Engineering a multi-element atomic arrangement

For the first time, a research group at the University of Maryland (UMD) has demonstrated the single phase nanoscale multi-principal element intermetallics (MPEIs) with up to eight metals—completely devoid of particle growth, or phase separation—via a novel multi-element disorder-to-order strategy. This approach demonstrates a general strategy for synthesizing MPEI nanoparticles, not only providing a step toward octonary intermetallics, but also enabling the synthesis of MPEIs at the nanoscale.