journal article·2026-05

Discovery of intrinsically high-hardness high-entropy carbides

Heqiang Chang, Peixin Liu, Hao Lu, Haibin Wang, Xuemei Liu, Chao Hou, Qiang Hu, Yuli Wang, Xiaoyan Song

Acta Materialia· Volume 309
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