Peter K. Liaw

72.3k total citations · 46 hit papers
1.1k papers, 59.2k citations indexed

About

Peter K. Liaw is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter K. Liaw has authored 1.1k papers receiving a total of 59.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 959 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 404 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 381 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Peter K. Liaw's work include High Entropy Alloys Studies (461 papers), High-Temperature Coating Behaviors (361 papers) and Metallic Glasses and Amorphous Alloys (282 papers). Peter K. Liaw is often cited by papers focused on High Entropy Alloys Studies (461 papers), High-Temperature Coating Behaviors (361 papers) and Metallic Glasses and Amorphous Alloys (282 papers). Peter K. Liaw collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Taiwan. Peter K. Liaw's co-authors include Yong Zhang, Michael C. Gao, Karin A. Dahmen, Zhi Tang, Zhao Ping Lu, Hahn Choo, Junwei Qiao, O.N. Senkov, Rui Feng and Bin Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Peter K. Liaw

1.1k papers receiving 57.9k citations

Hit Papers

Microstructures and properties of high-entropy alloys 2010 2026 2015 2020 2013 2010 2021 2018 2017 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Microstructures and properties of high-entropy alloys
    2013 5.7k citations Peter K. Liaw et al. profile →
  2. Refractory high-entropy alloys
    2010 2.2k citations Peter K. Liaw et al. Intermetallics profile →
  3. Mechanical behavior of high-entropy alloys
    2021 946 citations Weidong Li, Dongyue Li et al. profile →
  4. Science and technology in high-entropy alloys
    2018 882 citations Peter K. Liaw et al. profile →
  5. Corrosion-Resistant High-Entropy Alloys: A Review
    2017 797 citations Peter K. Liaw et al. profile →
  6. Enhanced strength–ductility synergy in ultrafine-grained eutectic high-entropy alloys by inheriting microstructural lamellae
    2019 738 citations Yunbo Zhong, Peter K. Liaw et al. profile →
  7. Corrosion of Al CoCrFeNi high-entropy alloys: Al-content and potential scan-rate dependent pitting behavior
    2017 701 citations Xie Xie, Jamieson Brechtl et al. profile →
  8. Alloy Design and Properties Optimization of High-Entropy Alloys
    2012 646 citations Peter K. Liaw et al. profile →
  9. Deviation from high-entropy configurations in the atomic distributions of a multi-principal-element alloy
    2015 586 citations Peter K. Liaw et al. profile →
  10. Gradient cell–structured high-entropy alloy with exceptional strength and ductility
    2021 575 citations Rui Feng, Peter K. Liaw et al. profile →
  11. Hierarchical microstructure and strengthening mechanisms of a CoCrFeNiMn high entropy alloy additively manufactured by selective laser melting
    2018 528 citations Peter K. Liaw et al. profile →
  12. Hierarchical crack buffering triples ductility in eutectic herringbone high-entropy alloys
    2021 501 citations Yunbo Zhong, Peter K. Liaw et al. profile →
  13. Enhancement of strength-ductility trade-off in a high-entropy alloy through a heterogeneous structure
    2018 470 citations Peter K. Liaw et al. Acta Materialia profile →
  14. Microstructures and properties of high-entropy alloy films and coatings: a review
    2018 454 citations Peter K. Liaw et al. profile →
  15. High-entropy Al0.3CoCrFeNi alloy fibers with high tensile strength and ductility at ambient and cryogenic temperatures
    2016 452 citations Dongyue Li, Gang Sha et al. Acta Materialia profile →
  16. Metallic glass matrix composites
    2016 448 citations Junwei Qiao, Peter K. Liaw et al. profile →
  17. Homogenization of Al CoCrFeNi high-entropy alloys with improved corrosion resistance
    2018 377 citations Rui Feng, Peter K. Liaw et al. profile →
  18. Secondary phases in AlxCoCrFeNi high-entropy alloys: An in-situ TEM heating study and thermodynamic appraisal
    2017 342 citations Peter K. Liaw et al. Acta Materialia profile →
  19. Multistage work hardening assisted by multi-type twinning in ultrafine-grained heterostructural eutectic high-entropy alloys
    2020 332 citations Yunbo Zhong, Peter K. Liaw et al. Materials Today profile →
  20. Thin film metallic glasses: Unique properties and potential applications
    2012 308 citations Peter K. Liaw et al. profile →
  21. Guidelines in predicting phase formation of high-entropy alloys
    2014 307 citations Peter K. Liaw et al. profile →
  22. Aluminum Alloying Effects on Lattice Types, Microstructures, and Mechanical Behavior of High-Entropy Alloys Systems
    2013 306 citations Peter K. Liaw et al. profile →
  23. Fundamental deformation behavior in high-entropy alloys: An overview
    2017 294 citations Rui Feng, Peter K. Liaw et al. profile →
  24. High strain-rate compressive deformation behavior of the Al0.1CrFeCoNi high entropy alloy
    2015 279 citations Peter K. Liaw et al. profile →
  25. Simultaneously enhancing the ultimate strength and ductility of high-entropy alloys via short-range ordering
    2021 265 citations Shuai Chen, Zachary H. Aitken et al. profile →
  26. Nanoprecipitate‐Strengthened High‐Entropy Alloys
    2021 264 citations Peter K. Liaw et al. profile →
  27. Tailoring magnetic behavior of CoFeMnNiX (X = Al, Cr, Ga, and Sn) high entropy alloys by metal doping
    2017 262 citations Rui Feng, Shuying Chen et al. Acta Materialia profile →
  28. A novel bulk eutectic high-entropy alloy with outstanding as-cast specific yield strengths at elevated temperatures
    2021 260 citations Peter K. Liaw et al. profile →
  29. Probing the phase transformation and dislocation evolution in dual-phase high-entropy alloys
    2018 259 citations Bin Liu, Peter K. Liaw et al. profile →
  30. Serration and noise behaviors in materials
    2017 251 citations Xie Xie, Peter K. Liaw et al. profile →
  31. Lattice‐Distortion‐Enhanced Yield Strength in a Refractory High‐Entropy Alloy
    2020 234 citations Jamieson Brechtl, Peter K. Liaw et al. profile →
  32. High-throughput design of high-performance lightweight high-entropy alloys
    2021 216 citations Rui Feng, Peter K. Liaw et al. profile →
  33. A review on the dynamic-mechanical behaviors of high-entropy alloys
    2023 199 citations Junwei Qiao, Peter K. Liaw et al. profile →
  34. Superior High‐Temperature Strength in a Supersaturated Refractory High‐Entropy Alloy
    2021 183 citations Rui Feng, Peter K. Liaw et al. profile →
  35. A high-entropy alloy with dislocation-precipitate skeleton for ultrastrength and ductility
    2022 177 citations Peter K. Liaw et al. Acta Materialia profile →
  36. Strength can be controlled by edge dislocations in refractory high-entropy alloys
    2021 175 citations Rui Feng, Peter K. Liaw et al. profile →
  37. Enhancing fatigue life by ductile-transformable multicomponent B2 precipitates in a high-entropy alloy
    2021 168 citations Rui Feng, Xie Xie et al. profile →
  38. Enhanced strength-ductility synergy via novel bifunctional nano-precipitates in a high-entropy alloy
    2022 143 citations Peter K. Liaw et al. profile →
  39. Hardening-softening of Al0.3CoCrFeNi high-entropy alloy under nanoindentation
    2023 117 citations Peter K. Liaw et al. profile →
  40. Atomic faulting induced exceptional cryogenic strain hardening in gradient cell–structured alloy
    2023 102 citations Rui Feng, Peter K. Liaw et al. profile →
  41. Achieving superb strength in single-phase FCC alloys via maximizing volume misfit
    2023 101 citations Peter K. Liaw et al. Materials Today profile →
  42. Coalescence of Al0.3CoCrFeNi polycrystalline high-entropy alloy in hot-pressed sintering: a molecular dynamics and phase-field study
    2023 101 citations Peter K. Liaw et al. profile →
  43. Advanced high-entropy alloys breaking the property limits of current materials
    2024 58 citations Dongyue Li, Peter K. Liaw et al. Journal of Material Science and Technology profile →
  44. Local chemical order enables an ultrastrong and ductile high-entropy alloy in a cryogenic environment
    2024 55 citations Nan Jia, Y.F. Shen et al. profile →
  45. TiZrHfNb refractory high-entropy alloys with twinning-induced plasticity
    2024 47 citations Peter K. Liaw et al. Journal of Material Science and Technology profile →
  46. An integration study of corrosion and mechanical behaviors of Ti-/Zr-/Hf-doped cobalt-based high-entropy alloys
    2025 23 citations Peter K. Liaw et al. profile →

Peers

Peter K. Liaw
Comparison fields: 5 of 151
  • Mechanical Engineering 53.6k
  • Aerospace Engineering 30.5k
  • Materials Chemistry 16.7k
  • Mechanics of Materials 8.2k
  • Ceramics and Composites 3.6k
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
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Serration behavior and brittle phase-induced mechanical transitions in wrought Al0.3CoCrFeNi high-entropy alloy from 100 °C to 800 °C
2025 ·Materials Science and Engineering A ·(unknown), Jamieson Brechtl, (unknown), Peter K. Liaw, Guihong Geng, (unknown)
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Achieving a crackless, abrasion- and corrosion-resistant oxide coating on Ti-Zr-Hf-Nb-Al-Y refractory high-entropy alloy through Y alloying and high-temperature fast oxidation
2025 ·Surface and Coatings Technology ·Nengbin Hua, Rui Wang, (unknown), Rongpei Shi, (unknown), Xiongwei Liang, (unknown), (unknown), Wenfei Lu, (unknown), Peter K. Liaw
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3
Mechanical behavior of AlxCoCrFeNi high-entropy-alloy rods in a wide temperature range
2025 ·Materials Science and Engineering A ·Dongyue Li, Peter K. Liaw, (unknown), Wenrui Wang
1
4
Differentiating electron diffuse scattering via 4D-STEM spatial fluctuation and correlation analysis in complex FCC alloys
2025 ·Ultramicroscopy ·(unknown), Rui Feng, Peter K. Liaw, Jian‐Min Zuo, Jessica A. Krogstad
0
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Recent progress in microstructures and properties of NiTiTa complex materials for biomedical applications
2025 ·Journal of Materials Research and Technology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jingjing Wang, Mingjiang Jin, Ping Liu, Peter K. Liaw, Wei Li
2
6
Conspicuous rejuvenation of plasma-assisted hydrogenated Zr-based bulk metallic glasses via deep cryogenic cycling treatment
2024 ·Materials Science and Engineering A ·(unknown), (unknown), Fuyu Dong, Yue Zhang, Kun Liu, Binbin Wang, Liangshun Luo, Yanqing Su, Xiaoguang Yuan, Weidong Li, Peter K. Liaw, Jun Kee Cheng
3
7
Coupling effects of temperature and strain rate on the mechanical behavior and microstructure evolution of a powder-plasma-arc additive manufactured high-entropy alloy with multi-heterogeneous microstructures
2024 ·Acta Materialia ·J. Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Dan Zhao, Xizhang Chen, Shengguo Ma, (unknown), (unknown), Gang Sha, Junwei Qiao, Jamieson Brechtl, Peter K. Liaw, Zhihua Wang
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8
Determination of interdiffusion coefficients in single crystal superalloys based on solute distribution at the dendritic scale using the Gaussian solution model
2024 ·Vacuum ·Hongbin Yu, Chuanxin Shi, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Biao Ding, Haibiao Lu, Yunbo Zhong, Zuosheng Lei, Peter K. Liaw
3
9
Preparation of TiZrHfNbMo refractory high entropy alloy powder via hydrogen plasma-arc melting
2024 ·Intermetallics ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Fuyu Dong, Yue Zhang, Xiaoguang Yuan, Binbin Wang, Liangshun Luo, Yanqing Su, Jun Cheng, Peter K. Liaw
8
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Influence of the special behavior of interpass retention-relaxation on the softening mechanism of precipitation strengthened GH99 alloy during multi-pass hot deformation
2024 ·Journal of Alloys and Compounds ·Xin Ma, Ge Zhou, Xiaojie Zhang, (unknown), Haoyu Zhang, Siqian Zhang, Li Jia Chen, Peter K. Liaw
1
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Research Progress on Metallic Heterostructure Materials
2024 ·Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals ·(unknown), Yanchun Zhao, Mu He, (unknown), Peter K. Liaw
1
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On the energy absorption in a novel CoFeSiB metallic‐glass fiber/epoxy resin composite under quasi‐static and dynamic compression conditions
2024 ·Polymer Composites ·Weizhong Liang, Longxing Wang, Peter K. Liaw, Yingyi Liu, (unknown), Jiawen Xu
1
13
Porosity modeling in a TiNbTaZrMo high-entropy alloy for biomedical applications
2023 ·RSC Advances ·Saro San, Puja Adhikari, Ridwan Sakidja, Jamieson Brechtl, Peter K. Liaw, W. Y. Ching
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Short-range ordering alters the dislocation nucleation and propagation in refractory high-entropy alloys
2023 ·Materials Today ·Shuai Chen, Zachary H. Aitken, Subrahmanyam Pattamatta, Zhaoxuan Wu, Zhi Gen Yu, David J. Srolovitz, Peter K. Liaw, Yong‐Wei Zhang
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15
Serrated flow in NaI:Tl scintillator crystals
2023 ·Journal of Material Science and Technology ·Jamieson Brechtl, Xie Xie, Rui Feng, Gongyao Wang, Charles L. Melcher, Mariya Zhuravleva, Peter K. Liaw
3
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Achieving an excellent combination of strength and ductility in a single-phase metastable medium-entropy alloy
2023 ·Journal of Materials Research and Technology ·Caixia Wang, (unknown), Dawei Zhou, Weidong Li, Shuying Chen, Fanchao Meng, Gihan Velişa, (unknown), Liang Jiang, Peter K. Liaw, (unknown)
3
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Evolution of microstructure and residual stress for a lead-frame Cu-2.13Fe-0.026 P (wt%) alloy
2023 ·Journal of Alloys and Compounds ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Peter K. Liaw, Junwei Qiao
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A criterion of the critical threshold of the maximum shear stress in bulk metallic glasses with cryogenic thermal cycling by statistics in nanoindentation
2023 ·Materials Science and Engineering A ·(unknown), Zhong Wang, Peter K. Liaw, Junwei Qiao
6
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Dynamic mechanical properties and σ precipitates strengthening of a NiCrFeCoMo0.2 high-entropy alloy additively manufactured by selective laser melting
2023 ·Journal of Alloys and Compounds ·(unknown), Wenshu Li, Ruoyu Liu, Haoyu Chen, Qi Wu, Shaohong Wei, Bin Liu, Peter K. Liaw, Bingfeng Wang
13
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Achieving sustainable strain hardening in a carbon-doped CuFeMnNi high-entropy alloy via dual-level heterogeneous microstructures
2023 ·Journal of Alloys and Compounds ·(unknown), Y.F. Shen, Nan Jia, Peter K. Liaw, Liang Zuo
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