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Functional Metal Matrix Composites: Self-lubricating, Self-healing, and Nanocomposites-An Outlook

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Many different types of advanced metal matrix composites are now available, some of which possess functional properties. Recent work on particle-reinforced, self-lubricating and self-healing metals and metal matrix nanocomposites (MMNCs) synthesized by solidification synthesis is reviewed. Particle-based MMNCs have been developed by several modern processing tools based on either solid- or liquid-phase synthesis techniques that are claimed to exhibit exciting mechanical properties including improvements of modulus, yield strength, and ultimate tensile strength. This article presents a brief and objective review of the work done over the last decade to identify the challenges and future opportunities in the area of functional nanocomposites. Increasing interest in lightweight materials has resulted in studies on hollow particle-filled metal matrix syntactic foams. Syntactic foams seem especially suitable for development with functional properties such as self-healing and self-lubrication. The metal matrix micro and nanocomposites, and syntactic foams having combinations of ultrahigh strength and wear resistance, self-lubricating, and/or self-healing properties can lead to increased energy efficiency, reliability, comfort of operation, reparability, and safety of vehicles. The focus of the present review is aluminum and magnesium matrix functional materials.

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The author NG acknowledges support from the Office of Naval Research grant N00014-10-1-0988 with Dr. Yapa D.S. Rajapakse as the program manager. The authors thank Dr. Vasanth Chakravarthy Shunmugasamy and Steven E. Zeltmann for help in manuscript preparation.

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    Afsaneh Dorri Moghadam, Benjamin F. Schultz, J. B. Ferguson, Emad Omrani & Pradeep K. Rohatgi

  2. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Polytechnic School of Engineering, New York University, Brooklyn, NY, 11201, USA

    Nikhil Gupta

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Dorri Moghadam, A., Schultz, B.F., Ferguson, J.B. et al. Functional Metal Matrix Composites: Self-lubricating, Self-healing, and Nanocomposites-An Outlook. JOM 66, 872–881 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-014-0948-5

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