Saturday, April 25, 2020

DST develops advanced mapping tool to map nano-mechanical materials


The Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials operating under Department of Science and Technology has developed Nano Blitz 3D.

Highlights

  • The Nano Blitz 3D is a tool that is used for mapping nano mechanical properties. 
  • The tool shall be used to map nano materials such as multi-phase alloys, multi-layered coatings and composites.

About the mapping

  • The mapping tool offers more than 10,000 data points. The data is processed using Machine Learning algorithms.
  • The mapping is done through nano-indentation tests. 
  • These tests are conducted at a speed where testing an indent takes less than a second. 
  • Based on the indentations of the material, the tool measures the hardness and elastic modulus of the material.

Benefits

  • The tool can be used to establish structure property linkages. 
  • This can help to develop hierarchical materials. This in turn helps in the development of Integrated Computational Material Engineering (ICME).

ICME

  • It is an approach to understand how material structures are produced, how these structures give rise to material properties and finally how to select an ideal material for an application.

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