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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2014
The Trustees of Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (US);
Ulrike G. K. Wegst, Hanover, NH (US);
Philipp Hunger, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Todd Allen, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, Hanover, NH (US);
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION, Madison, WI (US);
Abstract
A multiphase composite, formed by freeze-casting, lyophilization, and sintering, has sintered particles forming a scaffold having at least one region of aligned porosity; and a second phase formed in pores of the scaffold. In a particular embodiment, the second phase is a nuclear fuel, in another, the first phase is a nuclear fuel, and in others, both phases are nuclear fuels. In some embodiments, the first phase is a ceramic, and in other embodiments a metal such as stainless steel. In other embodiments, the second phase is a metal, and in other embodiments a ceramic. In some embodiments the second phase is positioned in a subset of pores of the scaffold, at least some additional pores being filled with a third phase. In embodiments, the second phase is also sintered.