journal article·2019-05Open access

Machine learning assisted design of high entropy alloys with desired property

Cheng Wen, Yan Zhang, Changxin Wang, Dezhen Xue, Yang Bai, Stoichko Antonov, Lanhong Dai, Turab Lookman, Yanjing Su

Acta Materialia· Volume 170

Abstract

Abstract We formulate a materials design strategy combining a machine learning (ML) surrogate model with experimental design algorithms to search for high entropy alloys (HEAs) with large hardness in a model Al-Co-Cr-Cu-Fe-Ni system. We fabricated several alloys with hardness 10% higher than the best value in the original training dataset via only seven experiments. We find that a strategy using both the compositions and descriptors based on a knowledge of the properties of HEAs, outperforms that merely based on the compositions alone. This strategy offers a recipe to rapidly optimize multi-component systems, such as bulk metallic glasses and superalloys, towards desired properties.
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OpenAlex topics: High Entropy Alloys Studies · Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes · High-Temperature Coating Behaviors

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