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Mingwei Zhang

2 articles · 7 co-authors · latest: 2026-09-06
32 citations · h-index 1 · 8 papersData: Semantic Scholar
Ayeman M. Nahin · Jacob Pustelnik · Jessica Dong · Tamanna Zakia · Alfredo Navarrete · Xiaokun Yang · Eric A. Lass

We have retold 2 papers by this author. 1 of them with a full read. most often about: heat capacity, carbon, refractory_superalloy. 7 co-authors across our retellings.

cuprate · high temperature superconductor · molybdenum · nickelate · nickelate superconductivity · niobium · niobium nitride · room temperature superconductivity · heat capacity · carbon
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Materials2026-02-071 minarXiv:2602.07293express
An Alloy That Laughs at 1300 Degrees
A turbine blade in a jet engine glows white-hot. Conventional nickel-based superalloys start to fail at 1200 °C: their strength melts away like butter in a skillet. Yet future turbines need to run even hotter to burn fuel more efficiently. Engineers have proposed a new composition: niobium, tantalum, titanium, and vanadium, mixed in unequal proportions.
Ayeman M. Nahin·Jacob Pustelnik·Jessica Dong·Tamanna Zakia·Mingwei Zhang
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Materials2026-09-062 minarXiv:2609.06848
A niobium alloy that won't give up at 1500 °C
Picture a fireplace poker shoved into a blast furnace. Ordinary steel would soften and sag within minutes. Nickel-based superalloys, which make up turbine blades in jet engines, work up to 1300 °C, but beyond that they give in too. Now look at this new niobium-based alloy: at 1500 °C it retains strength comparable to cold aluminum. The secret lies in its internal architecture.
Ayeman M. Nahin·Alfredo Navarrete·Xiaokun Yang·Eric A. Lass·Mingwei Zhang
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