Researchers unlock 'materials genome', opening possibilities for next-generation design

https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2024/07/03/researchers-unlock--materials-genome---opening-possibilities-for.html

"enable creation of sustainable, efficient, cost-effective products... short-range order in crystals'' tiny atomic-level changes measured using atom probe tomography microscopy... test case applied different heat treatments to cobalt-chromium-nickel high entropy alloy... advanced steels (ship hulls), new generation semiconductors/ custom silicon (electronics), lighter high entropy multicomponent alloys with high-temperature strength, neutron irradiation shielding (aerospace), improved magnets (electric motors)”

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https://phys.org/news/2024-07-physicists-method-atom-defects-semiconductors.html