Functionally gradient materials (FGMs) are an innovative class of materials composed of two or more constituent phases with a continuously variable directional composition. This unique structure ...
In an effort to make alloys stronger, researchers at North Carolina State University took a cue from bamboo: They increased the grain size gradually, going from the skin toward the center of the metal ...
LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE >> While 3-D printing isn’t new, scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory said they are the first to have the Midas touch when it comes to using the technology to ...
Scientists from Skoltech and their colleagues have used a 3D printer to fuse two materials in an alloy whose composition continuously changes from one region of the sample to the other, endowing the ...