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2026

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Overview

Peter K. Liaw is affiliated with the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Engineering, with a specialized focus on Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, especially centered on High Entropy Alloys Studies, High-Temperature Coating Behaviors, Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes, Advanced Materials and Composites, High Temperature Alloys and Creep, Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties, and Advanced Materials Characterization Techniques.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Acta Materialia
  • Journal of Alloys and Compounds
  • Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids
  • Journal of Material Science and Technology

Several recent papers illustrate their contributions to materials science, particularly in high-entropy alloys. These include:

  • "Promising properties and future trend of eutectic high entropy alloys" (2020, Scripta Materialia)
  • "Mechanical, corrosion, and wear properties of biomedical Ti-Zr-Nb-Ta-Mo high entropy alloys" (2020, Journal of Alloys and Compounds)
  • "Lightweight, ultrastrong and high thermal-stable eutectic high-entropy alloys for elevated-temperature applications" (2023, Acta Materialia)
  • "CALPHAD-aided design for superior thermal stability and mechanical behavior in a TiZrHfNb refractory high-entropy alloy" (2023, Acta Materialia)
  • "A novel Cu-bearing high-entropy alloy with significant antibacterial behavior against corrosive marine biofilms" (2020, Journal of Material Science and Technology)

Peter K. Liaw collaborates regularly with several researchers, including Yong Zhang, Yiping Lu, Weidong Li, Nengbin Hua, and Tongmin Wang. These frequent coauthors reflect established partnerships in materials research.

Best Publications

  • Microstructures and properties of high-entropy alloys

    Yong Zhang;Ting Ting Zuo;Zhi Tang;Michael C. Gao

  • Solid‐Solution Phase Formation Rules for Multi‐component Alloys

    Yong Zhang;Yun Jun Zhou;Jun Pin Lin;Guo Liang Chen

  • Refractory high-entropy alloys

    O.N. Senkov;G.B. Wilks;G.B. Wilks;D.B. Miracle;C.P. Chuang

  • Mechanical behavior of high-entropy alloys

    Weidong Li;Di Xie;Dongyue Li;Yong Zhang

  • Science and technology in high-entropy alloys

    Weiran Zhang;Peter K. Liaw;Yong Zhang

  • Corrosion-Resistant High-Entropy Alloys: A Review

    Yunzhu Shi;Bin Yang;Peter K. Liaw

  • Enhanced strength–ductility synergy in ultrafine-grained eutectic high-entropy alloys by inheriting microstructural lamellae

    Peijian Shi;Weili Ren;Tianxiang Zheng;Zhongming Ren

  • Alloy Design and Properties Optimization of High-Entropy Alloys

    Y. Zhang;X. Yang;P. K. Liaw

  • Fatigue behavior of Al0.5CoCrCuFeNi high entropy alloys

    M.A. Hemphill;T. Yuan;G.Y. Wang;J.W. Yeh

  • Corrosion of Al xCoCrFeNi high-entropy alloys: Al-content and potential scan-rate dependent pitting behavior

    Yunzhu Shi;Yunzhu Shi;Bin Yang;Xie Xie;Jamieson Brechtl

  • High-entropy Alloys with High Saturation Magnetization, Electrical Resistivity and Malleability

    Yong Zhang;TingTing Zuo;YongQiang Cheng;Peter K. Liaw

  • Deviation from high-entropy configurations in the atomic distributions of a multi-principal-element alloy

    Louis J. Santodonato;Yang Zhang;Mikhail Feygenson;Chad M. Parish

  • Gradient-cell–structured high-entropy alloy with exceptional strength and ductility

    Qingsong Pan;Liangxue Zhang;Liangxue Zhang;Rui Feng;Qiuhong Lu

  • Outstanding tensile properties of a precipitation-strengthened FeCoNiCrTi0.2 high-entropy alloy at room and cryogenic temperatures

    Y. Tong;D. Chen;B. Han;B. Han;J. Wang

  • Hierarchical microstructure and strengthening mechanisms of a CoCrFeNiMn high entropy alloy additively manufactured by selective laser melting

    Z.G. Zhu;Q.B. Nguyen;F.L. Ng;X.H. An

  • Hierarchical crack buffering triples ductility in eutectic herringbone high-entropy alloys

    Peijian Shi;Runguang Li;Yi Li;Yuebo Wen

  • Twinning–detwinning behavior during the strain-controlled low-cycle fatigue testing of a wrought magnesium alloy, ZK60A

    L. Wu;A. Jain;D.W. Brown;G.M. Stoica

  • Microstructures and properties of high-entropy alloy films and coatings: a review

    Wei Li;Ping Liu;Peter K. Liaw

  • Lattice distortion in a strong and ductile refractory high-entropy alloy

    Chanho Lee;Gian Song;Michael C. Gao;Rui Feng

  • Enhancement of strength-ductility trade-off in a high-entropy alloy through a heterogeneous structure

    S.W. Wu;G. Wang;Q. Wang;Y.D. Jia

  • Metallic glass matrix composites

    Junwei Qiao;Haoling Jia;Peter K. Liaw

  • High-entropy Al0.3CoCrFeNi alloy fibers with high tensile strength and ductility at ambient and cryogenic temperatures

    Dongyue Li;Chengxin Li;Tao Feng;Yidong Zhang

  • High-entropy Alloys with High Saturation Magnetization, Electrical Resistivity, and

    Malleability Zhang;TingTing Zuo;YongQiang Cheng;Peter K. Liaw

Frequent Co-Authors

Hahn Choo
Hahn Choo University of Tennessee at Knoxville
C.T. Liu
C.T. Liu City University of Hong Kong
Yong Zhang
Yong Zhang University of Science and Technology Beijing
Yanfei Gao
Yanfei Gao University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Yoshihiko Yokoyama
Yoshihiko Yokoyama Tohoku University
Yang Ren
Yang Ren City University of Hong Kong
Akihisa Inoue
Akihisa Inoue Josai International University
Yandong Wang
Yandong Wang University of Science and Technology Beijing
Chuang Dong
Chuang Dong Dalian University of Technology
Xun-Li Wang
Xun-Li Wang City University of Hong Kong

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