comparison of Different Additives and Ages on Mechanical and Acoustic Behavior of Coal Gangue Cemented Composite by Meng Xiao

“…Control specimens without fillers were also tested for comparison. The microstructure of the specimens was examined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). …”
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Influence of the surface roughness, lubrication and grinding on tribological properties of the c35 steel shot-peened surfaces by Martin Vicen, Otakar Bokůvka, Libor Trško, Richard Joch, Jozef Bronček, Ružica Nikolić, Robert Ulewicz

“…The experimental work included verification of the steel’s chemical composition (as compared to the standard values), the heat treatment, evaluation of the material’s microstructure, measurement of the mechanical properties, the shot-peening treatment and evaluation of the magnitude of the compressive residual stresses, measurement of the surface roughness profiles and the friction tests. …”
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Manipulation of Ferroic Orders via Continuous Biaxial Strain Engineering in Multiferroic Bismuth Ferrite by Jiesu Wang, Shuai Xu, Sebastian Meyer, Shiyao Wu, Subhadeep Bandyopadhyay, Xu He, Qiyuan Miao, Sisi Huang, Pengzhan Li, Kun Zhao, Er‐Jia Guo, Chen Ge, Bertrand Dupé, Philippe Ghosez, Kai Chang, Kuijuan Jin

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Study on the Mechanical Properties and Degradation Mechanisms of Damaged Rock Under the Influence of Liquid Saturation by Bowen Wu, Jucai Chang, Jianbiao Bai, Chao Qi, Dingchao Chen

“…The results indicate that oil–water soaking induces the loss of silicon elements and the deterioration of microstructure, leading to surface peeling, crack propagation, and increased porosity of the sample. …”
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Effect of preweld conditions on the strain ageing cracking susceptibility of IN939 superalloys heat affected zone by Jilin Xie, Changhao Geng, Jiazhe Song, Yuhua Chen, Shanlin Wang, Peng He

“…The SAC sensitivity influencing factors including microstructure evolution, phase precipitation behavior of IN-939 superalloys were analyzed by electron probe micro analyzer (EPMA)、in-situ and exit-situ TEM test. …”
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Compression Deformation Behavior of AZ81 Magnesium Alloy at Elevated Temperatures by Xiaoping Luo, Shue Dang, Li Kang

“…The relationships among flow stress, strain rate, and deformation temperature were analyzed, and the deformation activation energy and stress exponent were calculated. The microstructure evolution of the AZ81 magnesium alloy under high deformation was examined. …”
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Enhancement of electro-optic response in BaTiO3 films integrated on Si via heating and cooling rate control by Marc Reynaud, Moaz Waqar, Chaojie Du, Agham B. Posadas, Xiaoqing Pan, Alexander A. Demkov

“…The film’s crystallographic microstructure is visualized via plan-view transmission electron  microscopy to visualize the near surface lattice relaxation and crystallographic domain morphology. …”
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