Explanipedia

Modification of Ni-20Cr corrosion dealloying behavior in molten fluorides via cold work induced plastic deformation Open

Ho Lun Chan, Elena Romanovskaia, Sean H. Mills, Xikai Wang, Iliana Marrujo , et al. · 2025

The corrosion dealloying behavior of cold-worked (CW) Ni20Cr alloy (wt%) was studied in molten LiF-NaF-KF (or FLiNaK) salts at 600 °C, equal to a homologous temperature (T H) of 0.52. Alloys were cold-rolled to achieve reductions of thickn…

New avenues for characterizing individual mineralized collagen fibrils with transmission electron microscopy Open

Tatiana Kochetkova, Stephanie M. Ribet, Lilian Vogl, Daniele Casari, Rohan Dhall , et al. · 2025

Bone serves as a remarkable example of nature's architectured material with its unique blend of strength and toughness, all at a lightweight design. Given the hierarchical nature of these materials, it is essential to understand the govern…

In Situ 4D‐STEM Imaging of the Orientation of Lamellar Clusters in Polymer Crystallization Open

Min Chen, Karen C. Bustillo, Yen Jea Lee, Brooks A. Abel, Nitash P. Balsara , et al. · 2025

Tiny Bubbles: Combined HR(S)TEM and 4D-STEM Analysis of Sub-Nanometer He Bubbles in Au Open

Sean H. Mills, Christoph Gammer, Alex T.L. Lin, Aaron A. Kohnert, Claire Chisholm , et al. · 2025

Irradiation produces a distribution of defect sizes in materials, with the smallest defects often below one nanometer in size and approaching the scale of a single unit cell in metals. While high-resolution scanning transmission electron m…

Uncovering the re-distribution mechanism of Ni in a de-alloyed Ni-Cr alloy in molten fluorinated salts Open

Sean H. Mills, Ho Lun Chan, Nathan Bieberdorf, Elena Romanovskaia, Valentin Romanovski , et al. · 2025

A mechanism of Ni redeposition during dealloying corrosion of Ni-Cr is investigated. A model Ni20Cr (wt%) metal alloy was exposed to molten LiF-NaF-KF eutectic (FLiNaK) at 600 °C and at an applied potential of +2.1 V K+/K , above the criti…

Correction: Materials laboratories of the future for alloys, amorphous, and composite materials Open

Sarbajit Banerjee, Ying Shirley Meng, Andrew M. Minor, Minghao Zhang, Nestor J. Zaluzec , et al. · 2025

π–π Stacking in Kerogen and Its Mechanical Impact Open

Yujun Xie, Ruopeng Zhang, Y. L. Xie, Xi Huang, Karen C. Bustillo , et al. · 2025

Kerogen is a key source of hydrocarbon production through hydraulic fracturing. However, the direct correlation between the molecular structure and mechanical properties remains unclear. Here, we employ four-dimensional scanning transmissi…

Materials laboratories of the future for alloys, amorphous, and composite materials Open

Sarbajit Banerjee, Ying Shirley Meng, Andrew M. Minor, Minghao Zhang, Nestor J. Zaluzec , et al. · 2025

In alignment with the Materials Genome Initiative and as the product of a workshop sponsored by the US National Science Foundation, we define a vision for materials laboratories of the future in alloys, amorphous materials, and composite m…

Dynamics and structure of the B2→B19’ phase transformation in NiTi revealed through in situ 4D-STEM Open

Jennifer Donohue, Sean H. Mills, Benjamin H. Savitzky, Steven E. Zeltmann, Colin Ophus , et al. · 2025

Self-Heating Conductive Ceramic Composites for High Temperature Thermal Energy Storage Open

Lin Yang, Peng Peng, Nathaniel Weger, Sean H. Mills, Clément Messeri , et al. · 2025

The absence of affordable and deployable large-scale energy storage poses a major barrier to providing zero-emission energy on demand for societal decarbonization. High temperature thermal energy storage is one promising option with low co…

Si/GeSn/Si transistors with highly transparent Al contacts Open

Lukas Wind, Stefan Preiß, Daniele Nazzari, Johannes Aberl, Enrique Prado Navarrete , et al. · 2025

Temperature-dependent electronic transport in reconfigurable transistors based on Ge on SOI and strained SOI platforms Open

Andreas Fuchsberger, Lukas Wind, Daniele Nazzari, Johannes Aberl, Enrique Prado Navarrete , et al. · 2025

Ballistic ion transport through hierarchically-ordered-structure polymer binder Open

Defu Li, Fang Chen, Santosh Thapa, Hadas Sternlicht, Gi‐Hyeok Lee , et al. · 2025

Achieving ballistic ion transport in a mixed electronic-ionic conductive polymer, its hierarchically ordered structure (HOS) facilitates ion diffusion and results in solid-state Li + conductivity in the range of 10 −4 to 10 −3 S cm −1 from…

Dealloying of Cold-Worked Ni-20Cr (wt.%) Alloys In Molten LiF-NaF-KF Salts Open

Ho Lun Chan, Elena Romanovskaia, Sean H. Mills, Valentin Romanovski, Xikai Wang , et al. · 2025

High-temperature carbon dioxide capture in a porous material with terminal zinc hydride sites Open

Rachel C. Rohde, Kurtis M. Carsch, Matthew N. Dods, Henry Z. H. Jiang, Alexandra R. McIsaac , et al. · 2024

Carbon capture can mitigate point-source carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions, but hurdles remain that impede the widespread adoption of amine-based technologies. Capturing CO 2 at temperatures closer to those of many industrial exhaust stream…

Unraveling Interdiffusion Phenomena and the Role of Nanoscale Diffusion Barriers in the Copper–Gold System Open

Lilian Vogl, Peter Schweizer, Xavier Maeder, Ivo Utke, Andrew M. Minor , et al. · 2024

Diffusion is one of the most fundamental concepts in materials science, playing a pivotal role in materials synthesis, forming, and degradation. Of particular importance is solid state interdiffusion of metals which defines the usable para…

The hierarchical structure of organic mixed ionic–electronic conductors and its evolution in water Open

Yael Tsarfati, Karen C. Bustillo, Benjamin H. Savitzky, Luke Balhorn, Tyler J. Quill , et al. · 2024

The 4D Camera: An 87 kHz Direct Electron Detector for Scanning/Transmission Electron Microscopy Open

Peter Ercius, Ian J Johnson, Philipp Pelz, Benjamin H. Savitzky, Lauren A. Hughes , et al. · 2024

We describe the development, operation, and application of the 4D Camera—a 576 by 576 pixel active pixel sensor for scanning/transmission electron microscopy which operates at 87,000 Hz. The detector generates data at ∼480 Gbit/s which is …

Strain Field Around Individual Dislocations Controls Failure Open

Christoph Gammer, Inas Issa, Andrew M. Minor, Robert O. Ritchie, Daniel Kiener · 2024

Understanding material failure on a fundamental level is a key aspect in the design of robust structural materials, especially for metals and alloys capable to undergo plastic deformation. In the last decade, significant progress is made i…

Atomic short-range order in SiGeSn alloys Open

Jifeng Liu, Shang Liu, Shunda Chen, Xiaochen Jin, Jin Hee Bae , et al. · 2024

Neighborhood at atomic scale is important for the properties of advanced alloys. The preference or avoidance between neighboring atomic species is known as chemical short-range order (SRO). While SRO in metallic medium/high entropy alloys …

Degradation of the mechanical properties of NbMoTaW refractory high-entropy alloy in tension Open

Punit Kumar, Xueqian Gou, David H. Cook, Madelyn Payne, Nathaniel Morrison , et al. · 2024

Multiple origins of extra electron diffractions in fcc metals Open

Flynn Walsh, Mingwei Zhang, Robert O. Ritchie, Mark Asta, Andrew M. Minor · 2024

Diffuse intensities in the electron diffraction patterns of concentrated face-centered cubic solid solutions have been widely attributed to chemical short-range order, although this connection has been recently questioned. This article exp…

Correlated 4D-STEM and EDS for the classification of fine Beta-precipitates in aluminum alloy AA 6063-T6 Open

Lilian Vogl, Peter Schweizer, James F. Donohue, Andrew M. Minor · 2024

Elucidating the role of Cr migration in Ni-Cr exposed to molten FLiNaK via multiscale characterization Open

Sean H. Mills, Ryan D. Hayes, Nathan Bieberdorf, Steven E. Zeltmann, A.M. Kennedy , et al. · 2024

Structural materials used in nuclear reactor environments are subjected to coupled extremes such as high temperature, irradiation, and corrosion which act in concert to degrade their functional performance. Connecting alloy microstructure …

Morphological Evolution and Dealloying During Corrosion of Ni20Cr (wt.%) in Molten FLiNaK Salts Open

Ho Lun Chan, Elena Romanovskaia, Sean H. Mills, Min-Sung Hong, Valentin Romanovski , et al. · 2024

The dealloying corrosion behavior of the FCC Ni20Cr (wt%) in molten LiF-NaF-KF (FLiNaK) salts at 600 °C under varying applied potentials was investigated. Using in-operando electrochemical techniques and a multi-modal suite of characteriza…

Light-driven C–H activation mediated by 2D transition metal dichalcogenides Open

Jingang Li, Di Zhang, Zhongyuan Guo, Zhihan Chen, Xi Jiang , et al. · 2024

MicroED-Informed 4D-STEM of MOFs for Carbon Capture Open

Sarah L. Karstens, Matthew N. Dods, Ambarneil Saha, Karen C. Bustillo, Peter Ercius , et al. · 2024

Charge-Induced Structural Rearrangements in Organic Mixed Ionic Electronic Conductors: A Cryogenic 4D-STEM Study Open

Yael Tsarfati, Karen C. Bustillo, Benjamin H. Savitzky, Adam Marks, Iain McCulloch , et al. · 2024

Author Correction: Proton irradiation-decelerated intergranular corrosion of Ni-Cr alloys in molten salt Open

Weiyue Zhou, Yang Yang, Guiqiu Zheng, Kevin B. Woller, Peter W. Stahle , et al. · 2024

Tensile creep behavior of the Nb45Ta25Ti15Hf15 refractory high entropy alloy Open

Gianmarco Sahragard-Monfared, Calvin H. Belcher, Sakshi Bajpai, Mark Wirth, Arun Devaraj , et al. · 2024

Andrew M. Minor YOU? Author Swipe