Andrianov, A, A. V.; Mendive-Tapia, E.; Beskrovnyi I, A.; Staunton, J. B.: Collapse of a region of the magnetic phase diagram of elemental terbium under a strain-induced Lifshitz transition. Physical Review B 104 (17), 174435 (2021)
Mendive-Tapia, E.; Paudyal, D.; Petit, L.; Staunton, J. B.: First-order ferromagnetic transitions of lanthanide local moments in divalent compounds: An itinerant electron positive feedback mechanism and Fermi surface topological change. Physical Review B 101 (17), 174437 (2020)
Mendive-Tapia, E.; Staunton, J. B.: Caloric effects around phase transitions in magnetic materials described by ab initio theory: The electronic glue and fluctuating local moments. Journal of Applied Physics 127 (11), 113903 (2020)
Here the focus lies on investigating the temperature dependent deformation of material interfaces down to the individual microstructural length-scales, such as grain/phase boundaries or hetero-interfaces, to understand brittle-ductile transitions in deformation and the role of chemistry or crystallography on it.
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.