Evaluation of the Suitability of High-Temperature Post-Processing Annealing for Property Enhancement in LPBF 316L Steel: A Comprehensive Mechanical and Corrosion Assessment by Bohdan Efremenko, Yuliia Chabak, Ivan Petryshynets, Tianliang Zhao, Vasily Efremenko, Kaiming Wu, Tao Xia, Miroslav Džupon, Sundas Arshad

“…It adopts a holistic approach to investigate the annealing-driven evolution of microstructure–property relationships, focusing on tensile properties, nanoindentation hardness and modulus, impact toughness at ambient and cryogenic temperatures (−196 °C), and the corrosion resistance of LPBF 316L. …”
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Study on the Effect of Rock Mass Wetting and Drying Cycle on the Mechanical Behavior of Rock-Socketed Piles on Slopes by CAO Ting, HE Liu, WANG Wei, ZHAO Wang, LIU Zhao, ZHONG Junhui

“…Scanning electron microscope results highlight significant damage to the rock specimens' microstructure after 28 cycles, including an increase in cracks and pores and an expansion of the dissolution area. …”
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Physics-enhanced machine learning for predicting strength of high-carbon chromium steel during thermomechanical processing and spheroidizing annealing by Changqing Shu, Shasha Zhang, Peiheng Ding, Yaxin Sun, Xuewei Tao, Xiaolin Zhu, Qiuhao Gu, Liukai Hua, Song Xue, Zhengjun Yao

“…Understanding the microstructural evolution during thermomechanical processing and spheroidizing annealing is critical for optimizing mechanical properties. …”
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Effects of processing parameters on the reversible phase transition of germanium telluride by Haoran Ma, Shaorui Yang, Yi Liu, Yaguang Ye, Le Liu, Lei Liu, Wei Xiong, Leimin Deng, Tianting Chen

“…In this article, the microstructure evolution and phase transition mechanism of germanium telluride (GeTe) film under different deposition conditions, laser modes, and scanning parameters were investigated. …”
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The strength-ductility synergy relating to dislocation behavior in the Ti70-VNbMoCr solid-solution alloys with VEC increasing orderly by Zaidong Xu, Baolin Wu, Jiale Man, Naifu Zou, Guosheng Duan, Yandong Liu, Yicheng Feng

“…Dislocation kinks were clearly observed in the deformed microstructures. In terms of the kink-strengthening mechanism and dislocation-based slip rule, the role of Burgers vector magnitude in strength-ductility synergy was discussed. …”
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Thermal stability and thermal fatigue resistance improvement of new high toughness 5% Cr hot working die steel by Yingnan Di, Dangshen Ma, Hongxiao Chi, Jinbo Gu, Bo Fu, Jian Zhou

“…The concrete study involves: conducting on the evolution of microstructures and mechanical properties of two steels during the 60-h holding process at 600 °C, as well as the thermal fatigue behavior under the cyclic heating-water quenching conditions. …”
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Resolving nanograin morphology and sub-grain nanodomains via scanning probe acoustic microscopy in high energy density BaTiO3 ferroelectric films by Jun Ouyang, Yinxiu Xue, Meiling Yuan, Chuanqi Song, Kun Wang, Yuyao Zhao, Hongbo Cheng, Hanfei Zhu, Chao Liu

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Fractal theory-based analysis of strength degradation in steel slag powder-stabilized soil under chloride ion environment by Niandong Deng, Yan-kai Wu, Shixin Wang, Runmin Hao, Zaiyong Xiong, Daokuan Huang

“…Fractal dimensions effectively characterize the influence of microstructural changes on macroscopic performance and can predict the strength evolution of solidified soils in various erosion environments, providing a scientific basis for improving the erosion resistance of marine solidified soils.…”
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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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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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Creep Properties and Constitutive Model of Salt Rock by Qiang Zhang, Zhanping Song, Junbao Wang, Yuwei Zhang, Tong Wang

“…The opinions and suggestions on the research priority and direction of salt rock's mechanical properties in the future are put forward: (1) permeability variation of salt rock under the coupling effect of temperature and stress; (2) damage mechanism and evolution process under the effect of creep-fatigue interaction and low frequency cyclic loading; (3) microdeformation mechanisms of salt rock and the relationship between microstructure variations and macrocreep behavior during creep process; (4) the establishment of the creep damage constitutive model with simple form, less parameters, easy application, and considering the damage self-healing ability of salt rock simultaneously.…”
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The influence of orientation on the behaviour of the acoustic emission in face centered cubic metal single crystals compressed in a channel-die by A. PAWEŁEK, A. PIĄTKOWSKI, Z. JASIEŃSKI, S. PILECKI

“…It has been stated that the orientation of crystal affects the final stage of the microstructure evolution (shear bands of the V or X shape or the bands of complex structure), and the orientation dependence of the AE behaviour is only a consequence of the orientation dependence of the deformation mechanisms. …”
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Effect of fabrication techniques of high entropy alloys: A review with integration of machine learning by Mohamed Yasin Abdul Salam, Enoch Nifise Ogunmuyiwa, Victor Kitso Manisa, Abid Yahya, Irfan Anjum Badruddin

“…Each method's advantages, limitations, and impacts on microstructural properties are discussed in detail. Additionally, the integration of Machine Learning (ML) techniques in HEA research is highlighted, demonstrating their potential for optimizing fabrication parameters and predicting phase stability, microstructure evolution, and mechanical properties. …”
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The Elitist Non-Dominated Sorting Crisscross Algorithm (Elitist NSCA): Crisscross-Based Multi-Objective Neural Architecture Search by Zhihui Chen, Ting Lan, Dan He, Zhanchuan Cai

“…A variable-length crisscross optimization strategy, which creatively iterates the evolution through inter-individual horizontal crossovers and intra-individual vertical crossovers, is employed to simultaneously optimize the microstructure parameters and macroscopic architecture of the CNN. …”
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Evaluation of crystal structure and tensile properties at the micro level of friction stir weld developed with n-MQL by Mystica A, Senthil Kumar VS

“…The retention of precipitates in HAZ and entanglement of dislocations in NZ are obtained through the instant quenching action of n-MQL. The evolution of microstructure and precipitation in the developed weld zones are studied using TEM. …”
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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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Structural optimization of Sr/Zn-phosphate conversion coatings triggered by ions preloading on micro/nanostructured titanium surfaces for bacterial infection control and enhanced o... by Kangqing Zuo, Aonan Li, Taoning Si, Weiyi Lei, Yusheng Liu, Linbo Zhang, Taixing Zhang, Guiyong Xiao, Yupeng Lu, Ningbo Li

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La lexicographie bilingue français-espagnol : tradition et modernité by Ascensión Sierra Soriano

“…Pour ce faire, nous examinerons son évolution du point de vue quantitatif en établissant un parallélisme avec la lexicographie multilingue, depuis le xvie siècle jusqu’au xxe siècle. …”
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Virtual melting and cyclic transformations between amorphous Si, Si I, and Si IV in a shear band at room temperature by Hao Chen, Valery I. Levitas

“…The release of shear stresses quenches the microstructure, and shows reasonable qualitative correspondence with existing experiments.…”
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