Publication Type
Journal
Journal Name
Journal of the Minerals Metals & Materials Society (JOM)
Publication Date
Page Numbers
3419 to 3423
Volume
71
Issue
10
Abstract
The multi-principal-element alloy (MPEA) strategy has radically changed the pathway of alloy development by shifting the search for useful alloys from the corners to the center region of the phase diagram. Distinct from conventional one-principal-element alloys, chemically complex MPEAs exhibit extreme diversity in terms of atomic size and chemistry, potentially distorting their local structure. The present review summarizes recent experimental and theoretical progress on study of the local structure of such materials, with emphases on local lattice distortion and the charge transfer effect.