Scripta MaterialiaPub Date : 2025-08-26DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116933
Shinya Hosokawa , Hitoshi Sato , Yasuhisa Tezuka , Jun-ichi Adachi , Kentaro Kobayashi , Koji Ohara , Yuan Tan , Tetsu Ichitsubo , Rui Yamada , Hidemi Kato
{"title":"Changes in electronic structures of Gd65Co35 metallic glass by cryogenic rejuvenation","authors":"Shinya Hosokawa , Hitoshi Sato , Yasuhisa Tezuka , Jun-ichi Adachi , Kentaro Kobayashi , Koji Ohara , Yuan Tan , Tetsu Ichitsubo , Rui Yamada , Hidemi Kato","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116933","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116933","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>To experimentally clarify the changes in electronic structures of Gd<sub>65</sub>Co<sub>35</sub> metallic glass by rejuvenation with temperature cycling (cryogenic rejuvenation), photoemission, inverse-photoemission, soft X-ray absorption, and emission spectroscopy (PES, IPES, SXAS, and SXES, respectively) experiments were carried out. By combining these techniques, element- and quantum number-selective partial density of states (pDOS) can be evaluated. By 40 repetitions of temperature changes between liquid N<sub>2</sub> and room temperatures, the Co 3<em>d</em> pDOSs are largely changed in magnitude. On the other hand, the Gd 4<em>d</em> and 4<em>f</em> pDOSs do not change beyond the range of experimental errors. These results are consistent with the structural changes by cryogenic rejuvenation found recently.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"270 ","pages":"Article 116933"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144895511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Scripta MaterialiaPub Date : 2025-08-26DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116941
Jo Kubota, Jiaxin Liu, Eric Detsi
{"title":"Catalytic enhancement of hydrogen generation through the nanoporous zinc-water reaction","authors":"Jo Kubota, Jiaxin Liu, Eric Detsi","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116941","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116941","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We demonstrate that the reaction between nanoporous zinc (NP-Zn) and water to generate hydrogen can be significantly enhanced by using Ni atom clusters as a catalyst deposited onto NP-Zn through galvanic replacement. During galvanic replacement, Ni²⁺ in solution deposits as Ni atoms on NP-Zn, while Zn atoms dissolve from NP-Zn as Zn²⁺. Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy shows that the deposited Ni-to-Zn ratio is <1 at.%, limited by zinc oxide formation from the reaction between NP-Zn and the water-containing Ni²⁺ solution. X-ray diffraction confirms that Ni deposition and zinc oxide formation co-occur. Our optimal deposition time yields a Ni-to-Zn ratio of 0.9 at.%, which produces hydrogen with a yield of ≈75 %, compared to ≈52 % for pristine NP-Zn without Ni catalyst and ≈13 % for commercial bulk Zn. This highlights the potential of Ni-modified NP-Zn in improving hydrogen evolution reaction kinetics, offering a scalable approach for on-demand hydrogen production.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"270 ","pages":"Article 116941"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144895373","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Scripta MaterialiaPub Date : 2025-08-25DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116937
Kang Xu , Huihui Yang , Zhengming Sun , Wenwang Wu
{"title":"Nature-to-microstructure network: A cross-domain knowledge transfer framework for steel microstructure classification","authors":"Kang Xu , Huihui Yang , Zhengming Sun , Wenwang Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116937","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116937","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Reliable microstructure identification underpins the control of microstructural evolution and the tailored design of mechanical performance in steels. However, conventional approaches are limited by subjectivity and inefficiency, while deep learning models often struggle with data scarcity and multiscale complexity. This study proposes Nature-to-Microstructure Network (N2M-Net) a cross-domain transfer learning (TL) framework leveraging morphological similarities between natural textures and steel microstructures. It is designed to enable accurate microstructure classification under extreme data scarcity and to enhance model generalization through morphology-guided knowledge transfer. Pretrained on 750 natural images, N2M-Net incorporates residual connections, spatial attention, and dilated Inception modules for robust multiscale feature extraction. With only 20 microscopic images, it surpassed 95.00 % accuracy within 20 epochs and reached 95.67 % final accuracy, significantly outperforming direct training. This work demonstrates a novel morphology-driven cross-domain transfer paradigm for intelligent microstructure analysis under limited data.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"270 ","pages":"Article 116937"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144893738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Scripta MaterialiaPub Date : 2025-08-23DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116944
Zexi Gao , Shunong Jiang , Yingchun Wan , Yonghao Gao , Zhiyong Chen , Chuming Liu
{"title":"Transformation mechanism of yielding behavior in the aged Mg-Gd-Y-Nd-Zr alloy during room temperature tensile deformation","authors":"Zexi Gao , Shunong Jiang , Yingchun Wan , Yonghao Gao , Zhiyong Chen , Chuming Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116944","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116944","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The microscopic mechanism of room-temperature discontinuous yielding in fine-grained Mg alloy is revealed for the first time, highlighting the critical role of mobile dislocations. The yielding behavior transitioned from discontinuous to continuous with increasing aging time. Discontinuous yielding behavior is attributed to partial mobile dislocations within the initial microstructure overcoming obstacles posed by subgrain boundaries and LAGBs during tensile deformation. The mobile dislocations activated under high stress and traversed subgrain boundaries or LAGBs, resulting in a sudden stress drop followed by a stress plateau. After aging for 12 h, the β' phase stabilizes the LAGBs to prevent dislocation crossing them, but still allows some dislocations to cross subgrain boundaries, resulting in a shortened yield plateau. Upon extending aging time to 32 h, high-density β' phases effectively pins dislocations and stabilizes both subgrain boundaries and LAGBs, thereby suppressing dislocation movement and completely eliminating discontinuous yielding.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"270 ","pages":"Article 116944"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144890409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Scripta MaterialiaPub Date : 2025-08-23DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116955
Olha Nakonechna , Benoit Denand , Imed-Eddine Benrabah , Guillaume Geandier , Lionel Germain , Hugo Paul Van Landeghem , Alexis Deschamps , Sébastien Allain
{"title":"Microstructure optimization by combinatorial approach applied to Duplex Medium Manganese steels","authors":"Olha Nakonechna , Benoit Denand , Imed-Eddine Benrabah , Guillaume Geandier , Lionel Germain , Hugo Paul Van Landeghem , Alexis Deschamps , Sébastien Allain","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116955","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116955","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study introduces a novel combinatorial approach for optimizing the microstructure of duplex medium-manganese (Mn) steels by coupling a controlled thermal gradient with in situ high-energy X-ray diffraction (HEXRD) during intercritical annealing. A temperature gradient (680–720 °C) across a single sample enables real-time monitoring of phase transformations over a broad thermal range in one experiment. Compared to isothermal trials, this method offers high-resolution insight into austenite formation kinetics and phase stability, enabling accurate identification of the optimal temperature window for maximizing retained austenite. The results reveal a narrow optimal range (∼700–710 °C) where retained austenite fractions exceed 30 %, surpassing values from traditional methods. Post-mortem Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) analysis showed the spatial distribution of stabilized austenite, highlighting the complementary roles of in situ and ex situ characterization. This work demonstrates the potential of gradient-based combinatorial metallurgy to accelerate process optimization and support the design of high-performance third-generation advanced high-strength steels.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"270 ","pages":"Article 116955"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144891907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Measurement of the diffusion coefficient in Fe-18.5Cr-10Ni alloy through diffusion couple experiments in a hydrogen environment","authors":"Nobuyoshi Komai , Koki Saito , Yuji Momotani , Masatoshi Mitsuhara","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116926","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116926","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>To elucidate the mechanism underlying the reduction in creep strength of Type 304 austenitic stainless steel in hydrogen environments, diffusion couple experiments were conducted to measure the diffusion coefficient of an Fe-18.5Cr-10Ni (mass%) alloy with a chemical composition similar to that of Type 304. The experiments were performed in atmospheric pressure argon and hydrogen at temperatures ranging from 1073 K to 1273 K. The presence of hydrogen was found to lower the activation energy for lattice diffusion, thereby increasing the diffusion coefficient at temperatures below 1223 K. Extrapolation to 873 K suggests that the diffusion coefficient in pure hydrogen was 8.3 times greater than in argon. Notably, this ratio aligns well with the previously reported increase in minimum creep rate by a factor of 8.1 at the same temperature. These findings provide strong evidence that hydrogen-enhanced diffusion promotes dislocation climb, thereby accelerating creep rate and reducing creep strength.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"270 ","pages":"Article 116926"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144890233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Scripta MaterialiaPub Date : 2025-08-21DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116945
Qiang Gao , Ergen Bao , Ijaz Shahid , Hui Ma , Xing-Qiu Chen
{"title":"High-throughput screening for rare-earth-free permanent magnet and magnetocaloric effect applications in Fe-N alloys","authors":"Qiang Gao , Ergen Bao , Ijaz Shahid , Hui Ma , Xing-Qiu Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116945","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116945","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Based on high-throughput density functional theory calculations, we have found 49 ferromagnetic cases in Fe<em><sub>x</sub></em>N<sub>1-</sub><em><sub>x</sub></em> (0<<em>x</em><1) compounds, focusing especially on permanent magnet and giant magnetocaloric effect applications. It is found that 15 compounds are potential permanent magnets with a magneto-crystalline anisotropy energy more than 1 MJ/m<sup>3</sup>, filling the gap in application spectrum between rare earth based permanent magnets and those based on transition metal compounds. Among the potential permanent magnets, Fe<sub>2</sub>N can be classified as a hard magnet while the other 14 compounds can be classified as semi-hard magnets. According to the calculations of magnetic deformation proxy, 40 compounds are identified as potential giant magnetocaloric effect candidates. We suspect that Fe-N compounds provide fine opportunities for applications in both rare-earth free permanent magnets and magnetocaloric effect.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"270 ","pages":"Article 116945"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144886030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Scripta MaterialiaPub Date : 2025-08-20DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116939
Pavel Nikitin , Maxime Guinel de France , Frederic Sansoz
{"title":"The physical origin of heterogeneous solute clustering and nanoprecipitation at grain boundaries in ultrafine-grained immiscible alloys","authors":"Pavel Nikitin , Maxime Guinel de France , Frederic Sansoz","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116939","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116939","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Grain-boundary segregation effects on heterogeneous solute clustering and nanoprecipitation at low solute concentrations were investigated in sputter-deposited ultrafine-grained Ag-Cu alloy films. X-ray diffraction and scanning transmission electron microscopy revealed extended solubility of Cu in Ag matrix, accompanied by the formation of Cu-rich nanoprecipitates and solute clusters at grain boundaries and their junctions. Atomistic simulations further demonstrated that Cu solutes heterogeneously segregate to Ag GBs and form small clusters that grow into nuclei for Cu nanoprecipitates. These findings provide critical insights into the role of heterogeneous grain-boundary segregation in governing the phase separation pathways of immiscible nanocrystalline and ultrafine-grained alloys.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"270 ","pages":"Article 116939"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144863775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gradient TiZrHfMoW/(Mo,W)N multilayer coatings formed via Mo/W segregation: Coherent interface architecture and toughening mechanisms","authors":"Qi Zhou , Jiang Xu , Shuang Peng , Minming Jiang , Yujie Chen , Zong-Han Xie , Paul Munroe","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116943","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116943","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Inspired by the hierarchical architectures found in natural materials, a TiZrHfMoW/(Mo,W)N gradient multilayer coating was fabricated using a simple one-step sputtering deposition technique, leveraging segregation-induced self-assembly rather than conventional sequential deposition. During the deposition process, the spontaneous segregation of W and Mo led to the formation of a layered (Mo,W)N phase within the TiZrHfMoW matrix. These sublayers exhibit epitaxial relationships with the surrounding high-entropy alloy phase, forming well-defined coherent interfaces. Compared to a monolithic (Mo,W)N coating, the gradient multilayer system maintains comparable surface hardness (∼18.8 GPa) while significantly enhancing damage tolerance under mechanical loading. The synergistic toughening mechanisms include solid solution strengthening, interface coherency strain, grain boundary hardening, and a spatially varying modulus that aids crack arrest and stress distribution. This work demonstrates a scalable, self-organizing design strategy for architectured coatings with offering superior mechanical performance under demanding service conditions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"270 ","pages":"Article 116943"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144878496","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Scripta MaterialiaPub Date : 2025-08-20DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116932
S. Dasgupta , T. Wu , A. Michelson , X. Hu , D.C. Dunand , A.J. Shahani
{"title":"Shining light on nanoscale ‘vine-on-stick’ eutectic structures in the Al-Ce-Ni system","authors":"S. Dasgupta , T. Wu , A. Michelson , X. Hu , D.C. Dunand , A.J. Shahani","doi":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116932","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116932","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Multiphase eutectics often comprise entangled solid phases with nanoscale periodicity, making it difficult to unravel their 3D connectivity using conventional 2D techniques. Among such systems, the three-phase eutectic Al-Al<sub>11</sub>Ce<sub>3</sub>-Al<sub>3</sub>Ni stands out for its ultrafine (∼100 nm) interphase spacing and promising creep resistance, yet its microstructure remains relatively unexplored despite its potential for high-temperature applications. Here, we use scanning hard X-ray microscopy with an unprecedented ∼10 nm pixel size to resolve its 3D morphology. Reconstructions reveal a novel “vine-on-stick” motif, wherein Al<sub>11</sub>Ce<sub>3</sub> wraps around Al<sub>3</sub>Ni pillars. Analysis of phase tortuosities confirms that Al<sub>11</sub>Ce<sub>3</sub> exhibits more convoluted morphologies than Al<sub>3</sub>Ni. No orientation relationship was observed between the two intermetallics, suggesting that growth is controlled by local solute gradients rather than epitaxy. Fragmentation of intermetallics along their longitudinal axis suggests a Rayleigh-type breakup mechanism in solid state. The “vine-on-stick” pattern may generalize to other alloy systems with variable interfacial anisotropies and low mutual solubilities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":423,"journal":{"name":"Scripta Materialia","volume":"270 ","pages":"Article 116932"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144863777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}