journal article·2026-01

How compositional segregation can enhance the strength of complex concentrated alloys at the atomic level

Hamid Sharifi, Huan Ding, Xiaoman Zhang, Bin Zhang, W.J. Meng, Andrew C. Meng, Xiang Chen, Collin D. Wick

Acta Materialia· Volume 302
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