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ArticleNature materials2026

Sub-10-nm stacking bands enable ultrastrong additively manufactured titanium.

Xiangren Bai, Dongpeng Hua, Hengwei Luan, Xuliang Chen, Fenghui Duan, Hanzheng Xing, Dongdong Zhao, Zhihang Xu, Sixuan Li, Ying Li and 3 more

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Xiangren Bai *Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-4778-0887
Dongpeng Hua *Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-5076-4992
Hengwei Luan *Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0095-4528
Xuliang ChenDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1081-2822
Fenghui DuanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7601-2572
Hanzheng XingDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8522-5791
Dongdong ZhaoSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.
Zhihang XuSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.
Sixuan LiNational School of Development, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8947-4370
Ying LiCentre for Advanced Structural Materials, City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China.
Junhua LuanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0736-200X
Chunnian HeSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China. cnhe08@tju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5768-6598
Jian LuDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. jianlu@cityu.edu.hk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5362-0316

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Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China (Ministry of Education of China) JYB2025XDXM409Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology) 2024YFA1208004National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 52431007
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Abstract

Lightweight alloys with superior strength-ductility synergies are crucial for advanced structural applications, and nanostructured titanium (Ti) alloys are promising candidates. However, it remains challenging to manufacture bulk components with complex geometries as well as preserving the nanostructure and associated excellent mechanical properties. Here we report an ultrastrong Ti alloy fabricated by laser powder bed fusion, with composition and processing parameters optimized using the high-throughput experiments and machine learning method. This route yields a microstructure consisting of sub-10-nm stacking bands driven by martensitic transformation within a previously inaccessible composition-processing regime. This nanostructured microstructure endows the Ti alloy with a yield strength of ~1.5 GPa, an ultimate tensile strength exceeding 1.7 GPa, uniform elongation of ~7.5% and specific strength of ~380 MPa cm

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