Purdue Research Foundation

Xinghang Zhang

Haiyan Wang

Qiang Li

Jie Ding

Sichuang Xue

Yifan Zhang

Zhongxia Shang

Xin Li Phuah

Jaehun Cho

Jin Li

Xuejing Wang

Han Wang

A method of the fabricating a metal-nitride vertically aligned nanocomposites is disclosed which includes applying a pulsed laser onto a composite target, the composite target including a two-phase metal-nitride plasmonic nanostructure, depositing adatoms of the composite target onto a substrate, and nucleating metal over the substrate and growing metal and nitride thereover until a predetermined size of vertically aligned metal nitride nanocomposite is achieved including metal nanorods embedded in nitride.

Method of fabricating metal-nitride vertically aligned nanocomposites

A nanohole template is disclosed which includes a substrate and a vertically aligned nanocomposite (VAN) structure disposed over the substrate. The VAN structure is a metal nitride having circular periodic nanoholes of about 2 nm to about 20 nm in diameter.

Large-scale plasmonic hybrid framework with built-in nanohole arrays as multifunctional optical sensing platforms

A method of strengthening a component made of a metallic material. The method includes subjecting the component to a mechanical grinding process incorporating a relative motion between a tool and the component forming a gradient structure on the surface of the component, resulting in increased tensile strength of the component. A method of strengthening a component made of a TWIP steel. The method includes subjecting the component made of TWIP steel to a mechanical grinding process incorporating a relative motion between a tool and the component forming a gradient structure containing a surface nanolaminate layer, a shear band layer, and an inner deformation twinned layer, resulting in increased tensile strength of the component. A component made of a TWIP steel containing a gradient structure with a surface nanolaminate layer, a shear band layer, and a deformation twinned layer.

Metallic components with enhanced mechanical strength through surface mechanical grinding

Methods of determining and controlling the deformability of ceramic materials, as a nonlimiting example, YSZ, particularly through the application of a flash sintering process, and to ceramic materials produced by such methods. Such a method includes providing a nanocrystalline powder of a ceramic material, making a compact of the powder, and subjecting the compact to flash sintering by applying an electric field and thermal energy to the compact.

Methods of enhancing the deformability of ceramic materials and ceramic materials made thereby

A high-strength aluminum alloy coating. The coating includes aluminum, 9R phase, fine grains, nanotwins, stacking faults, and a solute capable of stabilizing the 9R phase, the fine grains, and the stacking faults. A method of making a high-strength aluminum alloy coating on a substrate. The method includes, depositing the constituents of an aluminum alloy on a substrate such that the deposit forms a high-strength aluminum alloy coating containing 9R phase, fine grains, nanotwins, and stacking faults. A high-strength deformation layer in and on a casting of an aluminum alloy containing 9R phase, fine grains, nanotwins, stacking faults, and a solute capable of stabilizing the PR phase, the fine grains, and the stacking faults. A method of making a high-strength deformation layer in and on a casting of an aluminum alloy by deforming the alloy such that deformation layer contains 9R phase, fine grains, nanotwins, and stacking faults.

High-strength aluminum alloy coatings, deformation layers and methods of making the same

A high-strength coatings and methods of fabrication to yield single-crystal-like nickel containing nanotwins and stacking faults.

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