Publication Newsletter

May 2026

Hi subscriber,

Welcome to the May Publication Newsletter! This month’s edition highlights new research demonstrating how Thermo‑Calc tools are used across the materials community, in addition to some data insights from Thermo-Calc's citation history.

We hope you find this selection of papers useful for your research and development activities.

Highlights of Citation History (2015-2025)

In 2015, we started to track how often our software and databases are cited in an article. For this edition of the newsletter, we'd like to share some insights from our citation history 2015-2025.

• Thermo-Calc products are cited on average at least 10 times a day.

• 87% of the product citations are via peer-reviewed journal articles. 

• Between 2015 and 2025 the number of citations for both software and databases has almost tripled (196% increase).

Employee Publications

In this section, you will find papers authored or co‑authored by Thermo-Calc Software staff. These publications highlight how our researchers contribute to the broader scientific community while advancing our own products. 

Implementing the Effective Bond Energy Formalism to Improve the Description of the Sigma (σ) and Mu (μ) Phases in the TCNI Database

Júlio César Pereira dos Santos, Weiwei Zhang, Huahai Mao, Giancarlo Trimarchi, and Reza Naraghi 

Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance

Products Used: Nickel-based Superalloys Databases

Machine learning surrogates for CALPHAD inputs in mean-field precipitation modelling of IN738LC

Z.Y. Cao, M.J. Anderson, A. Rowe, G. Panoutsos, and H.C. Basoalto 

Materials & Design

Products Used: Nickel-based Superalloys Databases, Fortran

Additive Manufacturing

Chromium depletion and microstructural effects on molten salt corrosion of wrought and wire-arc additively manufactured Hastelloy C276 alloys

Hanliang Zhu, Zhijun Qiu, Zhiyang Wang, Ondrej Muránsky, Tao Wei, Inna Karatchevtseva, Joel Davis, and Huijun Li

Corrosion Science

Products Used: Nickel-based Superalloys Databases, Scheil Calculator, Precipitation Module (TC-PRISMA)

Citation Insight: Between 2015 and 2025 the Precipitation Module (TC-PRISMA) was cited 537 times.

Controlling microsegregation–induced phase formation and pitting corrosion in wire-arc additively manufactured precipitation-hardened martensitic stainless steel

Y.H. Mozumder, M. Taylor, V. Bongiorno, Y. Lu, J. Wang, S. Williams, P.B. Prangnell, E.J. Pickering, and F. Scenini

Additive Manufacturing

Products Used: Steel and Fe-Alloys Databases, Diffusion Module (DICTRA)

Citation Insight: The Diffusion Module (DICTRA) is cited on average 196 times per year.

Machine Learning

Genetic algorithm coupled with thermodynamic calculations for high-strength nickel-based corrosion-resistant alloys design

Yingjie Sun, Yong Lian, Rongrong Chen, Piao Qian, Jin Zhang, Yinghu Wang, Qubo He, Dadi Zhou, and  Hengcan Yang

npj Computational Materials

Products Used: Nickel-based Superalloys Databases, TC-Python

Sustainable Metallurgy

Machine learning-accelerated CALPHAD analysis of impurity-driven intermetallic formation in secondary AlSi7Mg0.3

Lukas C. Jarren, Alexandre Viardin, Eugen Gazenbiller, Markus Apel, Janin Eiken, Qiqi Li, Mikhail Zheludkevich, and Daniel Höche 

npj Materials Sustainability

Products Used: TC-Python, Scheil Calculator, Aluminium-based Alloys Databases

Citation Insight: Since its launch in 2018, TC-Python citations have increased by 4,400% (21 citations average per year, total 168).

Process Metallurgy

Hydrogen-based ore-to-part manufacturing of near-net-shape stainless steel

Mingzhang Yang, Rangasayee Kannan, Mohsen K. Keshavarz, and Mihaela Vlasea

npj Advanced Manufacturing

Products Used: Metal Slag and Oxides Database

Most Popular Databases in Publications

Between 2015 and 2025, the three most popular thermodynamic database citations by raw numbers were Aluminium-based Alloys Databases, Steel and Fe-Alloys Databases, and High Entropy Alloys Databases, which are all featured in this newsletter.

Aluminum 

Computational design of ultra-high thermal conductivity, crack-free aluminum alloys for additive manufacturing

Yue He, Linzhi Wang, Qiuju Zheng, Ze Wen, Ying Gao, Xiaofei Li, Jing Li and Shuqian Fan

Virtual and Physical Prototyping

Products Used: Aluminium-based Alloys Databases

Solid-State Reactive Processing of Al–Fe₃O₄ Nanothermites for In Situ Formation of Soft-Magnetic Fe Nanoparticles in an Aluminum Matrix

Md Jasim Uddin, Michael Lastovich, Fu-Yun Tsai, Aniruddha Malakar, Farhan Ishrak, Charles Perkins, Sourabh Saptarshi, Qiaofu Zhang, Manoj Mugale, Pankaj Kulkarni, Kumar Kandasamy, Tushar Borkar, Matthew J. Olszta, and Bharat Gwalani

ACS Materials Au

Products Used: Steel and Fe-Alloys Databases

Steel

Entropy-engineered spinel oxide coatings to enhance oxidation resistance and electrical performance of solid oxide fuel cell interconnectors

Cheng-Ju Tsai, Hideyuki Murakami, Yoshiaki Toda, Fan-Yi Ouyang, 
Hyoung Seop Kim, and An-Chou Yeh

Applied Surface Science Advances

Products Used: Steel and Fe-Alloys Databases, Diffusion Module (DICTRA)

Austenite stability in cemented carbides with steel-based binder: The effect of binder fraction

Saba Mohammadpour Kasehgari, Lisa Toller-Nordström, Stella Sten, Ida Borgh, Susanne Norgren, and Annika Borgenstam

International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials

Products Used: Steel and Fe-Alloys Databases

CALPHAD-based alloy design and strength prediction of high-performance steels under QLT processing

Wenhao Zhou, Xinyu Zhang, Ming Fan, Zhongwen Wu, Qing Peng, Haitao Zhao, Junheng Gao, Honghui Wu, Chaolei Zhang, and Shuize Wang

Journal of Materials Research and Technology

Products Used: Steel and Fe-Alloys Databases

Citation Insight: Journal of Materials Research and Technology is one of the most common journals you'll find Thermo-Calc cited in - with over 100 citations in 2025.

HEAs

Tuning B2-NiAl precipitate evolution in Cr-Fe-Ni-Al BCC-superalloys: CALPHAD design, thermal stability, and mechanical implications

Kan Ma, Thomas Blackburn, Xianbing Zhang, Vincent Gagneur, Johan P. Magnussen, Íris Carneiro, and Alexander J. Knowles

International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials

Products Used: High Entropy Alloys Databases

High-throughput calculations to develop high-entropy alloys for hydrogen storage applications

Mobin Mazloomi, Hamed Shahmir, Farsad Forghani, and Mohammad Ismail
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Products Used: High Entropy Alloys Databases

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