Archés Lab had the pleasure of taking part in the European Conference on Fracture (ECF25) in Athens, Greece. Dr. Arash Kardani presented his work on “Interfacial Bonding Mechanisms Resulting from Supersonic Impact of a BCC Particle on an FCC Substrate in Cold Spray Additive Manufacturing” Romario Aldrian Wicaksono presented his work on “Feedstock Morphology Controls […]
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Our research group had the pleasure of attending the 55th Associazione Italiana per l’Analisi delle Sollecitazioni (AIAS) conference in Milan, Italy. We are grateful for the opportunity to connect with our national community and to share the progress of our research!
Cold spray is a solid state deposition technique, but in mismatched metallic systems, the interface can tell a very different story!In our latest work, we show that for highly dissimilar metals, bonding cannot be fully explained by severe plastic deformation alone. By combining atomistic simulations with STEM-EDX evidence, we reveal a transient nanoscale melting event […]
What happens when 2D materials meet cold spray additive manufacturing? One of the biggest challenges in advanced materials engineering is translating the exceptional properties of 2D materials such as graphene into scalable 3D components without compromising their functionality. Traditional high-temperature manufacturing routes often limit this potential. In our latest work within the ThermoDust project, we demonstrate how Cold […]
Two stiffness phases, activated by strain, within a single architected material. We are pleased to share our work, “Strain-Activated Mechanical Metamaterial with Programmable Dual-Phase Stiffness and Enhanced Energy Absorption.” The proposed auxetic-inspired unit cell incorporates internal locking arms that activate sequentially under compression. At low strain, the structure remains compliant through bending-dominated deformation. As strain increases, […]