Rottmann Research Group

Prof. Rottmann published a paper on the additive manufacturing of Alnico magnets in Materials Today

Prof. Rottmann published a paper on the additive manufacturing of Alnico magnets in Materials Today

With collaborators at Siemens AG and UC Santa Barbara we found that as-printed Alnico alloys possess the spinodal nanostructure that gives rise to Alnico's magnetic properties. The as-printed alloy peforms similarly to conventionally sintered Alnico, opening up pathways to design magnets with complex geometries inaccessible through conventional fabrication techniques. See the paper here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mattod.2021.05.003