In this study, the manufacturability of new types steel-steel composites on an open-architecture laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) system is demonstrated. A hard martensitic stainless tool steel 440C and a soft austenitic 316L are combined in “multi-material” component with discrete continuous material gradients. Interface engineering accomplished through heat treatment to induce phase transformat...

The direct piezoelectric effect of BaTiO3↔ Ba1−xSrxTiO3 graded ferroelectrics, whose compositions change in a sinusoidal form, is investigated via an extended phase-field method. obtained results demonstrate that the coefficient can be significantly enhanced by controlling amplitude variation. origin enhancement considering formation polarization domain structures and their behaviors under stra...

The relaxation of strain in compositionally step-graded InxGa12xAs layers grown on GaAs~001! has been examined with cathodoluminescence ~CL! wavelength and linearly polarized imaging approaches. A polarization anisotropy in CL is found, and this correlates with spectral shifts in the peak positions of excitonic luminescence. Varying asymmetries in misfit dislocation densities from transmission ...

Strained-silicon/relaxed-silicon-germanium alloy (strained-Si/SiGe) heterostructures are the foundation of Group IV-element quantum electronics and quantum computation, but current materials quality limits the reliability and thus the achievable performance of devices. In comparison to conventional approaches, single-crystal SiGe nanomembranes are a promising alternative as substrates for the e...

Functionally graded materials (FGMs) are compositionally gradient materials. They can achieve the controlled distribution of the desired characteristics within the same bulk material. We describe a functionally graded (FG) metal-phosphor adapting the concept of the FGM; copper (Cu) is selected as a metal and Cu- and Cl-doped ZnS (ZnS:Cu,Cl) is selected as a phosphor and FG [Cu]-[ZnS:Cu,Cl] is f...