Plastic deformation and microstructural evolution during cryogenic charpy impact of high-Mn austenitic steel

Jiang, L.*; Wang, H. H.*; Su, Y. H.; Xu, P. G.; Shinohara, Takenao; Xia, B.*; Wang, Y. W.*

Journal of Materials Science, 61(14), p.9754 - 9775, 2026/04

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-026-12472-x

Magnetic evolution, phase transitions, and electronic band structure of the ferrotoroidic candidate BaCrS

Zhao, G.*; Li, J.*; Zhang, J.*; Kojima, Kenji M*; Cai, Y.*; Ito, Takashi; Yoon, S. W.*; Wang, X.*; Maekawa, Sadamichi*; Su, G.*; et al.

Physical Review Research (Internet), 8(1), p.013331_1 - 013331_10, 2026/03

https://doi.org/10.1103/h576-nnnz

Low-temperature deformation mechanism in a work-hardenable body-centered cubic high-entropy alloy with a large uniform elongation

Zhu, L.*; Dong, W.*; Naeem, M.*; Kong, H.*; Hu, C.*; Fan, Z.*; Gong, W.; Harjo, S.; Lan, S.*; Wu, Y.*; et al.

Acta Materialia, 303, p.121734_1 - 121734_10, 2026/01

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2025.121734

Revealing dislocation evolution in a nickel-based superalloy during tensile deformation by neutron diffraction

Yan, Z.*; Tan, Q.*; Gao, Y.*; Rong, Y.*; Qin, H.*; Bi, Z.*; Gong, W.; Harjo, S.; Wang, Y.-D.*

Materials Science & Engineering A, 945, p.148976_1 - 148976_6, 2025/11

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2025.148976

All-temperature barocaloric effects at pressure-induced phase transitions

Zhao, X.*; Zhang, Z.*; Hattori, Takanori; Wang, J.*; Li, L.*; Jia, Y.*; Li, W.*; Xue, J.*; Fan, X.*; Song, R.*; et al.

Nature Communications (Internet), 16, p.7713_1 - 7713_8, 2025/08

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-63068-z

Caloric effects usually occur in the vicinity of solid-state phase transitions with a limited refrigeration temperature span. Here, we introduce and realize an unprecedented concept -all temperature barocaloric effect, i.e., a remarkable barocaloric effect in KPF across an exceptionally wide temperature span, from 77.5 to 300 K and potentially down to 4 K, covering typical room temperature, liquid nitrogen, liquid hydrogen, and liquid helium refrigeration regions. The directly measured barocaloric adiabatic temperature change reaches 12 K at room temperature and 2.5 K at 77.5 K upon the release of a 250 MPa pressure. This effect is attributed to a persistent phase transition to a rhombohedral high pressure phases. We depict the thermodynamic energy landscape to account for the structural instability. This unique all-temperature barocaloric effect presents a novel approach to highly applicable solid-state refrigeration technology, transcending the conventional multi-stage scenario.

Unique deformation behavior of ultrafine-grained 304 stainless steel at 20 K

Mao, W.*; Gong, W.; Kawasaki, Takuro; Gao, S.*; Ito, Tatsuya; Yamashita, Takayuki*; Harjo, S.; Zhao, L.*; Wang, Q.*

Scripta Materialia, 264, p.116726_1 - 116726_6, 2025/07

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116726

On the role of austenite stability in yielding behavior of a medium Mn steel with a duplex austenite-martensite microstructure

Wang, Y.*; Gong, W.; Harjo, S.; 7 of others*

Acta Materialia, 288, p.120840_1 - 120840_14, 2025/04

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2025.120840

Robustness of ferromagnetism in van der Waals magnet FeGeTe to hydrostatic pressure

Wang, Y.*; Zeng, X.-T.*; Li, B.*; Su, C.*; Hattori, Takanori; Sheng, X.-L.*; Jin, W.*

Chinese Physics B, 34(4), p.046203_1 - 046203_6, 2025/03

https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-1056/adb26f

Two-dimensional van der Waals ferromagnet FeGeTe (FGT) holds a great potential for applications in spintronic devices, due to its high Curie temperature, easy tunability, and excellent structural stability in air. In this study, we have performed high-pressure neutron powder diffraction (NPD) up to 5 GPa, to investigate the evolution of its structural and magnetic properties with hydrostatic pressure. The NPD data clearly reveal the robustness of the ferromagnetism in FGT, despite of an apparent suppression by hydrostatic pressure. As the pressure increases from 0 to 5 GPa, the Curie temperature is found to decrease monotonically from 225(5) K to 175(5) K, together with a dramatically suppressed ordered moment of Fe, which is well supported by the first-principles calculations. Although no pressure-driven structural phase transition is observed up to 5 GPa, quantitative analysis on the changes of bond lengths and bond angles indicate a significant modification of the exchange interactions, which accounts for the pressure-induced suppression of the ferromagnetism in FGT.

Strong low-energy rattling modes enabled liquid-like ultralow thermal conductivity in a well-ordered solid

Liu, P.-F.*; Li, X.*; Li, J.*; Zhu, J.*; Tong, Z.*; Kofu, Maiko*; Nirei, Masami; Xu, J.*; Yin, W.*; Wang, F.*; et al.

National Science Review, 11(12), p.nwae216_1 - nwae216_10, 2024/12

https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwae216

Application of neutron characterization techniques to metallic structural materials

Wang, Y.*; Gong, W.; Su, Y. H.; Li, B.*

Acta Metallurgica Sinica, 60(8), p.1001 - 1016, 2024/08

https://doi.org/10.11900/0412.1961.2024.00063