2021 Publications

Journal articles published within 2021 can be found below with links to the full articles.

In March 2021, Metals (Volume 11, Issue 3) went to press with a cover image from Professor Hua Men’s article: Nucleation in the Systems with Negative Lattice Misfit: Creating a 2D Template for Crystal Growth.

The full journal and article are available to read on the Metals Website.

Journal: Metals: Volume 11, Issue 3

Publication: Available on the Metals Website

DOI: 10.3390/met11030478

Journal Articles

Al-Helal, K., Lazaro-Nebreda, J., Patel, J. B., & Scamans, G. M. (2021). High-Shear De-Gassing and De-Ironing of an Aluminum Casting Alloy Made Directly from Aluminum End-of-Life Vehicle Scrap. In Recycling (Vol. 6, Issue 4, p. 66). MDPI AG.

Barekar, N. S., Skalicky, I., Barbatti, C., Fan, Z., & Jarrett, M. (2021). Enhancement of chip breakability of aluminium alloys by controlling the solidification during direct chill casting. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 862, 158008.

Beckwith, C., Djambazov, G., Pericleous, K., Subroto, T., Eskin, D. G., Roberts, D., Skalicky, I., & Tzanakis, I. (2021). Multiphysics Modelling of Ultrasonic Melt Treatment in the Hot-Top and Launder during Direct-Chill Casting: Path to Indirect Microstructure Simulation. Metals, 11(5), 674.

Bollada, P. C., Jimack, P. K., & Mullis, A. M. (2021). A vertex based approach to crystal facet modelling in phase field. Computational Materials Science, 192(110331), 110331.

Bolzoni, L., & Nadendla, H.-B. (2019). Efficacy of borides in grain refining Al-Si alloys dataset [Data set]. Brunel University London.

Cai, Q., Cantor, B., Tong, V. S., Wang, F., Mendis, C. L., Chang, I. T. H., & Fan, Z. (2021). Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Ultrafine Quaternary Al-Cu-Si-Mg Eutectic Alloy. In Metals (Vol. 12, Issue 1, p. 7). MDPI AG.

Cai, Q., Mendis, C. L., Wang, S., Chang, I. T. H., & Fan, Z. (2021). Effect of heat treatment on microstructure and tensile properties of die-cast Al-Cu-Si-Mg alloys. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 881(160559), 160559.

Cai, Q., Mendis, C. L., Chang, I. T. H., & Fan, Z. (2021). Microstructure and mechanical properties of new die-cast quaternary Al-Cu-Si-Mg alloys. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 800, 140357.

Chang, I., & Cai, Q. (2021). From simple binary to complex multicomponent eutectic alloys. Progress in Materials Science, 100779.

Cui, Y., & Gourlay, C. M. (2022). Growth twinning and morphology of Al45Cr7 and Al13Fe4. In Journal of Alloys and Compounds (Vol. 893, p. 162318). Elsevier BV.

Daneshian, B., Gaertner, F., Assadi, H., Hoeche, D., Weber, W., & Klassen, T. (2021). Size Effects of Brittle Particles in Aerosol Deposition— Molecular Dynamics Simulation. Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 30(3), 503–522.

Daneshian, B., Gärtner, F., Assadi, H., Vidaller, M. V., Höche, D., & Klassen, T. (2022). Features of ceramic nanoparticle deformation in aerosol deposition explored by molecular dynamics simulation. In Surface and Coatings Technology (Vol. 429, p. 127886). Elsevier BV.

Demi̇rtaş, H., Karakulak, E., & Nadenla, H. B. (2021). Al/Nb2B In-Situ Kompozit Üretimi ve Özelliklerinin İncelenmesi. Çukurova Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Dergisi, 891–900.

Dong, X., Feng, L., Nyberg, E. A., & Ji, S. (2021). Development of an Mg–RE-Based Die-Cast Magnesium Alloy for Elevated Applications. In The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series (pp. 29–36). Springer International Publishing.

Dong, X., Feng, L., Wang, S., Nyberg, E. A., & Ji, S. (2021). A new die-cast magnesium alloy for applications at higher elevated temperatures of 200–300 °C. Journal of Magnesium and Alloys, 9(1), 90–101.

Dong, X., Youssef, H., Zhu, X., Zhang, Y., Wang, S., & Ji, S. (2021). High as-cast strength die-cast AlSi9Cu2Mg alloy prepared by nanoparticle strengthening with industrially acceptable ductility. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 852(156873), 156873.

Dou, K., Lordan, E., Zhang, Y., Jacot, A., & Fan, Z. (2021). A novel approach to optimize mechanical properties for aluminium alloy in High pressure die casting (HPDC) process combining experiment and modelling. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 296, 117193.

Fan, Z., Gao, F., Wang, Y., Men, H., & Zhou, L. (2021). Effect of solutes on grain refinement. Progress in Materials Science, 100809.

Fan, Z., Men, H., Wang, Y., & Que, Z. (2021). A New Atomistic Mechanism for Heterogeneous Nucleation in the Systems with Negative Lattice Misfit: Creating a 2D Template for Crystal Growth. Metals, 11(3), 478.

Fang, C. M., Que, Z. P., & Fan, Z. (2021). Crystal chemistry and electronic structure of the β-AlFeSi phase from first-principles. Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 299, 122199.

Fang, C., Yasmin, S., & Fan, Z. (2021). Interfacial interaction and prenucleation at liquid-Al/γ-Al2O3{1 1 1} interfaces. Journal of Physics Communications, 5(1), 015007.

Fang, J., Dong, X., & Ji, S. (2021). Effect of Mn on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Al-4Ni Alloy. In JOM (Vol. 73, Issue 12, pp. 3819–3826). Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

Feng, S., Liotti, E., Lui, A., Wilson, M. D., & Grant, P. S. (2021). Nucleation bursts of primary intermetallic crystals in a liquid Al alloy studied using in situ synchrotron X-ray radiography. Acta Materialia, 221(117389), 117389.

Gao, F., & Fan, Z. (2022). Effect of Nucleant Particle Agglomeration on Grain Size. In Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

Gaafar, M. S., Marzouk, S. Y., Mahmoud, I. S., Afifi, M., Abd El-Aziz, A. M., & ElRashidy, H. (2021). Optical properties and laser prediction of strontium bismuth borate glasses doped with neodymium Ions. Physica Scripta, 96(10), 105804.

Hou, L. G., Xiao, W. L., Su, H., Wu, C. M., Eskin, D. G., Katgerman, L., … Zhang, J. S. (2021). Room-temperature low-cycle fatigue and fracture behaviour of asymmetrically rolled high-strength 7050 aluminium alloy plates. International Journal of Fatigue, 142(105919), 105919.

Huang, Y., & Jiang, J. (2021). Microstructure and texture evolution during severe plastic deformation at cryogenic temperatures in an Al-0.1Mg alloy. Metals, 11(11), 1822.

Jabbareh, M. A., & Assadi, H. (2021). Modelling of Microstructure Evolution during Laser Processing of Intermetallic Containing Ni-Al Alloys. Metals, 11(7), 1051.

Jin, Z., Cai, C., Yuan, Y., Kang, D., Hunter, J., & Zhou, X. (2021). The behaviour of AA5754 and AA5052 aluminium alloys in alkaline etching solution: Similarity and difference. Materials Characterization, 171(110768), 110768.

Jin, Z., Cai, C., Hashimoto, T., Yuan, Y., Kang, D., Hunter, J., & Zhou, X. (2021). The behaviour of iron-containing intermetallic particles in aluminium alloys in alkaline solution. Corrosion Science, 179(109134), 109134.

Kenny, J., McDonald, N., Binner, J., Hong Chang, I. T., & Marinel, S. (2021). Low temperature synthesis and spark plasma sintering of a boron carbide with a low residual carbon content. In Journal of the European Ceramic Society. Elsevier BV.

Khavari, M., Priyadarshi, A., Hurrell, A., Pericleous, K., Eskin, D., & Tzanakis, I. (2021). Characterization of shock waves in power ultrasound. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 915.

Khavari, M., Priyadarshi, A., Subroto, T., Beckwith, C., Pericleous, K., Eskin, D. G., & Tzanakis, I. (2021). Scale up design study on process vessel dimensions for ultrasonic processing of water and liquid aluminium. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 76(105647), 105647.

K.M., S. M., Barekar, N. S., Lazaro-Nebreda, J., Patel, J. B., & Fan, Z. (2021). In-situ microstructural control of A6082 alloy to modify second phase particles by melt conditioned direct chill (MC-DC) casting process – A novel approach. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 295, 117170.

Lazaro-Nebreda, J., Patel, J. B., & Fan, Z. (2021). Improved degassing efficiency and mechanical properties of A356 aluminium alloy castings by high shear melt conditioning (HSMC) technology. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 294, 117146.

Li, Z., Beslin, E., den Bakker, A. J., Scamans, G., Danaie, M., Williams, C. A., & Assadi, H. (2021). Bonding and microstructure evolution in electromagnetic pulse welding of hardenable Al alloys. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 290(116965), 116965.

Lordan, E., Dou, K., Zhang, Y., Tzileroglou, C., Jacot, A., Blake, P., & Fan, Z. (2021). Turbulent breakup of non-metallic inclusions and equiaxed crystals during solidification of a hypoeutectic Al-Si alloy. Materialia, 17, 101114.

Lordan, E., Zhang, Y., Dou, K., Jacot, A., Tzileroglou, C., Blake, P., & Fan, Z. (2021). On the probabilistic nature of high-pressure die casting. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 817, 141391.

Luan, Q., Wang, J., Huang, Y., Balint, D. S., & Jiang, J. (2021). How would the deformation bands affect recrystallization in pure aluminium? Materials & Design, 209(109960), 109960.

Morton, J. A., Eskin, D. G., Grobert, N., Mi, J., Porfyrakis, K., Prentice, P., & Tzanakis, I. (2021). Effect of temperature and acoustic pressure during ultrasound liquid-phase processing of graphite in water. JOM (Warrendale, Pa.: 1989), 73(12), 3745–3752.

Morton, J. A., Khavari, M., Qin, L., Maciejewska, B. M., Tyurnina, A. V., Grobert, N., Eskin, D. G., Mi, J., Porfyrakis, K., Prentice, P., & Tzanakis, I. (2021). New insights into sono-exfoliation mechanisms of graphite: In situ high-speed imaging studies and acoustic measurements. Materials Today (Kidlington, England), 49, 10–22.

Nadendla, H.-B., & Bolzoni, L. (2019). Towards industrial Al-Nb-B master alloys dataset [Data set]. Brunel University London.

Nadendla, H.-B., & Bolzoni, L. (2019b). On the grain refining efficacy of Ti-free hypoeutectic AlSi via AlTiB, AlB and AlNbB chemical inoculation- Dataset [Data set]. Brunel University London.

Nassar, A. E., & Mullis, A. M. (2021). Rapid screening of high-entropy alloys using neural networks and constituent elements. Computational Materials Science, 199, 110755.

Nikbakht, R., Assadi, H., Jahani, K., Saadati, M., & Jodoin, B. (2021). Cold spray deformation and deposition of blended feedstock powders not necessarily obey the rule of mixture. In Surface and Coatings Technology (Vol. 424, p. 127644). Elsevier BV.

Nikbakht, R., Saadati, M., Assadi, H., Jahani, K., & Jodoin, B. (2021). Dynamic microstructure evolution in cold sprayed Ni Ti composite coatings. Surface and Coatings Technology, 421, 127456.

Peng, L., Zeng, G., Lin, C. J., & Gourlay, C. M. (2021). Al2MgC2 and AlFe3C formation in AZ91 Mg alloy melted in Fe-C crucibles. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 854(156415), 156415.

Priyadarshi, A., Khavari, M., Bin Shahrani, S., Subroto, T., Yusuf, L. A., Conte, M., Prentice, P., Pericleous, K., Eskin, D., & Tzanakis, I. (2021). In-situ observations and acoustic measurements upon fragmentation of free-floating intermetallics under ultrasonic cavitation in water. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 80(105820), 105820.

Priyadarshi, A., Khavari, M., Subroto, T., Conte, M., Prentice, P., Pericleous, K., … Tzanakis, I. (2021). On the governing fragmentation mechanism of primary intermetallics by induced cavitation. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 70(105260), 105260.

Priyadarshi, A., Khavari, M., Subroto, T., Prentice, P., Pericleous, K., Eskin, D., Durodola, J., & Tzanakis, I. (2021). Mechanisms of ultrasonic de-agglomeration of oxides through in-situ high-speed observations and acoustic measurements. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 79(105792), 105792.

Qin, L., Maciejewska, B. M., Subroto, T., Morton, J. A., Porfyrakis, K., Tzanakis, I., Eskin, D. G., Grobert, N., Fezzaa, K., & Mi, J. (2022). Ultrafast synchrotron X-ray imaging and multiphysics modelling of liquid phase fatigue exfoliation of graphite under ultrasound. In Carbon (Vol. 186, pp. 227–237). Elsevier BV.

Que, Z., & Mendis, C. L. (2020). Effects of Native AlN Particles on Heterogeneous Nucleation in an Al-3Fe Alloy. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 52(2), 553–559.

Que, Z., Zhou, Y., Wang, Y., Mendis, C. L., & Fan, Z. (2021). Effects of Mg addition on the Al6(Fe,Mn) intermetallic compounds and the grain refinement of α-Al in Al-Fe-Mn alloys. Materials Characterization, 171, 110758.

Scamans, G., Skeldon, P., & Zhou, X. (2021). Professor George Thompson, OBE, DSc, FREng (1946–2020). Corrosion, 77(5), 482–483.

Sberna, P., Fang, P. X., Fang, C., & Nihtianov, S. (2021). Mechanism of electronegativity heterojunction of nanometer amorphous-boron on crystalline silicon: An overview. Crystals, 11(2), 108.

Souissi, M., Fang, C. M., Sahara, R., & Fan, Z. (2021). Formation energies of θ-Al2Cu phase and precursor Al-Cu compounds: Importance of on-site Coulomb repulsion. Computational Materials Science, 194, 110461.

Subroto, T., Eskin, D. G., Miroux, A., Ellingsen, K., M’Hamdi, M., & Katgerman, L. (2021). Semi-solid Constitutive Parameters and Failure Behavior of a Cast AA7050 Alloy. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 52(2), 871–888.

Subroto, T., Lebon, G. S. B., Eskin, D. G., Skalicky, I., Roberts, D., Tzanakis, I., & Pericleous, K. (2021). Numerical modelling and experimental validation of the effect of ultrasonic melt treatment in a direct-chill cast AA6008 alloy billet. Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 12, 1582–1596.

Tyurnina, A. V., Morton, J. A., Subroto, T., Khavari, M., Maciejewska, B., Mi, J., Grobert, N., Porfyrakis, K., Tzanakis, I., & Eskin, D. G. (2021). Environment friendly dual-frequency ultrasonic exfoliation of few-layer graphene. Carbon, 185, 536–545.

Wang, F., Chiu, Y.-L., Eskin, D., Du, W., & Shearing, P. R. (2021). A grain refinement mechanism of cast commercial purity aluminium by vanadium. In Materials Characterization (Vol. 181, p. 111468). Elsevier BV.

Wu, W. H., Eskin, D. G., Priyadarshi, A., Subroto, T., Tzanakis, I., & Zhai, W. (2021). New insights into the mechanisms of ultrasonic emulsification in the oil–water system and the role of gas bubbles. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 73, 105501.

Yang, H., Zhang, Y., Wang, J., Liu, Z., Liu, C., & Ji, S. (2021). Additive manufacturing of a high strength Al-5Mg2Si-2Mg alloy: Microstructure and mechanical properties. Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 91, 215–223.

Yang, H.-L., Zhu, M.-Z., Wang, J.-Y., Ma, C.-X., Zhou, X.-W., Xing, H.-X., Zhang, E.-L., & Ji, S.-X. (2022). Optimization of mechanical and antibacterial properties of Ti-3wt%Cu alloy through cold rolling and annealing. Rare Metals, 41(2), 610–620.

Zhang, X., Lv, Y., Tan, S., Dong, Z., & Zhou, X. (2021). Microstructure and corrosion behaviour of wire arc additive manufactured AA2024 alloy thin wall structure. Corrosion Science, 186(109453), 109453.

Zhang, X., Lv, Y., Hashimoto, T., Nilsson, J.-O., & Zhou, X. (2021). Intergranular corrosion of AA6082 Al–Mg–Si alloy extrusion: The influence of trace Cu and grain boundary misorientation. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 853(157228), 157228.

Zhang, Y., Wang, S., Lordan, E., Dou, K., Zhou, X., & Hashimoto, T. (2022). Understanding of surface segregation of Cu and Zn on nano Si precipitates to the mechanical property improvement of high pressure die casting Al9Si3CuFe alloy. In Journal of Alloys and Compounds (Vol. 895, p. 162219). Elsevier BV.

Zhou, M., Li, Z., Assadi, H., Chang, I., & Barbatti, C. (2021). An accelerated three-dimensional coupled electromagnetic-mechanical model for electromagnetic pulse forming. In Journal of Manufacturing Processes (Vol. 72, pp. 240–251). Elsevier BV.

Zhu, X., Dong, X., Blake, P., & Ji, S. (2021). Improvement in as-cast strength of high pressure die-cast Al–Si–Cu–Mg alloys by synergistic effect of Q-Al5Cu2Mg8Si6 and θ-Al2Cu phases. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 802, 140612.

Zhu, X., Liu, F., Wang, S., & Ji, S. (2021). The development of low-temperature heat-treatable high-pressure die-cast Al–Mg–Fe–Mn alloys with Zn. Journal of Materials Science, 56(18), 11083–11097.

Conferences

Bagherpour, E. (2021). Development of a metal health service (MHS) for metallic components - The MHS project. In NICER Programme ECR Summer School. 14-16 July 2021.

Beckwith, C., Subroto, T., Pericleous, K., Djambazov, G., Eskin, D. G., & Tzanakis, I. (2021). Ultrasonic Melt Treatment in a DC Casting Launder: The Role of Melt Processing Temperature. In The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series (pp. 850–857). Springer International Publishing. Light Metals 2021. 15-18 March 2021.

Cao, L. G., Hou, P. Y., Nassar, A., & Mullis, A. M. (2021). Dendritic Growth of Rapid-Solidified Eutectic High-Entropy Alloy. Materials Science Forum, 1035, 46–50.

Chankitmunkong, S., Eskin, D. G., & Limmaneevichitr, C. (2021). Effects of Ultrasonic Melt Processing on Microstructure, Mechanical Properties, and Electrical Conductivity of Hypereutectic Al–Si, Al–Fe, and Al–Ni Alloys with Zr Additions. In The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series (pp. 192–197). Springer International Publishing. Light Metals 2021. 15-18 March 2021.

Chankitmunkong, S., Eskin, D. G., & Limmaneevichitr, C. (2021). Microstructure Evolution of an Al–Fe–Ni Alloy with Zr and Sc Additions Upon Different Cooling Rates During Solidification for Improving the Mechanical and Electrical Conductivity Properties. In The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series (pp. 232–238). Springer International Publishing. Light Metals 2021. 15-18 March 2021.

Daneshian, B., Gaertner, F., Weber, W., Klassen, T., Assadi, H., Hoeche, D. (2021) Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Titanium Dioxide as Model System for Size Effects in Aerosol Deposition. In Proceedings of the ITSC2021. Thermal Spray 2021: Proceedings from the International Thermal Spray Conference. Virtual. (pp. 354-359). ASM.

Mendis, C. (2021) Enhancing strength of light alloys through precipitation hardening. In The 3rd ICYS & MANA Reunion Workshop. Tsukuba, Japan. 4-5 March 2021

Subroto, T., Bruno Lebon, G. S., Eskin, D. G., Skalicky, I., Roberts, D., Tzanakis, I., & Pericleous, K. (2021). Effect of Ultrasonic Melt Treatment on the Sump Profile and Microstructure of a Direct-Chill Cast AA6008 Aluminum Alloy. In The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series (pp. 894–899). Springer International Publishing. Light Metals 2021. 15-18 March 2021.