Highly-aligned flake graphite (FG) reinforced Cu matrix composites with high thermal conductivity and adaptive coefficient of thermal expansion were successfully prepared via the collaborative process of tape-casting and hot-pressing sintering. To ov...
Severe plastic deformation is an effective process to modify materials’ structures. In this work, its new modification entitled channel angular extrusion was applied to a metastable metal-matrix composite consisting of a Ag matrix and spherical...
As a pioneering exploration of gallium nitride (GaN) as reinforcement in metal matrix composites, this study systematically investigated the mechanical–electrical property evolution in copper matrix composites through controlled GaN incorporati...
Particle-reinforced Cu-based electrical contact materials prepared by traditional powder metallurgical methods suffer the same critical problem, where the agglomeration of the addition phases in the Cu matrix significantly deteriorates the performanc...
The continuous demand for advanced composite materials with superior mechanical and electrical properties has driven the exploration of copper matrix composites for high-performance applications. The Cu–2Zr–0.6B (wt.%) powder mixtures wer...
The friction and wear properties of an Al6061 alloy reinforced with carbon fibers (CF) modified with Cu-Ni bimetallic layers were researched. Cu-Ni double layers were applied to the CF by electroless plating and Al6061-matrix composites were prepared...
A383 Al-Si-Cu alloy matrix composites were reinforced with different amounts (0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 wt%) of chopped multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and fabricated using the oxygen-replacing die casting (ORDC) process to reduce gas porosities vi...
Copper (Cu) is widely used in electrical, electronic, and tribological systems owing to its excellent electrical and thermal conductivity. However, its relatively low hardness and poor wear resistance limit its use in demanding engineering applicatio...
SiC particulate reinforced aluminum metal matrix composites (SiCp/Al MMCs) are characterized by controllable thermal expansion, high thermal conductivity and lightness. These properties, in fact, define the new promotional material in areas and indus...
Inhomogeneous structures with carbon nanotubes (CNTs), reinforced with Cu composite foams as the reinforcing skeletons (CNTs/Cuf®Cu), have been designed to overcome the paradox between strength and ductility or conductivity in copper matrix compo...
The thermal reduction of the copper(II) complexes [CuII(N2H4)3][B10H10]·nH2O (I·nH2O) and [CuII(NH3)4][B10H10]·nH2O (II·nH2O) has been studied in an argon atmosphere at 900 °C. It has been found that the annealing of b...
Diamond particle-reinforced copper matrix composites (Diamond/Cu) are recognized as promising electronic packaging materials due to their excellent thermophysical properties. It is necessary to investigate the reliability of Diamond/Cu composites und...
In this study, Cu matrix composites reinforced with reduced graphene oxide-coated submicron spherical Cu (SSCu@rGO) exhibiting both high-strength plastic product (UT) and high electrical conductivity (EC) were prepared. SSCu@rGO results in the format...
The corrosion mechanism and corrosion behavior of a monolithic Zr-based (Zr48Cu36Al8Ag8)Si0.75 bulk metallic glass (BMG) and a Zr-based (Zr44Cu36Al8Ag8Ta4)Si0.75 BMG matrix composite (BMGMC) in 3.5 wt.% NaCl solution were investigated. Potentiodynami...
In the present study, aluminum matrix composites (AMCs) were fabricated by friction stir processing (FSP) using Ni-Cu particles. Ni-Cu particles were added to the Al matrix in two ways. First, without any treatment and in the form of a mixture of as-...
In this paper, the effects of carbon nanotube defects and a copper surface oxide layer on a carbon nanotube–copper interface were studied via first-principles. A defect-free CNT-Cu interface, Stone–Wales defect CNT-Cu interface, single-ho...
Al–Cu matrix composites with excellent mechanical and thermal properties are among the most promising materials for realising high performance in thermal management systems. However, intermetallic compounds (ICs) formed at the Al/Cu interfaces...
Due to the huge difference in thermophysical properties, it is difficult to obtain a defect-free bonding interface between copper and steel. A Cu-Ni-Ti interlayer was added between a TiC-reinforced copper matrix composite coating and Q235 steel in th...
Copper has high electrical and thermal conductivity, which is frequently employed in structural and functional materials. In this research, powder metallurgy was used to incorporate boron nanosheets into metal matrix composites to create boron disper...
In this study, an innovative internal oxidation-powder metallurgy combined process was employed to controllably generate nano-sized Cr2O3 reinforcing phases within the Cu matrix. The Cu/Cr2O3 composites were successfully fabricated using the hot-pres...
Magnesium-based bulk metallic glass matrix composites (BMGMCs) have better plasticity than the corresponding bulk metallic glasses (BMGs); however, their strength and density are often compromised due to the fact that the effective reinforcement phas...
Hot Consolidation (HC) was employed to prepare high-performance aluminum matrix composites reinforced with mechanically alloyed powders. Two different reinforcements, Al65Cu20Nb15 and Al65Co20Nb15, synthesized by high-energy ball milling, were incorp...
We examined the effect of Al59Cu25Fe13B3 (at.%) quasicrystalline (QC) reinforcement particles on the mechanical and surface properties of a polymer-matrix composite by applying a technical polymer polyphthalamide (PPA). The observed increase in the t...
Silicon nitride (Si3N4) particle-reinforced aluminum–copper (Al-Cu) alloy matrix composites have been prepared in our previous works and experimental result shows that they can be used as a new kind of water-lubricated materials. However, the w...
It is expected that composites made of carbon nanotubes (CNT) and copper (Cu) display both mechanical and electrical properties, but the low damage dispersion and high-quality composite of high-content CNTs have always been research difficulties. In...
FeCr matrix high-temperature self-lubricating composites reinforced by Mo, Ag, and CuO were fabricated by the powder metallurgy technique. The tribological behaviors of composites were studied at temperatures up to 800 °C. The CuO content was opt...
This study investigates the possibility of producing complex metal matrix composites (CMMCs) via powder metallurgy. Two types of powders, a mixture of core–shell Cu@Ag+W@Ag powder and dual core–shell W@(Cu@Ag) powder, have been successful...
Titanium carbide (TiC), is the most thermodynamically stable compound in the Ti–C–Cu system, which makes it a suitable reinforcement phase for copper matrix composites. In this work, the interaction of a Ti–Cu alloy with different f...
Carbonized polymer dots (CPDs) have been paid a lot of attention by researchers because of their excellent properties due to their unique structure. However, few studies have researched the impact of the CPD structure on composite applications. Herei...
Reactive powder composites Cu-(0–15%)TiH2 containing up to 5% native Cu2O were manufactured by high energy ball milling and then hot-pressed to produce bulk nanostructured copper–matrix alloys reinforced by Cu3Ti3O inclusions. Two high-energy ball-mi...
This study investigates the effect of mechanically alloyed AlCrFeCuNi high-entropy alloy (HEA) reinforcement with a nanocrystalline internal structure on the microstructural, mechanical, electrical, and tribological properties of Cu–1 wt.% B4C...
Graphite–metal composites have been used as friction materials owing to their self-lubricity, which is ascribed to the weak interlayer bonding of graphite. To overcome the shortage of graphite flake (GrF)-filled composites of having low tribolo...
As a typical class of high-strength and high-conductivity materials, particle-reinforced copper matrix composites show great promise for application in critical conductive components. However, when such composites are prepared via melting methods, ch...
This study comprehensively investigates the impact of various parameters on aluminum matrix composites (AMCs) fabricated using the powder metallurgy (PM) technique. An Al-Cu matrix composite (2xxx series) was employed in the current study, and Al2O3...
Bronze metal matrix composites (MMCs) are futuristic materials that may find applications in automobile, aviation, and marine industries, specifically for propellers in submarines, bearings, and bushings for defence purposes. The present investigatio...
Different Al–4Cu–1.5Mg/WC composites were synthesized through powder metallurgy to establish the effect of WC particle addition on the abrasive wear behavior of an Al–4Cu–1.5Mg (wt. %) alloy. The wear tests were performed usin...
The authors researched the physical, metallurgical, and mechanical characteristics of A354 alloy (Al-Si-Mg-Cu) reinforced with 5, 10, and 15 wt% of fly ash metal matrix composites. A baseline alloy and three composites were fabricated by a liquid met...
When fabricating high-entropy alloy particle-reinforced metal matrix composites via friction stir processing, the relatively low heat input led to insufficient interfacial diffusion between the particles and matrix, thereby compromising the composite...
Aluminum-based metal matrix composites reinforced with B4C are advanced materials recognized for their exceptional combination of lightweight properties, high hardness, and superior wear resistance. These characteristics make them perfectly suited fo...
The in situ reaction method for preparing metal matrix composites has the advantages of a simple process, good combination of the reinforcing phase and matrix, etc. Based on the mechanism of forming TiCx particles via the dissolution reaction of soli...
To meet aero-engine aluminum skirt requirements, an experiment was carried out using Al–Nb–B2O3–CuO as the reaction system and a 6063 aluminum alloy melt as the reaction medium for a contact reaction, and 6063 aluminum matrix compos...
In the present work, we proposed a novel friction stir processing (FSP) to produce a locally reinforced aluminum matrix composite (AMC) by stirring copper-coated SiC particulate reinforcement into Al6061 alloy matrix. Electroless-plating process was...
The current experimental study concerns obtaining the optimal set of wire-EDM processing factors for a novel Al-Mg-0.6Si-0.35Fe/15%RHA/5%Cu hybrid aluminum matrix composite. The composite exhibits hardness of 64.2 HRB, tensile strength 104.6 MPa, imp...
The tribological performance of copper-matrix sintered brake pads for high-speed rail applications is strongly influenced by ceramic reinforcement type. However, a systematic comparison of SiC, ZrO2, and SiO2 within Cu and Cu–Bronze (Cu–B...
Because of the dilemma that the current industrial Cu enhancement methods lead to a significant decline in conductivity and ductility, Cu matrix composites reinforced by oriented multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were prepared through sintering,...
In this work, SiC and Cu particles were utilized to enhance the thermal and mechanical properties of Al matrix composites. The ball-milling and cold-compact methods were applied to prepare Al matrix composites, and the uniform distribution of SiC and...
Multilayer reduced graphene oxide (mrGO) was chemically modified by electroless plating of copper on surface to form mrGO-Cu. The scanning electron microscope (SEM) and transmission electron microscope (TEM) analysis revealed that nano-Cu particles w...
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are considered ideal nanoscale reinforcement for the development of high-performance metal matrix composites due to their unique structure and excellent mechanical properties. However, CNTs are easy to agglomerate and have poo...
Al-Cu-Fe-Ce quasicrystalline-reinforced 6061 aluminum matrix composites were prepared through hot press sintering and treated with a solid solution and aging treatments. The influence of the solid solution and aging treatments on the microstructure a...
Carbon fiber (CF)-reinforced polyethylene (PE) composites have low density, outstanding corrosion resistance and good processability. These materials are widely promising for household appliances, automobiles and construction industries. Nevertheless...
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