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Recent Advances on 3D Printed Bulk Metallic Glasses

  • Ning LI ,
  • Xin HUANG
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  • School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
LI Ning, professor, Tel: (027)87559606, E-mail: hslining@hust.edu.cn

Received date: 2020-11-09

  Revised date: 2021-01-24

  Online published: 2021-03-01

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National Natural Science Foundation of China(51971097)

Abstract

The application of bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) as structural materials not only involves the challenge of room temperature brittleness but also bottlenecks related to formation and manufacturing. Solving these issues has become one of the research hotspots and difficulties in the material field recently. The recently developed 3D printing technology has gradually become one of the key methods to solve the existing difficulties of BMGs to realize their engineering applications. However, because BMGs have a completely different atomic structure than crystalline materials, the basic theories of material microstructure evolution, defect formation and suppression, and performance adjustment in 3D printing are completely different. The in-depth analysis of the abovementioned scientific issues is very important for the development of BMG 3D printing technology. This article is mainly focused on the research trends at home and abroad with a comprehensive analysis of the above problems and looks forward to the development trends of 3D printing technology.

Cite this article

Ning LI , Xin HUANG . Recent Advances on 3D Printed Bulk Metallic Glasses[J]. Acta Metall Sin, 2021 , 57(4) : 529 -541 . DOI: 10.11900/0412.1961.2020.00450

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