TY - PAT
T1 - Engineering Alloys With Tailored Microstructures Using Templated Grain Nucleation in Amorphous Solids
AU - Rajagopalan, Jagannathan
PY - 2014/1/15
Y1 - 2014/1/15
N2 - Nanocrystalline alloy coatings prevent oxidation and corrosion while improving a materials electrical or mechanical properties. While nanocrystals provide significant advantages in performance, they often become unstable if subjected to heat or stress and lose their benefit as they merge and the crystals grow larger. The grain boundaries between the crystals have a crucial effect on an alloys properties, determining how much temperature and stress a crystal can endure before its boundaries merge. Current methods, such as severe plastic deformation or electrodeposition, produce inexact structures with randomly distributed crystals that can have grain boundaries greater than 100 nm and are not always nanocrystalline. Other methods, such as sputtering or mechanical attrition, can only produce small samples, acutely limiting their capability to engineer nanocrystalline materials with custom microstructures. Researchers at ASU have developed a method for producing custom TiAl nanocrystalline alloys with full 3D microstructure control. Recrystallization is tailored by systematically seeding nanocrystallites into a custom amorphous matrix, which controls the density and distribution of grain nucleation sites. ASU researchers chose titanium aluminide (TiAl) because it provides exceptional resistance to high-temperature oxidation and chemical degradation, and is widely used to used in aerospace and automotive applications. However, this method is not limited to the aforementioned alloy, and can be extended to industrial scale processes for bulk production, including electrodeposition. This new ability to customize 3D microstructures allows for the production of stronger alloys with superior mechanical, thermal, and chemical properties, and significantly enhances a nanocrystalline coatings performance and lifetime. Potential Applications Alloy Coatings Boiler Tubing Electroplating Jet Engines Steam Turbines Turbochargers Benefits and Advantages Performance Control over grain boundaries allows production of stronger alloys with superior properties and extended lifetimes. Retrofit Can be extended to industrial scale processes for bulk production, including electrodeposition. Versatility Can be utilized with any nanocrystalline alloy. Download Original PDF For more information about the inventor(s) and their research, please see Dr. Jagannathan Rajagopalan's directory webpage
AB - Nanocrystalline alloy coatings prevent oxidation and corrosion while improving a materials electrical or mechanical properties. While nanocrystals provide significant advantages in performance, they often become unstable if subjected to heat or stress and lose their benefit as they merge and the crystals grow larger. The grain boundaries between the crystals have a crucial effect on an alloys properties, determining how much temperature and stress a crystal can endure before its boundaries merge. Current methods, such as severe plastic deformation or electrodeposition, produce inexact structures with randomly distributed crystals that can have grain boundaries greater than 100 nm and are not always nanocrystalline. Other methods, such as sputtering or mechanical attrition, can only produce small samples, acutely limiting their capability to engineer nanocrystalline materials with custom microstructures. Researchers at ASU have developed a method for producing custom TiAl nanocrystalline alloys with full 3D microstructure control. Recrystallization is tailored by systematically seeding nanocrystallites into a custom amorphous matrix, which controls the density and distribution of grain nucleation sites. ASU researchers chose titanium aluminide (TiAl) because it provides exceptional resistance to high-temperature oxidation and chemical degradation, and is widely used to used in aerospace and automotive applications. However, this method is not limited to the aforementioned alloy, and can be extended to industrial scale processes for bulk production, including electrodeposition. This new ability to customize 3D microstructures allows for the production of stronger alloys with superior mechanical, thermal, and chemical properties, and significantly enhances a nanocrystalline coatings performance and lifetime. Potential Applications Alloy Coatings Boiler Tubing Electroplating Jet Engines Steam Turbines Turbochargers Benefits and Advantages Performance Control over grain boundaries allows production of stronger alloys with superior properties and extended lifetimes. Retrofit Can be extended to industrial scale processes for bulk production, including electrodeposition. Versatility Can be utilized with any nanocrystalline alloy. Download Original PDF For more information about the inventor(s) and their research, please see Dr. Jagannathan Rajagopalan's directory webpage
M3 - Patent
ER -