Superior TRIP effect in a duplex stainless steel and its mechanism studied by neutron diffraction experiments

Tsuchida, Noriyuki*; Fujita, Akinori*; Hirakawa, Naoki*; Hamada, Junichi*; Ishimaru, Eiichiro*; Gong, W.; Kawasaki, Takuro; Harjo, S.

Materials Characterization, 236, p.116436_1 - 116436_13, 2026/06

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2026.116436

Spontaneous magnetization curve of -iron at high pressures determined using neutron diffraction

Aoki, Katsutoshi*; Takano, Masahiro*; Fukuyama, Ko*; Kagi, Hiroyuki*; Machida, Akihiko*; Saito, Hiroyuki*; Hattori, Takanori; Sano, Asami; Funakoshi, Kenichi*

Physical Review B, 113(18), p.184440_1 - 184440_6, 2026/05

https://doi.org/10.1103/vdnz-y1nk

The temperature dependence of the magnetic moment of bcc -iron was investigated over the range 300-950 K at pressures of approximately 2 and 6 GPa by neutron powder diffraction. The Fe isotope, whose neutron scattering length is approximately half that of naturally abundant Fe, was employed to enhance the relative contribution of magnetic scattering. Curie temperatures () were determined to be 946(30) K, 838(50) K and 740(40) K at 2.1, 6.0 and 6.7 GPa, respectively, defining a magnetic phase boundary described by (K) = 1043 - 49(7) + 1.3(1.2). Upon heating at 6.7 GPa, the structural transition was observed to follow the magnetic transition. This transition sequence indicates that the magnetic phase boundary lies on the low-temperature side of the phase boundary. Accordingly, the transition corresponds to a structural transformation from paramagnetic bcc to paramagnetic fcc iron.

Cryogenic-to-ambient evolution of hetero-deformation-induced strengthening in dual-phase medium-entropy alloys

Ha, H.*; Kim, J.*; Gu, G. H.*; Harjo, S.; Gong, W.; Hong, S.-J.*; Kim, H. S.*

Materials Characterization, 234, p.116086_1 - 116086_12, 2026/04

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2026.116086

Stress and temperature, rather than hydrogen, govern stacking fault evolution during tensile deformation in Fe-24Cr-19Ni steel

Ito, Tatsuya; Ogawa, Yuhei*; Gong, W.; Kawasaki, Takuro; Shibata, Akinobu*; Harjo, S.

Scripta Materialia, 273, p.117084_1 - 117084_6, 2026/03

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.117084

Effect of nanoscale cellular structure on the mechanical properties of Inconel 718 with unique hierarchical structure fabricated by laser powder bed fusion

Cho, K.*; Yamashita, Kippei*; Kakutani, Shinnosuke*; Saito, Takuma*; Sasaki, Taisuke*; Sawaizumi, Katsuhiko*; Okugawa, Masayuki*; Koizumi, Yuichiro*; Mayama, Tsuyoshi*; Kikukawa, Taichi*; et al.

Acta Materialia, 303, p.121696_1 - 121696_18, 2026/01

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2025.121696

Critical role of L2 and L1 phase in deformation behaviors of additively manufactured FeCrNiAlTi alloy

Wang, X.*; Wang, Y.*; Gong, W.; Wu, W.*; Zhang, Y.*; Harjo, S.; Yang, Z.*; Chen, H.*

International Journal of Plasticity, 195, p.104502_1 - 104502_16, 2025/12

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijplas.2025.104502

Ion solvation under gigapascal pressure

Jing, Z.*; Yamaguchi, Toshio*; Machida, Shinichi*; Hattori, Takanori; Zhou, Y.*

Journal of Chemical Physics, 163(19), p.194505_1 - 194505_12, 2025/11

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0304419

Ion solvation in a range of gigapascal pressure is of great significance for high-pressure chemical synthesis and the circulation of matter within the Earth's interior. We perform neutron scattering (NS) experiments and molecular dynamics simulations of deuterated aqueous solutions of MCl (M = Li, Na, K, Rb, and Cs) at 0.1 MPa and 0.7 GPa/298 K. An empirical potential structure refinement method analyzes the NS data. Upon compression to 0.7 GPa, the outer-shell water molecules enter the nearest neighbor of ions, and the solvated ion clusters become denser. The hydration factor and static hydration number based on the orientation distribution of the water dipole in the first solvation shell, show that the compression weakens the hydration ability of the ions. Compression suppresses the diffusion of ions, particularly of the structure-breaking ions. The ionic diffusion coefficient residence time of water molecules and dynamic hydration number indicate that Rb and Cs exhibit characteristics of structure-making ions under compression. The dynamic properties are more pressure-sensitive than the static structure.

Neutron diffraction-assisted constitutive modeling of directed energy deposited CoCrFeMnNi high entropy alloy

Jeong, S. G.*; Kwon, J.*; Kim, E. S.*; Prasad, K.*; Harjo, S.; Gong, W.; Kawasaki, Takuro; Estrin, Y.*; Bouaziz, O.*; Hong, S. I.*; et al.

Materials Science & Engineering A, 942, p.148712_1 - 148712_11, 2025/10

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2025.148712

Corrigendum to "Neutron diffraction study on the deuterium composition of nickel deuteride at high temperatures and high pressures" [Phys. B Condens. Matter. 587 (2020) 412153]

Saito, Hiroyukki*; Machida, Akihiko*; Hattori, Takanori; Sano, Asami; Funakoshi, Kenichi*; Sato, Toyoto*; Orimo, Shinichi*; Aoki, Katsutoshi*

Physica B; Condensed Matter, 714, p.417234_1 - 417234_3, 2025/10

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2025.417234

Corrigendum to "Neutron diffraction study on the deuterium composition of nickel deuteride at high temperatures and high pressures" [Phys. B Condens. Matter. 587 (2020) 412153] was reported.

neutron diffraction study on the strength and ductility enhancement mechanism of hydrogen-charged SUS310S stainless steel

Ito, Tatsuya; Ogawa, Yuhei*; Gong, W.; Mao, W.*; Kawasaki, Takuro; Okada, Kazuho*; Shibata, Akinobu*; Harjo, S.

Hamon, 35(3), p.129 - 133, 2025/08