Materials

This invention is a low-cost method to produce heavy carbide-based MMC’s net-shaped with limited tooling to produce cutting tools, mining drill bits, and other tools in high-wear applications.

As the need of potable water on earth increases, more economical and sustainable methods of water treatments must be developed.

We have developed a series of Al-LRE (LRE = Ce, La, Sm or Mischmetal) based metal-matrix-composites (MMCs) that can be processed by multiple techniques including casting (e.g., sand or die), additive manufacturing (e.g., laser powder bed) or thermo-mechanical consolidation (e.

This invention comprises a range of Al-Ce alloys that have been consolidated.

Synthesis of multiphase materials from lignin, a biorefinery coproduct, offers limited success due to the inherent difficulty in controlling dispersion of these renewable hyperbranched macromolecules in the product or its intermediates.

This invention aids in processing a material that cannot be made any other way because of limited dissolution meaning that liquid phase sintering does not work to achieve the same material.

The disclosed invention presents a strategy to purify the conductive polymer particles with high purity compared to the existing purification strategies.

The development of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) is critical for advancing portable electronics, electric vehicles, and renewable energy storage solutions.

Using a common industrial organic solvent, it is possible to synthesize neutral ligand room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) for rare earth elements. These RTILs have excellent electrochemical properties and can be used to successfully deposit rare earth metals.

A new permanent magnet composition, LaNdFe₁Co₂B, utilizes a reduced amount of critical rare earth elements while maintaining energy products as high as 37 MG-Oe (for a 25% substitution of Nd by La) , and potentially excellent performance at elevated