Stronger weld than base metal in face-centered cubic alloy through multi-scale heterogeneity

Shin, Dongwon [ORNL] (ORCID:0000000257973423); Lee, Yoona [Pusan National University]; Park, Sangwon [Pohang Institute of Metal Industry Advancement]; Myung hye ahn, Marcia [University of Pittsburgh]; Xiong, Wei [University of Pittsburgh]; Park, Nokeun [Yeungnam University, Korea]; Seop kim, Hyoung [Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Korea]; In lee, Je [Pusan National University]; Lee, Wookjin [Pusan National University]; Choi, Yoon Suk [Pusan National University, Busan, Korea]; Min park, Jeong [Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS)]; Kang, Namhyun [Pusan National University]

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Stronger weld than base metal in face-centered cubic alloy through multi-scale heterogeneity

Shin, Dongwon [ORNL] (ORCID:0000000257973423)·Lee, Yoona [Pusan National University]·Park, Sangwon [Pohang Institute of Metal Industry Advancement]·Myung hye ahn, Marcia [University of Pittsburgh]·Xiong, Wei [University of Pittsburgh]·Park, Nokeun [Yeungnam University, Korea]·Seop kim, Hyoung [Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Korea]·In lee, Je [Pusan National University]·Lee, Wookjin [Pusan National University]·Choi, Yoon Suk [Pusan National University, Busan, Korea]·Min park, Jeong [Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS)]·Kang, Namhyun [Pusan National University]

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Shin, Dongwon [ORNL] (ORCID:0000000257973423), Lee, Yoona [Pusan National University], Park, Sangwon [Pohang Institute of Metal Industry Advancement], Myung hye ahn, Marcia [University of Pittsburgh], Xiong, Wei [University of Pittsburgh], Park, Nokeun [Yeungnam University, Korea], Seop kim, Hyoung [Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Korea], In lee, Je [Pusan National University], Lee, Wookjin [Pusan National University], Choi, Yoon Suk [Pusan National University, Busan, Korea], Min park, Jeong [Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS)], Kang, Namhyun [Pusan National University]. 2026-04-01. Stronger weld than base metal in face-centered cubic alloy through multi-scale heterogeneity. https://doi.org/10.1080/21663831.2026.2617413

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