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Research on Residual Stresses and Microstructures of Selective Laser Melted Ti6Al4V Treated by Thermal Vibration Stress Relief

Researchers evaluated thermal-vibration stress relief treatment on titanium alloy parts made by selective laser melting, finding it effectively reduced residual stresses while influencing microstructure — offering a practical method for improving additive manufactured metal components.

2023 Micromachines 13 citations
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Deep Cryogenic and Thermal Aging Treatments of Ti–5Al–5Mo–5V–3Cr Alloy Additively Manufactured by Powder Bed Fusion–Laser Beam

This study combined deep cryogenic treatment with thermal aging of a titanium alloy manufactured by laser powder bed fusion, finding that cryogenic treatment before aging refined grain size and improved strength and ductility without altering phase composition. The post-treatment strategy offers a route to enhance properties of 3D-printed titanium components.

2024 Advanced Engineering Materials 6 citations
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Enhancement of the Microstructure and Fatigue Crack Growth Performance of Additive Manufactured Titanium Alloy Parts by Laser-Assisted Ultrasonic Vibration Processing

This paper is not about microplastics. It studied how laser-assisted ultrasonic surface treatment improves the fatigue crack resistance and microstructure of 3D-printed titanium alloy parts. The term 'plastic deformation' here refers to metal deformation processes, not plastic pollution.

2024 Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance 8 citations
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A Study of Thermal Stability of Residual Stresses and Fatigue life of Laser Shock Peened Ti-6Al-2Sn-4Zr-2Mo alloy

This aerospace engineering study examined how laser shock peening—a process that introduces compressive stress into metal surfaces—affects the fatigue life and thermal stability of a titanium alloy used in high-temperature aerospace applications. This is a materials engineering study with no relevance to microplastic pollution.

2012 OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network) 1 citations
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Titanium Alloy Repair with Wire-Feed Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing Technology

Researchers demonstrated the feasibility of using wire-feed electron beam additive manufacturing to repair titanium alloy components under vacuum conditions, producing repaired material with high performance and reliability due to the prevention of atmospheric contamination during high-temperature processing.

2019 Advances in Materials Science and Engineering 86 citations
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Surface Modification and Alloying of Aluminum and Titanium Alloys with Low-Energy, High-Current Electron Beams

This materials engineering paper reviews surface modification of aluminum and titanium alloys using pulsed electron beams to create nanocrystalline surface alloys with improved properties. This is a materials science study with no relevance to microplastic pollution.

2011 Journal of Metallurgy 31 citations
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Microwave synthesized complex concentrated alloy coatings: Plausible solution to cavitation induced erosion-corrosion

Researchers developed complex concentrated alloy (high entropy alloy) coatings on stainless steel using microwave processing and tested their resistance to cavitation erosion-corrosion in saline solution, finding that the equimolar AlCoCrFeNi composition achieved the best performance due to optimal hardness, fracture toughness, and stable passive layer formation.

2018 Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 56 citations
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The Effect of Initial Annealing Microstructures on the Forming Characteristics of Ti–4Al–2V Titanium Alloy

This materials science study investigated how pre-treatment processes affect the plastic forming behavior of a titanium alloy used in aerospace applications. It is an engineering paper unrelated to environmental microplastics.

2019 Metals 16 citations
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Corrosion and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy of Thin TiALN and TiCN PVD Coatings for Protection of Ballast Water Screen Filters

Researchers evaluated the corrosion resistance of titanium-based coatings applied to stainless steel mesh under simulated marine conditions. Corrosion-resistant materials are relevant to the design of durable marine monitoring equipment, including tools used to sample and filter microplastics from seawater.

2021 Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences 7 citations
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Improving Pure Titanium’s Biological and Mechanical Characteristics through ECAP and Micro-Arc Oxidation Processes

Researchers enhanced commercially pure titanium's mechanical and biological properties for biomedical implants using equal-channel angular pressing combined with micro-arc oxidation, improving its feasibility as an alternative to titanium alloys.

2023 Micromachines 7 citations
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Self-Heating and Fatigue Assessment of Laser Powder Bed Fusion NiTi Alloy with High Cycle Fatigue Mechanisms Identification

Researchers applied the self-heating method for the first time to laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) NiTi alloys, testing two loading ratios to rapidly assess fatigue properties. The study identified key high-cycle fatigue mechanisms including intra-grain misorientation, persistent slip band growth, and stress-induced martensite formation.

2024 Metals 1 citations
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Sol–Gel Silica Coatings for Corrosion Protection of Aluminum Parts Manufactured by Selective Laser Melting (SLM) Technology

Not relevant to microplastics — this paper investigates sol-gel silica coatings as a corrosion protection strategy for aluminium parts produced by selective laser melting (3D printing), with no microplastic content.

2023 Coatings 13 citations
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Effects of Pulsed Magnetic Fields of Different Intensities on Dislocation Density, Residual Stress, and Hardness of Cr4Mo4V Steel

This paper studied how pulsed magnetic fields affect the internal stress and hardness of a bearing steel alloy. While unrelated to microplastics, research on material durability is relevant to reducing wear-generated particles from industrial machinery, which can contribute to microplastic and metal particle pollution.

2020 Crystals 50 citations
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Effect of Laser Shock Peening on the Microstructure and Properties of the Inconel 625 Surface Layer

Researchers investigated how laser shock peening affects the microstructure and mechanical properties of a high-performance nickel alloy. While unrelated to microplastics directly, understanding metal alloy behavior under stress is relevant to designing durable infrastructure that resists the mechanical wear that generates metal and polymer particles.

2020 Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance 32 citations
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Modification of Mechanical Properties of High-Strength Titanium Alloys VT23 and VT23M Due to Impact-Oscillatory Loading

Researchers tested an impact-oscillation method for improving the mechanical properties of high-strength titanium alloy sheets. This is a metallurgical engineering paper unrelated to environmental microplastics.

2019 Metals 26 citations
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Improvement of CoCr Alloy Characteristics by Ti-Based Carbonitride Coatings Used in Orthopedic Applications

Researchers examined the in vitro corrosion behavior of titanium-based carbonitride coatings applied to cobalt-chromium alloys used in orthopedic implants, assessing how the coatings affect alloy characteristics in a simulated biological environment. The study evaluated coating microstructure and corrosion resistance to determine suitability for improving biocompatibility and longevity of implanted biomaterials.

2020 Coatings 15 citations
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Post-Processing Techniques to Enhance the Quality of Metallic Parts Produced by Additive Manufacturing

This review examined post-processing techniques for improving the surface finish, microstructure, and mechanical properties of metallic parts produced by additive manufacturing, comparing methods like machining, heat treatment, and surface coatings.

2022 Metals 102 citations
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Enhanced Fatigue Strength of Commercially Pure Ti Processed by Rotary Swaging

This materials science study found that processing commercially pure titanium by rotary swaging to refine its grain structure significantly improved its fatigue strength and resistance to crack growth. The research is focused on metal alloy engineering with no relevance to microplastic pollution.

2015 Advances in Materials Science and Engineering 32 citations
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The Microstructure and Properties of Laser Shock Peened CMSX4 Superalloy

This metallurgy study analyzed how laser shock peening—a surface treatment process—affects the microstructure and properties of a nickel-based superalloy used in jet engines. It has no relevance to microplastic or environmental health research.

2021 Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 18 citations
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Modification of the Properties of Vt1-0 Nanostructured Titanium Alloyusing Various Influences

Researchers investigated the effects of electron irradiation (10 MeV, dose 5x10^19 cm^-2) and ultrasonic treatment on the microstructure and creep behavior of VT1-0 titanium alloy in both industrial and nanostructured states produced by intensive plastic deformation. At test temperatures of 20 and 350 degrees C, the strength characteristics of the alloy were shown to depend on the structural state resulting from each treatment.

2025
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Damping behavior of 316L lattice structures produced by Selective Laser Melting

Researchers used a metal 3D-printing technique called Selective Laser Melting to produce steel specimens with internal lattice structures and measured how well these structures absorbed vibration (damping capacity). The study found that lattice structures can be engineered to improve energy absorption relative to their weight, relevant to manufacturing and not directly related to microplastics.

2018 Materials & Design 78 citations
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Water-Jet Cavitation Shock Bulging as Novel Microforming Technique

Scientists developed a new water-jet cavitation microforming technique for shaping titanium foil at small scales. This manufacturing engineering paper is unrelated to microplastic environmental research.

2021 Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering 15 citations
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An ultra-strong and ductile crystalline-amorphous nanostructured surface layer on TiZrHfTaNb0.2 high-entropy alloy by laser surface processing

Researchers applied laser surface remelting to a TiZrHfTaNb high-entropy alloy and produced a surface layer with a novel crystalline-amorphous nanostructure, finding that this heterogeneous structure provided superior strength and ductility compared to the bulk alloy through cooperative deformation mechanisms.

2023 Materials & Design 16 citations
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Optimizing Parameters with FEM Model for 20CrMnTi Laser Shocking

Researchers developed a finite element method (FEM) model to optimize laser shock peening (LSP) parameters for 20CrMnTi steel, determining optimal single-point parameters of 5 J shock energy, 20 ns pulse width, and 5 impacts, with simulated and experimental residual stresses agreeing to within 20%.

2022 Materials 9 citations