Sridar, S.; Wang, Z.; Xiong, W.: Laser powder bed fusion of high-strength low-alloy steels with post-heat treatment design for enhanced mechanical performance. Materials Science and Engineering: A 895, 146210 (2024)
Max Planck scientists design a process that merges metal extraction, alloying and processing into one single, eco-friendly step. Their results are now published in the journal Nature.
Here the focus lies on investigating the temperature dependent deformation of material interfaces down to the individual microstructural length-scales, such as grain/phase boundaries or hetero-interfaces, to understand brittle-ductile transitions in deformation and the role of chemistry or crystallography on it.