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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2024
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Lianyi Chen, Middleton, WI (US);
Ali Nabaa, Madison, WI (US);
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure are directed to methods, apparatuses and articles of manufacture pertaining to metal-based materials having particles dispersed therein. As may be implemented in accordance with various embodiments, ceramic particles are provided in a metal-based melt. The metal-based melt is heated to induce boiling and therein diffuse metal vapors of the metal-based melt between the ceramic particles. A liquid metal coating is formed on the ceramic particles by condensing the metal vapors onto surfaces of ceramic particles. In certain implementations, the metal vapors are used to generate pressure between the ceramic particles, which causes the particles to move/disperse relative to one another.