@article{Hagihara2026, 
author = {Koji Hagihara and Shuhei Ohsawa and Toko Tokunaga and Muhammadsanim Tsunekawa},
title = {Orientation dependence of extremely high strength in Mg-Li-Zn single crystals},
year = {2026},
journal = {Journal of Magnesium and Alloys},
volume = {15},
number = {C},
keywords = {Mg-alloys, Strengthening, Dislocation, Single crystal, Orientation dependence},
url = {https://www.sciopen.com/article/10.1016/j.jma.2025.11.012},
doi = {10.1016/j.jma.2025.11.012},
abstract = {An extremely high yield stress of approximately 430 MPa was obtained in a single crystal of an Mg-Li-Zn alloy with a body-centered cubic (bcc) structure, accompanied by the inhomogeneous distribution of Zn in bcc-matrix phase. This significantly exceeds the yield stress of approximately 50 MPa for binary Mg-Li single crystals. This significant strengthening was similar to that measured in the Al-added alloy, but a stronger orientation dependence of the yield stress was observed in the Zn-added alloy. However, this extremely high strength gradually decreased when the alloy was left at room temperature. This suggests that the microstructure formed by spinodal decomposition has low thermal stability.}
}