Aluminum with dispersed nanoparticles by laser additive manufacturing

Incorporating and dispersing dense nanoparticles into metals remains a challenge. Here, the authors use nanocomposite powders containing very dense nanoparticles to print an aluminium nanocomposite with one of the highest specific modulus and yield strength among all structural materials.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ting-Chiang Lin, Chezheng Cao, Maximilian Sokoluk, Lin Jiang, Xin Wang, Julie M. Schoenung, Enrique J. Lavernia, Xiaochun Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12047-2