Owing to their exceptional properties,high-entropy alloys(HEAs)and high-entropy materials have emerged as promising research areas and shown diverse applications.Here,the recent advances in the field are comprehensive...Owing to their exceptional properties,high-entropy alloys(HEAs)and high-entropy materials have emerged as promising research areas and shown diverse applications.Here,the recent advances in the field are comprehensively reviewed,organized into five sections.The first section introduces the background of HEAs,covering their definition,significance,application prospects,basic properties,design principles,and microstructure.The subsequent section focuses on cutting-edge high-entropy structural materials,highlighting developments such as nanostructured alloys,grain boundary engineering,eutectic systems,cryogenic alloys,thin films,micro-nano-lattice structures,additive manufacturing,high entropy metallic glasses,nano-precipitate strengthened alloys,composition modulation,alloy fibers,and refractory systems.In the following section,the emphasis shifts to functional materials,exploring HEAs as catalysts,magneto-caloric materials,corrosion-resistant alloys,radiation-resistant alloys,hydrogen storage systems,and materials for biomedicine.Additionally,the review encompasses functional high-entropy materials outside the realm of alloys,including thermoelectric,quantum dots,nanooxide catalysts,energy storage materials,negative thermal expansion ceramics,and high-entropy wave absorption materials.The paper concludes with an outlook,discussing future directions and potential growth areas in the field.Through this comprehensive review,researchers,engineers,and scientists may gain valuable insights into the recent progress and opportunities for further exploration in the exciting domains of high-entropy alloys and functional materials.展开更多
基金financially supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2021YFB3802800)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.52222104,12261160364,51871120,51520105001,22275089,52071157,52231005,52201174,52171165,52261033,52371155,51801128,52171219,U20A20278,52371106,22071221,52122408,52201190,22075014,52272040,62222405,22125602,and 52301052)+11 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(Nos.BK20200019,BK20220858 and BK20231458)support by the open research fund of Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory(No.2022SLABFN19)support by Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(No2024B1515020010)support by Shanxi Province Youth Innovation Team Project(No.22JP042)support by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China(No.52325102)support by the Large Scientific Facility Open Subject of Songshan Lake,Dongguan,Guangdongsupport by the research institute for Advanced Manufacturing Fund(No.P0046108)support by the Hong Kong RGC general research fund(No.11200623)and CRF project C7074-23Gfinancial support from the Australian Research CouncilHBIS-UQ Innovation Centre for Sustainable Steel projectthe QUT Capacity Building Professor Programsupport by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.30923010211)。
文摘Owing to their exceptional properties,high-entropy alloys(HEAs)and high-entropy materials have emerged as promising research areas and shown diverse applications.Here,the recent advances in the field are comprehensively reviewed,organized into five sections.The first section introduces the background of HEAs,covering their definition,significance,application prospects,basic properties,design principles,and microstructure.The subsequent section focuses on cutting-edge high-entropy structural materials,highlighting developments such as nanostructured alloys,grain boundary engineering,eutectic systems,cryogenic alloys,thin films,micro-nano-lattice structures,additive manufacturing,high entropy metallic glasses,nano-precipitate strengthened alloys,composition modulation,alloy fibers,and refractory systems.In the following section,the emphasis shifts to functional materials,exploring HEAs as catalysts,magneto-caloric materials,corrosion-resistant alloys,radiation-resistant alloys,hydrogen storage systems,and materials for biomedicine.Additionally,the review encompasses functional high-entropy materials outside the realm of alloys,including thermoelectric,quantum dots,nanooxide catalysts,energy storage materials,negative thermal expansion ceramics,and high-entropy wave absorption materials.The paper concludes with an outlook,discussing future directions and potential growth areas in the field.Through this comprehensive review,researchers,engineers,and scientists may gain valuable insights into the recent progress and opportunities for further exploration in the exciting domains of high-entropy alloys and functional materials.
