Phys.org  February 1, 2022 Nano-multi-principal element intermetallic (MPEI) compounds composed of multi-elemental metals in definite proportions have properties and crystal structure that are different from its constituents. An international team of researchers (USA – University of Maryland, Brookhaven National Laboratory, University of Delaware, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, Washington State University, UC San Diego, Canada) has demonstrated a disorder-to-order phase transition approach that enabled the synthesis of ultrasmall and stable MPEI nanoparticles (up to eight elements). They applied 5 min of Joule heating to promote the phase transition of the nanoparticles into L10 intermetallic structure, which is then […]