A method of forming a near field transducer (NFT) layer, the method including depositing a film of a primary element, the film having a film thickness and a film expanse; and implanting at least one secondary element into the primary element, wherein the NFT layer includes the film of the primary element doped with the at least one secondary element.

Solid immiscible alloys and methods for making the solid immiscible alloys are provided. The microstructure of the immiscible alloys is characterized by a minority phase comprising a plurality of particles of an inorganic material dispersed in a majority phase comprising a continuous matrix of another inorganic material. The methods utilize nanoparticles to control both the collisional growth and the diffusional growth of the minority phase particles in the matrix during the formation of the alloy microstructure.

An aluminum alloy for additive manufacturing in a form of a powder including from 1 to 6% by weight of titanium, from 0.05 to 2% by weight of iron, and from 0.5 to 2.5% by weight of chromium. The aluminum alloy also includes, as a balance, aluminum and production-related impurities.

The invention relates to an aluminum alloy includes, in mass percentages 3 to 6% titanium, 1.5 to 3% manganese, 1 to 2% iron, 1 to 2% chromium, 0.5 to 1.5% vanadium, 0.5 to 1.5% nickel, 0.2 to 1% zirconium, 0 to 0.5% cerium, 0 to 0.5% lanthanum, the remainder being aluminum and unavoidable impurities.

The invention relates to a plain bearing composite material, comprising a supporting layer (12) made of steel, a bearing metal layer (14) made of copper or a copper alloy, which is applied to the supporting layer (12), and a functional layer (16) made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, which is applied to the bearing metal layer (14).

Solid immiscible alloys and methods for making the solid immiscible alloys are provided. The microstructure of the immiscible alloys is characterized by a minority phase comprising a plurality of particles of an inorganic material dispersed in a majority phase comprising a continuous matrix of another inorganic material. The methods utilize nanoparticles to control both the collisional growth and the diffusional growth of the minority phase particles in the matrix during the formation of the alloy microstructure.

This aluminum sintering material is an aluminum sintering material that is used for producing a porous aluminum sintered compact in which a plurality of aluminum base materials are sintered together, and the aluminum sintering material includes: the aluminum base materials; and a plurality of titanium powder particles fixed to outer surfaces of the aluminum base materials, wherein the titanium powder particles are composed of either one or both of metallic titanium powder particles and hydrogenated titanium powder particles.

An additive manufacturing method of producing a metal alloy article may involve: Providing a supply of a metal alloy in powder form; providing a supply of a nucleant material, the nucleant material lowering the nucleation energy required to crystallize the metal alloy; blending the supply of metal alloy powder and nucleant material to form a blended mixture; forming the blended mixture into a first layer; subjecting at least a portion of the first layer to energy sufficient to raise the temperature of the first layer to at least the liquidus temperature of the metal alloy; allowing at least a portion of the first layer to cool to a temperature sufficient to allow the metal alloy to recrystallize; forming a second layer of the blended mixture on the first layer; and repeating the subjecting and allowing steps on the second layer to form an additional portion of the metal alloy article.

The invention relates to a method for producing a sliding bearing composite material (10), having a support layer (14), in particular made of steel, a bearing metal layer (18) made of a lead-free aluminum base alloy containing magnesium, and a running layer (22), wherein the aluminum base alloy ultimately comprises 0.5-5.5% by weight magnesium, optionally one or more alloy components from the group comprising zinc, copper, silicon, iron, manganese, chromium, titanium, zirconium, vanadium, nickel, cobalt, cerium, and alloy components resulting from impurities, the sum of the latter not exceeding 1% by weight, and the remainder being aluminum, wherein the aluminum base alloy is copper-free or contains at most 3% by weight copper, the total content of zinc, copper, and nickel does not exceed 8% by weight, and the total content of all alloy components does not exceed 12% by weight. The bearing metal layer (18) is either rolled directly onto the support layer (14) or roll-cladded beforehand with an intermediate layer (38) made of an aluminum alloy or technical pure aluminum and then rolled onto the support layer (14) with this intermediate layer (38) in between, in such a way that the intermediate layer (38) subsequently has a thickness of at most 100 m, in particular at most 50 m, wherein the composite of the support layer (14) and the bearing metal layer (18) thus obtained is soft-annealed at temperatures between 280 and 350 C. for 2 to 10 hours so that the bearing metal layer of the composite has a Brinell hardness of 50-80 HB 1/5/30. The running layer (22) is subsequently applied galvanically or by means of a PVD method to the bearing metal layer (18).

The invention relates to a multilayer plain bearing element (14) composed of a composite material comprising a supporting layer (2), a binding layer (3) connected to the supporting layer (2), and a bearing metal layer (4) connected to the binding layer (3), wherein the binding layer (3) is composed of aluminum or a first, soft-phase-free aluminum-based alloy and the bearing metal layer (4) is composed of a second aluminum-based alloy containing at least one soft phase, and the binding layer (3) and the bearing metal layer (4) are connected to each other by means of a fusion-metallurgy connection in such a way that a binding zone arranged between the bonding layer (3) and the bearing metal layer (4) is formed, wherein grains (9,10) are formed in the binding zone and a continuous grain boundary course between the binding layer (3) and the bearing metal layer (4) is formed in the binding zone.