Nano Dimension Developing Nickel Nano Ink for 3D Printed Electronics

Nano Dimension has announced that they are collaborating with Tel Aviv University on the development of a nickel nano ink. Nickel is an ideal material for 3D printed electronics, but it's difficult to work with as its particles tend to cluster, clogging up printer nozzles. Researchers at TAU have developed a new method of producing nickel nanoparticle suspensions, however, that eliminates the problem of clumping. The next step is to turn the material into a printable ink. Read more at 3DPrint.com: http://3dprint.com/121079/nanoparticle-nickel-ink/
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The main advantages of Nickel superalloys at high temperatures are:

• good mechanical characteristics for short and long-term applications;
• good resistance to hot oxidation (which can be improved through the use of suitable surface coatings).

Over the years, several nickel superalloys have been developed both from a compositional and a microstructural point of view.

• On a compositional level, the most recent alloys show fewer chromium and cobalt and more rhenium and ruthenium.
• As far as the microstructural aspect is concerned, on the other hand, nickel superalloys have an austenitic matrix (FCC) with intermetallic precipitates and a high quantity of carbides and borides.