Metals

News and Updates

Side-by-side micrographs show elongated grains inside 3D-printed stainless steel.

Researchers Uncover How to 3D-Print One of the Strongest Stainless Steels

September 22, 2022

High-energy X-rays lit a path forward.

A tiny glass vial on a white stand has a copper headphone-shaped structure over it.

Custom ‘Headphones’ Boost Atomic Radio Reception 100-Fold

May 23, 2022

The structure — a square overhead loop connecting two square panels — increases the incoming radio signal, or electric field, applied to the gaseous atoms in

NIST Reference Material for Hydrogen in Titanium Now in Pin Form

August 16, 2021

Hydrogen in titanium and other metal alloys can cause embrittlement, leading to fractures in manufactured parts. A popular NIST reference material for

Projects and Programs

Developing a Materials Innovation Infrastructure

Ongoing

Develop a materials innovation infrastructure for the design and discovery of inorganic materials to reduce the time and cost for deploying new materials into

Advanced Materials Design: Electronic and Functional Applications

Ongoing

Using atomistic-level calculations (density functional theory and classical molecular dynamics), this project aims at increasing our knowledge of electronic and

A current (white arrow) flowing through a tantalum film generates a current of spins (dark blue arrows) that impinges on the ferromagnetic cobalt iron boron layer and causes the magnetization (gold arrow) to charge directions (light blue arrow).

Theory of Spin-Orbit Torque

Ongoing

The working of countless electronic devices involves electric and magnetic effects interacting within nanostructured materials. In the phenomenon known as spin

Atomistic tools for structure-property investigations

Ongoing

This project provides resources to address some of the challenges to the wider use of classical atomistic simulations (e.g. molecular dynamics and Monte-Carlo)

Publications

Solidification modes during additive manufacturing of steel revealed by high-speed X-ray diffraction

March 1, 2023

Author(s)

Hans-Henrik König, Niklas Holländer Pettersson, A Durga, Steven Van Petegem, Daniel Grolimund, Qilin Guo, Chihpin Chuang, lianyi Chen, Christos Oikonomou, Fan Zhang, Greta Lindwall

Solidification during fusion-based additive manufacturing (AM) is characterized by high solidification velocities and high thermal gradients, two factors that

A method for pole figure measurements via a dynamic segmented spiral scheme

February 1, 2023

Author(s)

Surya Chandramouleeswaran, Adam Creuziger, Kip Findley

A new method for pole figure measurement is described, titled a dynamic segmented spiral scheme. Compared to schemes currently in use, the dynamically segmented

Does friction contribute to formability improvement using servo press?

January 6, 2023

Author(s)

Dilip K. Banerjee, Kali Prasad, Aishwary Gupta, Hariharan Krishnaswamy, Uday Chakkingal, Myoung-Gyu Lee

Servo press forming machines are advanced forming systems that are capable of imparting interrupted punch motion, resulting in enhanced room temperature

Mechanism of Bismuth Stimulated Bottom-up Gold Feature Filling

December 30, 2022

Author(s)

Daniel Josell, Trevor Braun, Thomas P. Moffat

The mechanism that underlies 〖Bi〗^(3+)-stimulated extreme bottom-up Au filling of trenches and vias in slightly alkaline 〖Na〗_3 Au(〖SO〗_3 )_2+〖Na〗_2 〖SO〗_3

Software

HolograFREE

An electron hologram is a fringe modulated image containing the amplitude and phase information of an electron transparent object. The HolograFREE routines

Tools and Instruments

Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectrometer

Positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy uses positrons to probe material defects/voids/free volume at the sub-nm scale. The general working principle is

Instrument scientists Conan Weiland (left) and Nick Quackenbush (right) at the Hard X-ray Photoelectron Spectrometer (HAXPES).

Hard X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (HAXPES)

The Hard X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (HAXPES) end station uses a tunable, focused X-ray beam in the tender spectrum (2.0 keV to 7.5 keV) to probe the depth

Vector Potential Photoelectron Microscope (VPPEM)

The Vector Potential Photoemission Microscope endstation sits at the end of both the SST-I and SST-II beamlines, providing both soft (0.1 keV to 2.2 keV) and

$View of the sample area in the X-ray Diffraction (XRD) end station on the Beamline for Material Measurement (BMM).$

Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction (XRD)

The X-ray diffraction (XRD) end station measures constructive interference of the x-ray wave with repeating atomic and interfacial structure in materials. At

Metals

News and Updates

Researchers Uncover How to 3D-Print One of the Strongest Stainless Steels

Custom ‘Headphones’ Boost Atomic Radio Reception 100-Fold

NIST Reference Material for Hydrogen in Titanium Now in Pin Form

Projects and Programs

Developing a Materials Innovation Infrastructure

Advanced Materials Design: Electronic and Functional Applications

Theory of Spin-Orbit Torque

Atomistic tools for structure-property investigations

Publications

Solidification modes during additive manufacturing of steel revealed by high-speed X-ray diffraction

A method for pole figure measurements via a dynamic segmented spiral scheme

Does friction contribute to formability improvement using servo press?

Mechanism of Bismuth Stimulated Bottom-up Gold Feature Filling

Software

HolograFREE

Tools and Instruments

Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectrometer

Hard X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (HAXPES)

Vector Potential Photoelectron Microscope (VPPEM)

Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction (XRD)

Awards

Mark Stoudt Named ASM Fellow

Dr. Ursula Kattner Honored with 2020 William Hume-Rothery Award

MML Project Leader Enrico Lucon Receives ASTM International Award of Merit

MML Group Leader Frank DelRio Named ASME Fellow