The concept of High-Entropy Alloys (HEAs) and High-Entropy Materials (HRMs) originated from Taiwan about 20 years ago. In recent years, global research investments on HEAs and HEMs increased in a steady pace. To maintain Taiwan’s leadership in these area, National Science and Technology Council of Taiwan initiates the Research Program on Fundamentals and Applications of High-Entropy Materials. The objective of this program is to promote further breakthrough in this new class of materials.      

The main purpose of this program are to (1) promote innovation and deep academic research to keep Taiwan’s status in this area, (2) integrate the resources of facilities, manpower and budget to have an efficient development, (3) encourage team work and trains the further leaders for research and development in this area, and (4) asses the research outcomes for continued development and commercialization in the future. The program will last for three years, and currently six research projects are sponsored. The research ares of these projects are (1) Meet the future demands: multifaceted essence of high entropy materials, (2) Application research for high entropy superalloys in aerospace and energy industries, and investigate the underlying science of their critical properties, (3) Tailoring heterogeneous structure to enhance strength-ductility synergy in lightweight Ti-rich medium-entropy alloys with ultra-high specific strength, (4) Development and applications of advanced high-entropy piezoelectric catalyst in water resources treatment, (5) Development on the excellent performance of the lightweight high-entropy alloy CoCrNi(Si/Al), and (6) Development of the theory and industrial application of high-performance high-entropy materials used in high-frequency communication and optoelectronic components. More than 10 universities are involved in this program.