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Simultaneous improvement of strength and ductility in medium-Mn steel through gradient microstructure design via friction stir processing and inter-critical annealing

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-026-12425-4

Published Online: 2026-03-05

Published Print: 2026-04

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Authors

Zuo, Wangnan

Liu, Xinyue

Yang, Yonggang

Su, Zexuan

Zhang, Qi

Zhang, Yu

Wu, Yanxin

Chang, Wei

Mi, Zhenli https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1456-8858
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

National Natural Science Foundation of China (52201101)

National Natural Science Foundation of China (52274372)

National Key R&D Program of China (2024YFB3713601)

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (FRF-TP-22-013A1)
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Article History

Received: 14 November 2025

Accepted: 28 January 2026

First Online: 5 March 2026

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: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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