# equal contribution author, * corresponding author, bold names are Lei group members.
After joining UA
2025
W. Streit Cunningham*, T. Lei, H. C. Howard, T. J. Rupert, and D. S. Gianola*, "Kinetics of amorphous defect phases measured through ultrafast nanocalorimetry," submitted (2025) doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2506.12179
E. C. Hessong#, T. Lei#, B. Fields, R. P. Thiraux, B. L. Boyce, and T. J. Rupert*, "Amorphous complexion-aided sintering enables scalable processing of bulk nanocrystalline Cu-Zr with high strength and compressive plasticity," Materialia 43 (2025) 102510. doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2025.102510
T. Lei#, E. C. Hessong#, B. Fields, R. P. Thiraux, D. S. Gianola, and T. J. Rupert*, "Bulk nanocrystalline Al-Mg-Y alloys with amorphous grain boundary complexions display high strength and compressive plasticity," Journal of Materials Science (2025) accepted.
M. Wagih, T. Lei#, D. Ng#, and C. A. Schuh*, "Grain boundary segregation in BCC vanadium-based alloys: Quantum-accurate computed segregation spectra and targeted experimental validations," Acta Materialia 294 (2025) 121169. doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2025.121169
H. Na, K. Tsaknopoulos, T. Lei, B. C. Sousa, D. L. Cote, and C. A. Schuh*, "Single particle impact explorations on the role of powder heat treatments in cold spray: effects of strength and oxide structure," Journal of Materials Research and Technology 36 (2025) 7026-7034. doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2025.04.261
T. Lei*, C. Hu*, Q. Zhang*, and X. Wang*, "Elemental segregation and solute effects on mechanical properties and processing of vanadium alloys: a review," Metals 15(1) (2025) 96. doi.org/10.3390/met15010096
2024
M. Wagih#, Y. Naunheim#, T. Lei#, C. A. Schuh*, "Grain Boundary Segregation Predicted by Quantum-Accurate Segregation Spectra but not by Classical Models", Acta Materialia 266 (2024) 119674. doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2024.119674
M. Waigh, Y. Naunheim, T. Lei, and C. A. Schuh*, "Designing for cooperative grain boundary segregation in multicomponent alloys," submitted (2024) doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2411.05303
S. Shivakumar, K. Song, C. Wang, T. Lei, H. L. Xin, T. J. Rupert, and J. Luo*, "Discovery of Ni activated sintering of MoNbTaW predicted by a computed grain boundary diagram," Scripta Materialia 239 (2024) 115777. doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2023.115777
C. Wang, M. Qin, T. Lei, L. Wan, S. Shivakumar, K. Kisslinger, T. J. Rupert, J. Luo, and H. L. Xin*, "Compositional inhomogeneity and its effect on the hardness of nanostructured refractory high-entropy alloys," Materials Characterization 207 (2024) 113563. doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2023.113563
Selected publications before joining UA
2023
C. Wang#, X. Wang#, R. Zhang, K. Kisslinger, T. Lei, H. L. Xin*, "Resolving complex intralayer transition motifs in high-Ni-content layered cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries", Nature Materials 22(2) (2023) 235-241. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-022-01461-5
2022
T. Lei, E. C. Hessong, J. Shin, D. S. Gianola, T. J. Rupert*, "Intermetallic particle heterogeneity controls shear localization in high-strength nanostructured Al alloys", Acta Materialia 240 (2022) 118347. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2022.118347
2021
T. Lei, J. Shin, D. S. Gianola, T. J. Rupert*, "Bulk nanocrystalline Al alloys with hierarchical reinforcement structures via grain boundary segregation and complexion formation", Acta Materialia 221 (2021) 117394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2021.117394
2020
T. Lei, L. R. DaCosta, M. Liu, J. Shen, Y. H. Sun, W. H. Wang, M. Atzmon*, "Composition dependence of metallic glass plasticity and its prediction from anelastic relaxation–A shear transformation zone analysis", Acta Materialia 195 (2020) 81-86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2020.04.053
2019
T. Lei, L. R. DaCosta, M. Liu, W. H. Wang, Y. H. Sun, A. L. Greer, M. Atzmon*, "Microscopic characterization of structural relaxation and cryogenic rejuvenation in metallic glasses", Acta Materialia 164 (2019) 165-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2018.10.036