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Here, we develop an analytical bond-order potential (ABOP) for the Hf\/Nb\/Zr\/Ta\/B system, parameterized via an intelligent global optimization algorithm and trained against extensive ab initio data. The developed potential accurately captures the structural, elastic, and mechanical properties of various materials, including metals, intermetallics, alloys and diborides. Additionally, the chemical short-range order (CSRO) in dynamic simulations under finite temperatures is correctly predicted. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations reveal that HEB nanopillars exhibit brittle failure driven by shear banding, while CSRO shows limited influence on the mechanical response. Simulated nanoindentation gives modulus (435 GPa) and hardness (27.7 GPa) consistent with theoretical predictions and experiments. Furthermore, we establish a multiscale framework by extracting an atomic traction\u2013separation law and rescaling it based on fracture energy conservation (Gc = 21.01 J\/m2) for finite element cohesive zone simulations. This approach captures the brittle intergranular failure of polycrystalline HEBs, effectively bridging atomic-level mechanisms with macroscopic property predictions.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ma19194209","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,2]],"date-time":"2026-10-02T10:14:56Z","timestamp":1790936096000},"page":"4209","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Atomistic-to-Macroscopic Mechanical Modeling of (HfNbTaZr)B2 High-Entropy Ceramics via a Developed Interatomic Potential"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0000-1610-139X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yihan","family":"Wu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yuan-Xin","family":"Dai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of High-Performance Polymer Materials and Technology of MOE, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xingjie","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures, School of Aerospace Engineering, Xi\u2019an Jiaotong University, Xi\u2019an 710049, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2785-9806","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Pengfei","family":"Yu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"295","DOI":"10.1038\/s41578-019-0170-8","article-title":"High-entropy ceramics","volume":"5","author":"Oses","year":"2020","journal-title":"Nat. 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