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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A qualitative study of multiphase steel microstructure developed in four different steel alloys by Khraisat W.

“…The detailed characterisation of the microstructural evolution of four heat-treated Q&P steel samples by optical microscopy (OM) was done only to provide a qualitative understanding. …”
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Microstructure and Mechanical Behaviors of Fiber-Laser-Welded QP980-QP1180 Steels by Hafize Çelik, Onur Saray

“…This study investigated the microstructural evolution and mechanical performance of dissimilar laser-welded joints between QP980 and QP1180 steels. …”
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Rationally designed biomimetic bone scaffolds with hierarchical porous-architecture: Microstructure and mechanical performance by Vijay Shankar Kumawat, Sanchita Bandyopadhyay-Ghosh, Subrata Bandhu Ghosh

“…Microstructural investigation through field emission-scanning electron microscopy revealed interconnected gradient porosities and hierarchical (meso, micro and macro) porous architecture within the scaffolds similar to natural bone. …”
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Thermodynamic Analysis and Impact of Quenching on Microstructure & Mechanical Properties of High Silicon Ductile Iron by B. David Joseph, B. Pustal, T. Weirich, A. Bührig-Polaczek

“…By isolating the transition temperature and evaluating the impact of quenching, we provide actionable strategies for controlling microstructural evolution and enhancing mechanical performance in SSFDI. …”
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Effect of Two-stage Aging Time on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of GH4706 Superalloy by Li　Zhentuan, Huang　Shuo, Wang　Chong, Duan　Ran, Qin　Heyong, Zhao　Guangpu

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Effect of Cold-rolled Deformation on the Microstructure and Properties of GH4169 Alloy for Nuclear Power by Yu Ang, Li Xinxu, Su He, Li Lei, Liu Xike, Meng Yu

“…The effect of different deformation on the microstructure evolution and properties of 5.3 mm thick GH4169 alloy plate was studied. …”
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Effects of Sn on microstructure and tensile properties in a binary Mg-1Ca alloy by M.B. Mesbah, H.M.M.A. Rashed

“…The evolution of microstructure and tensile properties of a binary Mg-1Ca alloy with different tin additions (1, 2, and 4 wt%) was investigated under various conditions of temperatures and strain rates. …”
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Effect of La addition on microstructure and mechanical properties of as-cast AZ91 magnesium alloy by Hongwei Zhu, Rui Zhang, Shule Xia, Furen Xiao

“…When the La content reached 1.6 wt.%, hardness achieved its maximum value of 68.1 HV, showing an increase of approximately 26%. The evolution of microstructure and strengthening mechanism of mechanical properties were discussed.…”
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Roles of B and Zr addition on the microstructure and strength in a novel as-cast Ni superalloy by Guonan Zhang, Naiwen Zuo, Yuxi Gao, Jingshun Liu, Yongquan Han, Huaming Wang

“…This paper focuses on the effect of trace alloying elements B and Zr on the transformation of metal carbides morphology, microstructure evolution and mechanical properties during the solidification process. …”
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Compressive strength and microstructural development of cement paste incorporating nanosilica with different particle sizes by Pegah Farjad, Ahmed G. Mehairi, Fereshteh Meshkani, Roozbeh Mowlaei, Rahil Khoshnazar, Nashaat N. Nassar

“…The compressive strength, heat evolution, microstructure, and rheological behaviour of the resultant pastes were investigated. …”
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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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Microstructural characterisation and hardness of Fe-Mn alloys compared to commercial 9%Nickel alloy by Mampuru Lebedike, Phasha Maje, Bodunrin Michael, Klenam Desmond, Moema Joseph

“…Thermomechanically processed alloys are microstructurally assessed and harness tested as the initial evaluation step in selecting high-performing base alloy for further alloying. …”
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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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Durability and Microstructure Analysis of Loess-Based Composite Coal Gangue Porous Vegetation Concrete by Manman Qiu, Wuyu Zhang, Shuaihua Ye, Xiaohui Li, Jingbang Li

“…The compressive strength, dynamic elastic modulus, and mass change were used as evaluation indices to determine the optimal mix ratio for LCPC durability. …”
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Optimizing the bio-based additive content considering bitumen microstructure and HMA mechanical properties by Pouyan Nazarian, Hassan Divandari, Mohsen Amouzadeh Omrani, Hossein Ghasemnejad

“…This study investigated lignin (10 %, 15 %, 20 %) and cellulose nanofibers (CNF; 0.5 %, 0.75 %, 1.0 %) as bio-based additives, both individually and compositely. To evaluate the quality of additive mixing in the bitumen microstructure, the Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy mapping (EDS) method was used. …”
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Predicting neurodevelopmental outcomes from neonatal cortical microstructure: A conceptual replication study by Andrea Gondová, Sara Neumane, Yann Leprince, Jean-François Mangin, Tomoki Arichi, Jessica Dubois

“…This allowed us to evaluate whether some limitations of the original study (mainly small sample size and limited variability in the input and output features used in the predictive models) would influence the prediction results. …”
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Microstructural diffusion MRI for differentiation of breast tumors and prediction of prognostic factors in breast cancer by Xiaoyan Wang, Yan Zhang, Jingliang Cheng, Liangjie Lin, Ying Hu, Anfei Wang, Yong Zhang, Ruhua Wang, Ying Li, Kun Zhang, Wenhua Zhang

“…PurposeThis study aims to investigate the feasibility of cellular microstructural mapping by the diffusion MRI (IMPULSED, imaging microstructural parameters using limited spectrally edited diffusion) of breast tumors, and further to evaluate whether the MRI-derived microstructural features is associated with the prognostic factors in breast cancer.Materials and methodsThis prospective study collected 232 patients with suspected breast tumors from March to August 2023. …”
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