Effects of electroless nickel plating process on the microstructure and properties of complex shape ceramic capacitors by Yongtao Liu, Xinghua Zheng, Sizheng Hu, Dongqing Cai, Guanghui Li

“…The effects of pre-treatment and plating process such as etching, sensitization, and activation and reducing agent concentration, pH value, plating temperature and plating time have been systemically investigated on the microstructure evolution and performance. The optimal pre-treatment is etching in 30 wt% H2SO4 solution at 70 °C for 1.5 h, sensitization in 15 g L−1 SnCl2 solution and activated in 200 mg L−1 PdCl2 solution for 3 min, respectively. …”
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The Influence of Equal-Channel Angular Pressing on the Microstructure and Properties of a Steel–Aluminum Composite by Yang Liu, Junrui Xu, Bingnan Chen, Yuqi Fan, Wenxin Lv, Hua Sun

“…Under the global initiative for automotive lightweighting to address climate challenges, this study investigates the microstructure evolution of steel–aluminum composites processed by hot equal-channel angular pressing (H-ECAP). …”
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Effect of aging temperatures on the microstructural stability and mechanical properties of Super304H steel by You Li, Xue Wang

“…Aging tests at 650 °C and 700 °C for up to 5000 h were performed on Super304H steel tubes. The microstructural evolution during aging was observed by optical microscopy (OM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). …”
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Assessment of bio-colonisation, durability and microstructure of concrete exposed to intertidal and subtidal marine environments by Mohammed Zelloufi, Violeta Ramos, Badreddine El Haddaji, Amel Bourguiba, Sam Broom-Fendley, Gavyn K. Rollinson, Alexandra Guedes, Jens Andersen, Nassim Sebaibi, Mohamed Boutouil

“…This study aims to investigate the impact of intertidal and subtidal marine environments on the bio-colonisation, durability, and microstructural evolution of concrete designed for marine infrastructure, such as dyke modules. …”
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Microstructure formation of rapidly/sub-rapidly solidified Gd-Co-Ti immiscible alloys by Hao Sun, Hongxiang Jiang, Haobo Ma, Binghao Han, Lili Zhang, Jie He, Jiuzhou Zhao

“…The solidification microstructure evolution was simulated. The numerical results are well consistent with the experimental data, which verifies the validity of the developed model. …”
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Evolution of bond structure and surface morphology of nitrogenated diamond-like carbon coatings during annealing by Jihua Peng, Da Peng, Guoge Zhang, Jiacheng Liao

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Influence of continuous annealing on the interfacial compound evolution and mechanical behavior of hot-rolled titanium/steel composite plates by Zhenxiong Wei, Peng Huang, Qiang Gao, Xixi Su, Zhanhao Feng, Lin Peng, Jun Li, Yonghui Sun, Guoyin Zu

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Evolution of Precipitates and Microhardness of L-PBF Inconel 625 Through Relevant Thermal Treatment by Tahmina Keya, Ralf D. Fischer, Mohanish Andurkar, Scott M. Thompson, Valentina O’Donnell, John Gahl, Barton C. Prorok

“…The alloy is prone to precipitation under elevated temperatures, which makes designing suitable heat treatment to tailor the desired microstructure and mechanical properties critical. Traditional heat treatment for wrought IN625 cannot be applied to L-PBF IN625; therefore, it is vital to understand the evolution of precipitates on the way to complete recrystallization. …”
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Synergistic A-site co-doping of (Na1/2Bi1/2)xBa1−xZn1/3Nb2/3O3 perovskites: doping mechanisms, microstructure and impedance studies by Y. Feng, A.T.Z. Lim, M. Lu, J. Sun, K.Y. Chan, S. Ghotekar, D. Zhou, D.C. Sinclair, K.B. Tan

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A Review on Material Dynamics in Cold Spray Additive Manufacturing: Bonding, Stress, and Structural Evolution in Metals by Abishek Kafle, Shengjun Lu, Raman Silwal, Weihang Zhu

“…This review examines the basic CSAM mechanism, including deposition dynamics, bonding mechanism, dynamic recrystallization, residual stress evolution, and post-spray heat treatments which affect microstructural and mechanical properties. …”
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Probing deformation mechanisms of CoCrFeNiMn0.75Cu0.25 highentropy alloy after thermo-mechanical treatment using in situ EBSD investigation by Wujing Fu, Jingwei Ren, Guohua Fan, Xuewen Li, Yongjiang Huang

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The superior oxidation resistance of 60NiTi aircraft bearing alloy by introducing TiN and Ni3Ti multiple-layer structure by Yunfei Wang, Huan Yang, Zheng Guo, Yanqing Wu, Guohao Zhang, Xinjian Cao, Yiping Zheng, Yang Li, Haizhen Wang, Xianglong Meng, Zhiyong Gao, Xiaoyang Yi

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Developing novel high-Si 12 % Cr reduced-activation ferritic/martensitic cladding alloys via the cluster-formula approach and CALPHAD method by Sen Ge, Ben Niu, Zhenhua Wang, Qing Wang, Qianfu Pan, Chaohong Liu, Chuang Dong, Peter K. Liaw

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Mechanical property enhancement of Tip/VW94 composites via the construction of gradient ultrafine-grained structures by Qifeng Li, Xianhua Chen, Yi Ding, Chunquan Liu, Jia She, Fusheng Pan

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Hot Deformation Behavior and Processing Maps of Vapor-Phase-Grown Carbon Nanofiber Reinforced 7075Al Composites by Mengying Zhu, Zhefeng Xu, Junhua Wu, Satoshi Motozuka, Caili Tian, Jianglong Gu, Jinku Yu

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Heterogeneous nucleation of Ni3Ti by Mo-enriched particles enhances strength and fracture toughness of maraging steel by Dongdong Xu, Yang Chen, Zhixiang Qi, Chi Xu, Chunjing He, Hongwei Zeng, Daixiu Wei, Guang Chen

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Research on predicting the thermocompression deformation behavior of Mg–Li matrix composite using machine learning and traditional techniques by Dandan Li, Xiaoyu Hou, Yangfan Liu, Linhao Gu, Jinhui Wang, Jiaxuan Ma, Xiaoqiang Li, Zhi Jia, Qichi Le, Dexue Liu, Xincheng Yin

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A strategy for adjusting the microstructure configuration and high temperature mechanical properties of Al–Cu alloys by Xueting Li, Yuan Sun, Jie Li, Xiaoming Ren, Mengxia Han, Guiliang Liu, Weiyi Wang, Sida Liu, Xiangfa Liu

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The Evolutionary Characteristics of Reservoir Microstructure under Long-Term Waterflooding Development and Its Fractal Description by Fengjiao Wang, Xu Wang, Yikun Liu, Qingjun Deng, Jianjun Xu, Yong Zhang, Huaiyuan Li

“…In order to explore the relationship between core micropore structure and water cut, based on physical simulation experiments and fractal theory, we proposed a fractal evolutionary model to describe the evolution characteristics of microstructure of long-term water driving reservoirs. …”
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The Impact of Ho Addition on the Microstructural Features and Magnetic Performances of Sintered NdFeB Magnets by Xin-De Zhu, Wei-Ming Liu, Fei Wang, Zhao-Pu Xu, Qian Wang, Xiao-Qian Gu, Meng Li, Ya Jiang, Feng-Sheng Xue, Mei Wang

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