| Abstract Scope |
Since 2016, we first reported a series of single-phase (refractory) high-entropy ceramics (HECs), including MB2 [Sci. Rep. 2016], MB [Scripta 2020], M3B4 [JAC 2021], and MB4 [JECS 2021] borides, perovskite [Scripta 2018] and YSZ-like fluorite [JECS 2018] oxides, and MSi2 [JMater 2019] and M5Si3 [Scripta 2022], and intermetallic compounds [Sci. Bull. 2019]. In 2020, we further proposed to extend HECs to "compositionally complex ceramics (CCCs)" [JECS 2020; JMS 2020] to include non-equimolar compositions and short/long-range orders to offer additional opportunities to tailor properties. This talk will discuss our earlier discoveries of high-entropy diborides as a new class of ultrahigh temperature ceramics (UHTCs) [Sci. Rep. 2016] and dual-phase high-entropy boride-carbide UHTCs [JECS 2020]. Subsequently, our more recent studies on high-temperature stable nanocrystalline refractory high-entropy alloys [JMS 2023] utilizing high-entropy grain boundaries (HEGBs) [perspective: Communications Materials 2023] and ultrafast sintering of refractory compositionally complex alloy-carbide composites [Scripta 2025] will be further discussed. |