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Lin TC, Cao C, Sokoluk M, et al. Aluminum with dispersed nanoparticles by laser additive manufacturing. Nat Commun. 2019;10(1):4124doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-12047-2.
Lin, T. C., Cao, C., Sokoluk, M., Jiang, L., Wang, X., Schoenung, J. M., Lavernia, E. J., & Li, X. (2019). Aluminum with dispersed nanoparticles by laser additive manufacturing. Nature communications, 10(1), 4124. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12047-2
Lin, Ting-Chiang, et al. "Aluminum with dispersed nanoparticles by laser additive manufacturing." Nature communications vol. 10,1 (2019): 4124. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12047-2
Lin TC, Cao C, Sokoluk M, Jiang L, Wang X, Schoenung JM, Lavernia EJ, Li X. Aluminum with dispersed nanoparticles by laser additive manufacturing. Nat Commun. 2019 Sep 11;10(1):4124. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-12047-2. PMID: 31511518; PMCID: PMC6739343.
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Nat Commun. 2019 Sep 11;10(1):4124. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-12047-2.

Aluminum with dispersed nanoparticles by laser additive manufacturing.

Nature communications

Ting-Chiang Lin, Chezheng Cao, Maximilian Sokoluk, Lin Jiang, Xin Wang, Julie M Schoenung, Enrique J Lavernia, Xiaochun Li

Affiliations

  1. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
  2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
  3. Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, CA, 96297, USA.
  4. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA. [email protected].
  5. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA. [email protected].

PMID: 31511518 PMCID: PMC6739343 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12047-2

Abstract

While laser-printed metals do not tend to match the mechanical properties and thermal stability of conventionally-processed metals, incorporating and dispersing nanoparticles in them should enhance their performance. However, this remains difficult to do during laser additive manufacturing. Here, we show that aluminum reinforced by nanoparticles can be deposited layer-by-layer via laser melting of nanocomposite powders, which enhance the laser absorption by almost one order of magnitude compared to pure aluminum powders. The laser printed nanocomposite delivers a yield strength of up to 1000 MPa, plasticity over 10%, and Young's modulus of approximately 200 GPa, offering one of the highest specific Young's modulus and specific yield strengths among structural metals, as well as an improved specific strength and thermal stability up to 400 °C compared to other aluminum-based materials. The improved performance is attributed to a high density of well-dispersed nanoparticles, strong interfacial bonding between nanoparticles and Al matrix, and ultrafine grain sizes.

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