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Understanding and leveraging short-range order in compositionally complex alloys

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In this article, we review the opportunities and challenges associated with complex concentrated materials that exhibit short-range order. Although the presence of such phenomena has been theorized, accurate computational representation, characterization, and materials design have clear challenges associated with its complexity. Advances in both high-resolution and high-fidelity methods, as well as machine-learning-aided techniques, have paved a path for realization of complex concentrated systems with deterministic short-range order, and provide a foundation on which these alloys and materials can be developed for various applications in functional, structural, and biomedical applications.

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M.L.T., J.H., N.S., C.W., J.R., M.W., and G.L. gratefully acknowledge funding in part from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) through the Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) program (Award  No. N00014-20-1-2368) with program managers D. Shifler and W. Nickerson. M.L.T., D.L.F., and Y.R. also acknowledge funding in part from ONR through Award No. N00014-20-1-2788 with program manager W. Mullins. M.L.T, A.B., and E.A. acknowledge funding in part from the US Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences through Award No. DE-SC0020314 with program manager J. Vetrano. S.B and Y.R. acknowledge funding from the Next Generation Synthesis Center (GENESIS), an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the DOE,  Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences (Award No. DE-SC0019212).

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    Mitra L. Taheri, Elaf Anber, Annie Barnett, Daniel L. Foley, Emily Holcombe, Jonathan Hollenbach, Georgia Leigh & Yevgeny Rakita

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Taheri, M.L., Anber, E., Barnett, A. et al. Understanding and leveraging short-range order in compositionally complex alloys. MRS Bulletin 48, 1280–1291 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43577-023-00591-8

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