Functional High Entropy Alloys and Compounds - Hardcover

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Yong Zhang is a professor and doctoral supervisor at Beijing University of Science and Technology in the State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials. He has been engaged in long-term research on high-entropy alloy flexible materials, body-centered cubic structure high-entropy alloys, nanostructured high-entropy alloys, and related areas. He has previously been honored with Natural Science Award from the Ministry of Education (first class), National Natural Science Award (second class), and the second prize of the Science and Technology Award in Shanxi Province.
 
Yonggang Yao is a professor and doctoral supervisor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology. His long-term research focuses on transient high-temperature synthesis and manufacturing technologies, with a particular emphasis on the design and development of novel energy materials and low-carbon rapid manufacturing. He has been recognized as one of the "Top 2% Scientists Worldwide" by Stanford University and a "Highly Cited Scientist" by Clarivate Analytics. Additionally, he received the title of "Innovator under 35" in the China region by MIT Technology Review in 2022.

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An up-to-date guide to understanding, designing, and using high entropy materials

In Functional High Entropy Alloys and Compounds, a team of distinguished researchers delivers a comprehensive exploration of high entropy materials for functional applications. It’s an interdisciplinary discussion highlighting the role of high entropy materials in various industries and examines the real-world applications of high entropy alloys and compounds. The authors illustrate the potential of these materials to transform different industries and cover both bulk HEA materials and HEA nanoparticles.

Functional High Entropy Alloys and Compounds offers a structured and in-depth exploration of high entropy materials. It examines critical fundamentals, including their characteristics, structures, phase transformations, and microstructures, as well as corrosion, anti-oxidation, and additive manufacturing and phase control.

Readers will also find:

• A thorough introduction to the functional properties of high entropy materials
• Comprehensive explorations of the real-world applications of high entropy materials, including 3D printing, thermoelectrics, optoelectronics, thermal catalysts, electro-catalysts, and energy storage
• Practical discussions of nanoscale high entropy materials and high entropy materials for thermal-catalytic applications
• Complete treatments of clean energy and electrocatalysis and high entropy materials for energy storage

Perfect for materials scientists, metallurgists, electrochemists, and catalytic chemists, Functional High Entropy Alloys and Compounds will also benefit aerospace engineers and physicians and thermodynamics physicists.