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Effect of Chemical Potential and Atomic-Scale Vibration of Nucleant Surface on Liquid Layering and Heterogeneous Nucleation

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Metall Mater Trans A, 2021, 52, 2136
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Unveiling the Inhomogeneous Dissolution Behavior of Polycrystalline Substrate at the Liquid–Solid Bimetal Interface by Synchrotron Radiography and First-Principles Calculations

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Segregation of Alkaline Earth Atoms Affects Prenucleation at L-Al/γ-Alumina Interfaces

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Metals, 2023, 13, 761
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Crystal orientation-induced Al grain coalescence coarsening during isothermal semisolid annealing of Al-15 wt% Cu alloys under high magnetic fields

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Effect of Segregation of Sc, Y and La Atoms on Prenucleation at the Liquid-Al/γ-Al2O3{1 1 1} Interfaces

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Metals, 2022, 12, 1550
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Investigation of solid-state diffusion bonding of Al–Cu interfaces of metal joints using molecular dynamics simulations

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Results in Surfaces and Interfaces, 2025, 20, 100574
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Revealing the nucleation and growth mechanisms of Fe-rich phases in Al–Cu–Fe(-Si) alloys under the influence of Al–Ti–B

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Intermetallics, 2022, 146, 107584
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Segregation of Mg at TiB2/Al interface mitigating the Zr-poisoning effect

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Scripta Materialia, 2024, 253, 116310
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Mechanism of ZnO refining Mg-3Al alloy: experiment research and first principles calculation

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Mater. Res. Express, 2025, 12, 066502
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Effects of solute additions on heterogeneous nucleation of α-Mg in ALN/AZ91 composite melt: A first-principles study

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Surfaces and Interfaces, 2026, 81, 108443
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Study on the formation and regulation mechanism of W phase and the improvement of mechanical properties in homogenization of cast Al–Cu-Sc-Zr alloys: Experiments and calculations

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Vacuum, 2023, 207, 111631
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XPS investigation of 5N purity Al thin foils for MEMS devices

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Surface & Interface Analysis, 2023, 55, 466
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Simultaneously enhanced strength and elongation capacity in Cu–15Sn-0.3Ti alloy via regulation of IMCs

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Effect of Sc content on microstructure characteristics and evolution of W phase in Al–Cu–Li alloys under as-cast and homogenization conditions

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Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 2023, 25, 7335
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Ab-initio molecular dynamics study of heterogeneous nucleation at the liquid-Y/α-Al2O3 interface

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Computational Materials Science, 2023, 217, 111899
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Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Investigation of Prenucleation at Liquid–Metal/Oxide Interfaces: An Overview

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