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Rao, Z.; Bajpai, A.; Zhang, H.: Active learning strategies for the design of sustainable alloys. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 382 (2284), 20230242 (2024)

Han, L.; Zhu, S.; Rao, Z.; Scheu, C.; Ponge, D.; Ludwig, A.; Zhang, H.; Gutfleisch, O.; Hahn, H.; Li, Z. et al.; Raabe, D.: Multifunctional high-entropy materials. Nature Reviews Materials 9 (12), pp. 846 - 865 (2024)

Yin, J.; Rao, Z.; Wu, D.; Lv, H.; Ma, H.; Long, T.; Kang, J.; Wang, Q.; Wang, Y.; Su, R.: Interpretable Predicting Creep Rupture Life of Superalloys: Enhanced by Domain-Specific Knowledge. Advanced Science 11 (11), 2307982 (2024)

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Orbay, Y.; Rao, Z.; Çakır, A.; Tavşanoğlu, T.; Farle, M.; Acet, M.: Magnetic properties of the FCC and BCC phases of (MnFeCoNi)₈₀Cu_20-xZ_x (Z: Al, Ga) high-entropy alloys. Acta Materialia 259, 119240 (2023)

Rao, Z.; Li, Y.; Zhang, H.; Colnaghi, T.; Marek, A.; Rampp, M.; Gault, B.: Direct recognition of crystal structures via three-dimensional convolutional neural networks with high accuracy and tolerance to random displacements and missing atoms. Scripta Materialia 234, 115542 (2023)

Pyczak, F.; Liang, Z.; Neumeier, S.; Rao, Z.: Stability and Physical Properties of the L1₂-γ' Phase in the CoNiAlTi-System. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 54 (5), pp. 1661 - 1670 (2023)

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Liang, Z.; Neumeier, S.; Rao, Z.; Göken, M.; Pyczak, F.: CALPHAD informed design of multicomponent CoNiCr-based superalloys exhibiting large lattice misfit and high yield stress. Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing 854, 143798 (2022)

Lukianova, O. A.; Kulitskiy, V. A.; Rao, Z.; Li, Z.; Wilde, G.; Divinski, S. V.: Self-diffusion in carbon-alloyed CoCrFeMnNi high entropy alloys. Acta Materialia 237, 118136 (2022)

Rao, Z.; Springer, H.; Ponge, D.; Li, Z.: Combinatorial development of multicomponent Invar alloys via rapid alloy prototyping. Materialia 21, 101326 (2022)

Zhu, Z.; Ng, F. L.; Seet, H. L.; Lu, W.; Liebscher, C.; Rao, Z.; Raabe, D.; Nai, S. M. L.: Superior mechanical properties of a selective-laser-melted AlZnMgCuScZr alloy enabled by a tunable hierarchical microstructure and dual-nanoprecipitation. Materials Today 52, pp. 90 - 101 (2022)

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