Benjamin MacDonald

Mr. Benjamin MacDonald

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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Academic Career Length

10Years (2017-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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5 October 2018 in Science Advances
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Zhiqiang FuZhiqiang Fu
Zhiqiang Fu
LJLin Jiang
Lin Jiang
JWJenna L. Wardini
Jenna L. Wardini
Benjamin MacDonaldBenjamin MacDonald
Benjamin MacDonald
HWHaiming Wen
Haiming Wen
ELEnrique J. Lavernia
Enrique J. Lavernia
High-entropy alloys (HEAs) are a class of metallic materials that have revolutionized alloy design. They are known for their high compressive strengths, often greater than 1 GPa; however, the tensile strengths of most reported HEAs are limited. Here, we report a strategy for the design and fabrication of HEAs that can achieve ultrahigh tensile strengths. The proposed strategy involves the introduction of a high density of hierarchical intragranular nanoprecipitates. To establish the validity of this strategy, we designed and fabricated a bulk Fe25Co25Ni25Al10Ti15 HEA to consist of a principal face-centered cubic (fcc) phase containing hierarchical intragranular nanoprecipitates. Our results show that precipitation strengthening, as one of the main strengthening mechanisms, contributes to a tensile yield strength (σ0.2) of ~1.86 GPa and an ultimate tensile strength of ~2.52 GPa at room temperature, which heretofore represents the highest strength reported for an HEA with an appreciable failure strain of ~5.2%.

19 October 2022 in Acta Materialia
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CZCheng Zhang
Cheng Zhang
QYQin Yu
Qin Yu
YTYuanbo T. Tang
Yuanbo T. Tang
MXMingjie Xu
Mingjie Xu
HWHaoren Wang
Haoren Wang
ELEnrique J. Lavernia
Enrique J. Lavernia

1 January 2019 in Materials Science and Engineering: A
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UBUmberto Scipioni Bertoli
Umberto Scipioni Bertoli
Benjamin MacDonaldBenjamin MacDonald
Benjamin MacDonald
JSJulie M. Schoenung
Julie M. Schoenung

26 July 2017 in JOM
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Benjamin MacDonaldBenjamin MacDonald
Benjamin MacDonald
ZFZ. Fu
Z. Fu
BZB. Zheng
B. Zheng
WCW. Chen
W. Chen
YLY. Lin
Y. Lin
ELE. J. Lavernia
E. J. Lavernia

13 June 2022 in Materialia
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SBSakshi Bajpai
Sakshi Bajpai
Benjamin MacDonaldBenjamin MacDonald
Benjamin MacDonald
TRTimothy J. Rupert
Timothy J. Rupert
HHHorst Hahn
Horst Hahn
ELEnrique J. Lavernia
Enrique J. Lavernia
DADiran Apelian
Diran Apelian

1 October 2018 in Powder Technology
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KTKatherine L. Terrassa
Katherine L. Terrassa
JHJames C. Haley
James C. Haley
Benjamin MacDonaldBenjamin MacDonald
Benjamin MacDonald
JSJulie M. Schoenung
Julie M. Schoenung