Huang, S.; Tegg, L.; Yamini, S. A.; Tuli, V.; Burr, P.; McCarroll, I.; Yang, L.; Moore, K. L.; Cairney, J. M.: Atom probe study of second-phase particles in Zircaloy-4. Journal of Nuclear Materials 616, 156049 (2025)
Huang, S.; Tegg, L.; Yamini, S. A.; Chen, L.; Burr, P.; Qu, J.; Yang, L.; Mccarroll, I.; Cairney, J. M.: Atomic distribution of alloying elements and second phase particles (SPPs) identification in Optimised ZIRLO. Acta Materialia 297, 121365 (2025)
Schwarz, T.; Birbilis, N.; Gault, B.; McCarroll, I.: Understanding the Al diffusion pathway during atmospheric corrosion of a Mg-Al alloy using atom probe tomography. Corrosion Science 252, 112951 (2025)
Yang, L.; Chen, E. Y.-S.; Qu, J.; Garbrecht, M.; McCarroll, I.; Mosiman, D. S.; Saha, B.; Cairney, J. M.: Improved atom probe specimen preparation by focused ion beam with the aid of multi-dimensional specimen control. Microstructures 5 (1), 2025007 (2025)
Torkornoo, S.; Bohner, M.; McCarroll, I.; Gault, B.: Optimization of Parameters for Atom Probe Tomography Analysis of β-Tricalcium Phosphates. Microscopy and Microanalysis 30 (6), pp. 1074 - 1082 (2024)
Schwarz, T.; Yu, W.; Zhan, H.; Gault, B.; Gourlay, C.; McCarroll, I.: Uncovering Ce-rich clusters and their role in precipitation strengthening of an AE44 alloy. Scripta Materialia 232, 115498 (2023)
International researcher team presents a novel microstructure design strategy for lean medium-manganese steels with optimized properties in the journal Science
This project studies the influence of grain boundary chemistry on mechanical behaviour using state-of-the-art micromechanical testing systems. For this purpose, we use Cu-Ag as a model system and compare the mechanical response/deformation behaviour of pure Cu bicrystals to that of Ag segregated Cu bicrystals.
The aim of this project is to develop novel nanostructured Fe-Co-Ti-X (X = Si, Ge, Sn) compositionally complex alloys (CCAs) with adjustable magnetic properties by tailoring microstructure and phase constituents through compositional and process tuning. The key aspect of this work is to build a fundamental understanding of the correlation between…
In this project, we aim to enhance the mechanical properties of an equiatomic CoCrNi medium-entropy alloy (MEA) by interstitial alloying. Carbon and nitrogen with varying contents have been added into the face-centred cubic structured CoCrNi MEA.
Hydrogen is a clean energy source as its combustion yields only water and heat. However, as hydrogen prefers to accumulate in the concentrated stress region of metallic materials, a few ppm Hydrogen can already cause the unexpected sudden brittle failure, the so-called “hydrogen embrittlement”. The difficulties in directly tracking hydrogen limits…