From One Structure to Another for Improved Materials Design

该项目旨在描述一种产生轻质铝合金强化沉淀结构的新方法。固态析出是许多材料性能的关键，但对于用于结构应用的轻合金尤其重要。该项目希望对沉淀机制有更深入的了解，并为嵌入纳米结构在原子尺度上的三维表征和模拟提供实验和计算方法。这将为轻合金的改进设计提供显著的好处，例如汽车和航空航天部门，以及功能取决于沉淀的高科技材料。

This project aims to characterise a new way of generating strengthening precipitate structures for lightweight aluminium alloys. Precipitation in the solid state is key to the performance of many materials, but is especially important for light alloys used in structural applications. This project expects to deliver greater fundamental understanding of precipitation mechanisms and generate experimental and computational methods for three-dimensional characterisation and simulations at the atomic-scale of embedded nanostructures. This should provide significant benefits for the improved design of light alloys, such as for the automotive and aerospace sectors, but also for high-tech materials whose function depends on precipitates.