Team uses 3D printing to strengthen a key material in aerospace, energy-generation applications

https://news.mit.edu/2023/team-uses-3d-printing-strengthen-material-key-applications-aerospace-energy-generation-0519

"withstand high temperatures, tensile stresses... simple, inexpensive... metallic powder strengthened with ceramic nanowires... Inconel 718 milled wih ceramic nanowires...  powder bed fusion 3D printing thin powder layers exposed to laser melting it, another powder layer spread on top... less porosity and fewer cracks than parts... ductile, resistance to radiation and high-temperature loading... printing metal matrix composites of Inconel 718 reinforced by [ceramic] nanowires... huge new space for alloy design"

Related: Chinese scientists develop technology to create 3D ceramic printing without support

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/chinese-scientists-develop-technology-to-create-3d-ceramic-printing-without-support