• An unreported precipitate orientation relationship in Al-Zn-Mg based alloys 

      Bendo, Artenis; Matsuda, Kenji; Lervik, Adrian; Tsuru, Tomohito; Nishimura, Katsuhiko; Nunomura, Norio; Holmestad, Randi; Marioara, Calin Daniel; Shimuzu, Kazuyuki; Toda, Hiroyuki; Yamaguchi, Masatake (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Characterization of precipitates in Al-Zn-Mg alloys, using a combination of electron diffraction, bright field transmission electron microscopy and atomic scale scanning transmission electron microscopy imaging revealed ...
    • Characterisation of structural similarities of precipitates in Mg–Zn and Al–Zn–Mg alloys systems 

      Bendo, Artenis; Maeda, Tomoyoshi; Matsuda, Kenji; Lervik, Adrian; Holmestad, Randi; Marioara, Calin Daniel; Nishimura, Katsuhiko; Nunomura, Norio; Toda, Hiroyuki; Yamaguchi, Masatake; Ikeda, Ken-ichi; Homma, Tomoyuki (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      High angle annular dark field scanning transmission electron microscopy has been employed to observe precipitate structures in Al–Zn–Mg and Mg–Zn alloys. h1 precipitate structures in Al–Zn–Mg are commonly formed by MgZn2 ...
    • Clustering and Vacancy Behavior in High- and Low-Solute Al-Mg-Si Alloys 

      Wenner, Sigurd; Nishimura, Katsuhiko; Matsuda, Kenji; Matsuzaki, Teiichiro; Tomono, Dai; Pratt, Francis L.; Marioara, Calin Daniel; Holmestad, Randi (Journal article, 2014)
      The precipitate microstructure and vacancy distribution in Al-Mg-Si alloys with different amounts of solute and different heat treatments were investigated by transmission electron microscopy and muon spin relaxation ...
    • Effect of Copper Addition on Precipitation Behavior near Grain Boundary in Al-Zn-Mg Alloy 

      Matsuda, Kenji; Yasumoto, Toru; Bendo, Artenis; Tsuchiya, Taiki; Lee, Seungwon; Nishimura, Katsuhiko; Nunomura, Norio; Marioara, Calin Daniel; Lervik, Adrian; Holmestad, Randi; Toda, Hiroyuki; Yamaguchi, Masatake; Ikeda, Ken-ichi; Homma, Tomoyuki; Ikeno, Susumu (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      The effect of Cu-addition on age-hardening and precipitation have been investigated by hardness measurement, tensile test, high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and high angle annular dark field scanning ...
    • Effect of copper addition on the cluster formation behavior of Al-Mg-Si, Al-Zn-Mg, and Al-Mg-Ge in the natural aging 

      Hatakeyama, Daichi; Nishimura, Katsuhiko; Matsuda, Kenji; Namiki, Takahiro; Lee, Seungwon; Nunomura, Norio; Aida, Tetsuo; Matsuzaki, Teiichiro; Holmestad, Randi; Wenner, Sigurd; Marioara, Calin Daniel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      The time-dependent resistivity of Al-Mg-Si(-Cu), Al-Zn-Mg(-Cu), and Al-Mg-Ge(-Cu) alloys are studied over a range of constant temperatures between 255 K and 320 K. The resistivity vs time curves for the samples show three ...
    • Effect of copper on fine precipitates at the early stage of aging in Al-Mg-X (X=Si, Ge, Zn) alloys 

      Matsuda, Kenji; Kawai, Akihiro; Watanabe, Katsumi; Lee, Seungwon; Marioara, Calin Daniel; Wenner, Sigurd; Nishimura, Katsuhiko; Matsuzaki, Teiichiro; Nunomura, Norio; Sato, Tatsuo; Holmestad, Randi; Ikeno, Susumu (Journal article, 2017)
      Age-hardenable Al–Mg–Si, Al–Mg–Ge, and Al–Zn–Mg alloys including Cu were investigated by transmission electron microscopy to understand extra diffraction spots that appear in their selected area electron diffraction patterns. ...
    • Extra electron diffraction spots caused by fine precipitates formed at the early stage of aging in Al-Mg-X (X=Si, Ge, Zn)-Cu alloys 

      Matsuda, Kenji; Kawai, Akihiro; Watanabe, Katsumi; Seungwon, Lee; Marioara, Calin Daniel; Wenner, Sigurd; Nishimura, Katsuhiko; Matsuzaki, Teiichiro; Nunomura, Norio; Sato, Tatsuo; Holmestad, Randi; Ikeno, Susumu (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Age-hardenable Al-Mg-Si, Al-Mg-Ge, and Al-Zn-Mg alloys including Cu were investigated by transmission electron microscopy to understand extra diffraction spots that appear in their selected area electron diffraction patterns. ...
    • Muon kinetics in heat treated Al (–Mg)(–Si) alloys 

      Wenner, Sigurd; Nishimura, Katsuhiko; Matsuda, Kenji; Matsuzaki, Teiichiro; Tomono, Dai; Pratt, Francis L.; Marioara, Calin Daniel; Holmestad, Randi (Journal article, 2013)
      Al–Mg–Si alloys are heat-treatable and rely on precipitation hardening for their mechanical strength. We have employed the technique of muon spin relaxation to further our understanding of the complex precipitation sequence ...
    • Muon Spin Relaxation Study of Solute–Vacancy Interactions During Natural Aging of Al-Mg-Si-Cu Alloys 

      Wenner, Sigurd; Marioara, Calin Daniel; Nishimura, Katsuhiko; Matsuda, Kenji; Lee, Seungwon; Namiki, Takahiro; Watanabe, Isao; Matsuzaki, Teiichiro; Holmestad, Randi (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Muon spin relaxation has the unique ability to detect very low concentrations of vacancies and vacancy–solute complexes in solids. In this work, we investigate quaternary Al-Mg-Si-Cu alloys and show that after quenching ...
    • Solute-vacancy clustering in Al-Mg-Si alloys studied by muon spin relaxation technique 

      Nishimura, Katsuhiko; Matsuda, Kenji; Komaki, R.; Nunomra, Norio; Wenner, Sigurd; Holmestad, Randi; Matsuzaki, Teiichiro; Watanabe, Isao; Pratt, Francis Laurence (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Zero-field muon spin relaxation experiments were carried out with Al-1.6%Mg2Si, Al-0.5%Mg, and Al-0.5%Si alloys. Observed relaxation spectra were compared with the calculated relaxation functions based on the Monte Carlo ...
    • µSR study of Al-0.67%Mg-0.77%Si alloys 

      Nishimura, Katsuhiko; Matsuda, Kenji; Komaki, R; Nunomura, Norio; Wenner, Sigurd; Holmestad, Randi; Matsuzaki, Teiichiro; Watanabe, Isao; Pratt, Francis L.; Marioara, Calin Daniel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Zero-field muon spin relaxation measurements were carried out with Al-0.67%Mg- 0.77%Si alloys in the temperature range from 20 K to 300 K. Observed relaxation spectra were compared with the relaxation functions calculated ...