Designing heterogeneous structures is a promising pathway for overcoming the trade-off
between strength and toughness in metal matrix composites (MMCs). Herein, we report an …

Metal-based laser additive manufacturing, particularly Laser-Directed Energy Deposition
(LDED), holds great promise for producing high-strength aluminum alloy components used …

Due to native deficiency of the interfacial mismatch between Al 2 O 3 and Al-melt, as well as
micron-Al 2 O 3 segregation at matrix grain boundaries (GBs), achieving both high strength …

For the development of new energy automobile industry and the trend of automobile
lightweight have put forward a huge demand for high-strength lightweight materials, so …

Abstract An additive manufactured TiB 2/Al-Cu-Mg-Ni composite with a minor amount of Sc
was fabricated by laser powder bed fusion (LPBF). The composite shows a yield strength …

The friction consolidation method successfully reinforced aluminum 7075 alloy (AA7075)
with high-volume fractions (12 and 24 vol%) of titanium diboride (TiB 2) by high pressure …

Insufficient performance, especially at high temperatures, limits the extensive application of
cast Al–Cu alloys. This study proposes a novel method of direct reaction synthesis (DRS) for …

Additive manufacturing (AM) by electron beam melting (EBM) has many advantages over
the laser-based AM techniques, but is subjected to a lower cooling rate and a long time …

The aerospace and automotive industries, in particular, rely heavily on aluminium matrix
composites because of their exceptional strength-to-mass ratio and resistance to high …

Overcoming the strength and ductility trade-off is a long-lasting research theme in aluminum
matrix composites. Here, we present a strategy to promote strength-ductility synergy in …