Graphene material-metal nanocomposites having a metal core with one or more graphene material layers disposed on the metal core. The nanocomposites may be formed by contacting metal nanowires and one or more graphene material and/or graphene material precursor in a dispersion. The nanocomposites may be used for form inks for coating or printing conductive elements or as conductors in various articles of manufacture. An article of manufacture may be an electrical device or an electronic device.

The invention includes apparatus and methods for instantiating precious metals in a nanoporous carbon powder.

Provided is a sintered bearing (1), including 3 to 12% by mass of aluminum, 0.05 to 0.5% by mass of phosphorus, and the balance including copper as a main component, and inevitable impurities, the sintered bearing (1) having a structure in which an aluminum-copper alloy is sintered with a sintering aid added to raw material powder, a pore (db, do) in a surface layer portion of the sintered bearing (1) being formed smaller than an internal pore (di).

A method for preparing a hollow structure, and more particularly, to a method for preparing a hollow structure having various stable structures by using polystyrene particles, into which a functional group is introduced, as a template for preparing the hollow structure.

Provided is a steel strip joining method that can appropriately evaluate risk of a fracture in a joined part and prevent a fracture more reliably. An iron-based mixed powder for powder metallurgy comprises: an iron-based alloy powder; and an alloying powder, wherein the iron-based alloy powder contains Mo: 0.2 mass % or more and 1.5 mass % or less, the alloying powder contains a graphite powder and a copper powder, a ratio of a mass of the graphite powder to a total mass of the iron-based alloy powder and the alloying powder is 0.10 mass % to 1.0 mass %, a ratio of a mass of the copper powder to the total mass of the iron-based alloy powder and the alloying powder is 0.5 mass % to 3.0 mass %, and the copper powder has an average particle size of 25 μm or less, and a specific surface area of 0.30 m.sup.2/g or more.

Composite materials include a non-ferrous metal matrix with reinforcing carbon fiber integrated into the matrix. The composite materials have substantially lower density than non-ferrous metal, and are expected to have appreciable strength. Methods for forming composite non-ferrous metal composites includes combining a reinforcing carbon fiber component, such as a woven polymer, with non-ferrous metal nanoparticles and sintering the non-ferrous metal nanoparticles in order to form a non-ferrous metal matrix with reinforcing carbon fiber integrated therein.

A printable lithium composition is provided. The printable lithium composition includes lithium metal powder; a polymer binder, wherein the polymer binder is compatible with the lithium powder; and a rheology modifier, wherein the rheology modifier is compatible with the lithium powder and the polymer binder. The printable lithium composition may further include a solvent compatible with the lithium powder and with the polymer binder.

The present invention concerns a double passivation galvanic displacement (GD) synthesis method for production of high performance, supported noble metal-M alloy composite material, where M is an electrochemically less noble metal, compared to the noble metal, the supported noble metal-M alloy composite material obtained by the synthesis, and the use of such composite material as electrocatalyst material.

Carbon fiber reinforced metal matrix composite turbine rotors include a planar carbon fiber structure encapsulated within a metal matrix formed of sintered metal nanoparticles. The metal nanoparticles can include a metal having a high sintering temperature that would ordinarily destroy the carbon fiber. Novel techniques for making small uniform nanoparticles for sintering lowers the sintering temperature to a level that can accommodate carbon fiber. The composite rotors possess high strength to weight ratio.

The present invention addresses the problem of providing a sintered alloy valve guide capable of inhibiting valve adhesion even in a high-temperature environment. The problem can be solved by a sintered alloy valve guide impregnated with a lubricating oil including pores that are sealed on the valve guide outer circumferential surface. More particularly, the problem is solved by the sealing step of performing a sealing treatment of pores on the outer circumferential surface of a sintered body impregnated with a lubricating oil.