Novel high-performance copper-based materials via additive manufacturing

该项目旨在开发用于电气化革命的新型高性能铜基材料，该材料将提供显著更高的机械性能、优异的电气和热学性能，并实现灵活的复杂形状选择。使用先进的显微技术进行原子级微结构分析将揭示工艺-结构-性能关系的深刻新见解。预期成果包括对新的功能材料、环保产品的基本物理有了新的理解，以及能够促进越来越广泛地使用铜基材料用于可再生电力，以实现更可持续的社会和经济。

This project aims to develop novel high-performance copper-based materials produced by additive manufacturing for the electrification revolution, which will provide significantly higher mechanical performance, superior electrical and thermal properties and enable flexible complex shape options. Atomic-scale microstructural analysis using advanced microscopy techniques will reveal profound new insights into the process-structure-property relationship. Expected outcomes include new understandings of the fundamental physics of new functional materials, eco-friendly products, and an ability to facilitate the increasingly widespread use of the copper-based materials for renewable electricity towards a more sustainable society and economy.