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3D printed carbon nanotube reinforced stainless steel via selective laser melting

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Carbon nanotubes (CNT) are integrated into 316L stainless steel (SS) powder feedstocks and 3D-printed using selective laser melting (SLM). Ball milling is used to disperse CNT clusters homogeneously onto the surface of 316L SS powders with minimal damage to the CNTs. Hardness increased by 35% and wear was reduced by 70% with the addition of 2 vol% CNT, relative to SLM 316L SS. The addition of CNTs increased the water contact angle and retained the desirable corrosion resistance of SLM 316L SS, demonstrating the potential of 3D-printed SS-CNT composites for use in structural marine applications.

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This work was funded in part by the Research Initiation Program (RIP) at the Naval Postgraduate School and the Naval Research Program (NRP), Project ID 2022-N275-A. AN is the PI of both programs.

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  1. Coatings and Composites for Extreme Environments (CE)2 Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, 93943, USA

    Andy Nieto, Prajna Jalagam, Justin Budan & Troy Y. Ansell

  2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA

    Venkata Bhuvaneswari Vukkum, Kanishq Nema & Rajeev Kumar Gupta

  3. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California – Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

    Prajna Jalagam

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Nieto, A., Vukkum, V.B., Jalagam, P. et al. 3D printed carbon nanotube reinforced stainless steel via selective laser melting. MRS Communications 12, 578–584 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43579-022-00200-w

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