A University at Buffalo-led team of researchers has developed a method for producing advanced nanoparticles that could ...

Thermoelectric technology can generate electricity from waste heat, although their performance can result in a bottleneck for wider applications. Materials scientists can regulate the configurational ...

We are surrounded by a variety of alloys in our everyday lives. Brass for example, is made from copper and zinc, while stainless steel is a mixture of iron and chromium. The majority of these alloys ...

High-entropy materials represent a paradigm shift in materials design, comprising equimolar or near-equimolar combinations of five or more principal elements. The resulting high configurational ...

Combining metals to produce alloys that are stronger or tougher requires extremely high temperatures as part of the process.

UB researchers developed a rapid one-step process to create high-entropy alloy nanoparticles, enabling faster, lower-cost catalyst discovery for clean-energy systems.

The term “high entropy” refers to the fact that these alloys contain five or more elements in roughly equal amounts, resulting in a complex microstructure and high configurational entropy. This high ...

In this interview, industry expert Chulyong Sim explores groundbreaking advancements in high entropy alloy development, highlighting new methods that can drastically reduce production time and enhance ...

A recent article in Nature Communications proposed a high-entropy tungsten bronze-type relaxor ferroelectric ceramic with an ultrahigh recoverable energy density of 11.0 J/cm 3 and a high efficiency ...