Complementary layer thickness effects of Q235 and SUS304 layers of multilayered steels for improving of tensile strength and plasticity simultaneously

Lin, Z. M.*; Liu, B. X.*; Ming, K. S.*; Xu, P. G.; Yin, F. X.*; Zheng, S. J.*

Scripta Materialia, 263, p.116692_1 - 116692_7, 2025/07

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116692

Residual stress measurement and lifetime evaluation of railway axles by neutron scattering technology

Hu, F.-F.*; Qin, T.-Y.*; Ao, N.*; Xu, P. G.; Su, Y. H.; Parker, J. D.*; Shinohara, Takenao; Shobu, Takahisa; Kang, G.-Z.*; Ren, M.-M.; et al.

Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, 25(2), p.75 - 93, 2025/04

https://dx.doi.org/10.19818/j.cnki.1671-1637.2025.02.005

https://transport.chd.edu.cn/en/article/doi/10.19818/j.cnki.1671-1637.2025.02.005

https://transport.chd.edu.cn/cn/article/doi/10.19818/j.cnki.1671-1637.2025.02.005

Solid-state Alder-ene reaction of 1-hexene under high pressure

Xu, J.*; Lang, P.*; Liang, S.*; Zhang, J.*; Fei, Y.*; Wang, Y.*; Gao, D.*; Hattori, Takanori; Abe, Jun*; Dong, X.*; et al.

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (Internet), p.2445 - 2451, 2025/00

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c03696

The Alder-ene reaction is a chemical reaction between an alkene with an allylic hydrogen, and it provides an efficient method to construct the C-C bond. Traditionally, this reaction requires catalysts, high temperatures, or photocatalysis. In this study, we reported a high-pressure-induced solid-state Alder-ene reaction of 1-hexene at room temperature without a catalyst. 1-Hexene crystallizes at 4.3 GPa and polymerizes at 18 GPa, forming olefins. By exploring gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, we discovered that 1-hexene generates dimeric products through the Alder-ene reaction under high pressures. The in situ neutron diffraction shows that the reaction process did not obey the topochemical rule. A six-membered ring transition state including one C-H bond and two alkene bonds was evidenced by the theoretical calculation, whose energy obviously decreased when compressed to 20 GPa. Our work offers a novel and promising method to realize the Alder-ene reaction at room temperature without a catalyst, expanding the application of this important reaction.

Gradient residual strain determination of surface impacted railway S38C axles by neutron Bragg-edge transmission imaging

Hu, F. F.*; Qin, T. Y.*; Ao, N.*; Su, Y. H.; Zhou, L.*; Xu, P. G.; Parker, J. D.*; Shinohara, Takenao; Chen, J.*; Wu, S. C.*

Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 306, p.110267_1 - 110267_18, 2024/08

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2024.110267

Gradient residual strain measurement procedure in surface impacted railway steel axles by using neutron scattering

Zhou, L.*; Zhang, H.*; Qin, T. Y.*; Hu, F. F.*; Xu, P. G.; Ao, N.*; Su, Y. H.; He, L. H.*; Li, X. H.*; Zhang, J. R.*; et al.

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 55(7), p.2175 - 2185, 2024/07

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-024-07352-5

New isomeric transition in Mg; Bridging the and islands of inversion

Madurga, M.*; Christie, J. M.*; Xu, Z.*; Grzywacz, R.*; Poves, A.*; King, T.*; Allmond, J. M.*; Chester, A.*; Cox, I.*; Farr, J.*; et al.

Physical Review C, 109(6), p.L061301_1 - L061301_6, 2024/06

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.109.L061301

no abstracts in English

Recrystallization of bulk nanostructured magnesium alloy AZ31 after severe plastic deformation; An in situ diffraction study

Liss, K.-D.*; Han, J.-K.*; Blankenburg, M.*; Lienert, U.*; Harjo, S.; Kawasaki, Takuro; Xu, P. G.; Yukutake, Eitaro*; Kawasaki, M.*

Journal of Materials Science, 59(14), p.5831 - 5853, 2024/04

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-023-09250-4

Abnormal grain growth; A Spontaneous activation of competing grain rotation

Liss, K.-D.*; Xu, P. G.; Shiro, Ayumi*; Zhang, S. Y.*; Yukutake, Eitaro*; Shobu, Takahisa; Akita, Koichi*

Advanced Engineering Materials, 26(4), p.202300470_1 - 202300470_9, 2024/02

https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202300470

Principal preferred orientation evaluation of steel materials using time-of-flight neutron diffraction

Xu, P. G.; Zhang, S.-Y.*; Harjo, S.; Vogel, S. C.*; Tomota, Yo*

Quantum Beam Science (Internet), 8(1), p.7_1 - 7_13, 2024/01

https://doi.org/10.3390/qubs8010007

Validation of the Be ground-state molecular structure using Be()He triple differential reaction cross-section measurements

Li, P. J.*; Beaumel, D.*; Lee, J.*; Assi, M.*; Chen, S.*; Franchoo, S.*; Gibelin, J.*; Hammache, F.*; Harada, T.*; Kanada-En'yo, Yoshiko*; et al.

Physical Review Letters, 131(21), p.212501_1 - 212501_7, 2023/11

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.212501

The cluster structure of the neutron-rich isotope Be has been probed via the () reaction. The triple differential cross-section was extracted and compared to distorted-wave impulse approximation reaction calculations performed in a microscopic framework using the Tohsaki-Horiuchi-Schuck-Rpke wave function and the wave function deduced from Antisymmetrized Molecular Dynamics calculations. The remarkable agreement between calculated and measured cross-sections in both shape and magnitude validates the description of the Be ground-state as a rather compact nuclear molecule.