journal article·2026-04

Boosting Strength and ductility of Ti-6Al-4V alloy via millisecond-level electric treatment induced heterogeneous nanostructures

Jiajun Zhang, Jiajun Wang, Yu Yan, Fei Wang, Jian Wang, Jianjiang Zhao, Yunmin Chen, Yang Ju, Hua Wei

Acta Materialia· Volume 307
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