This study summarizes the recent progress in thermoplastic drawing of bulk metallic glasses. The integration of drawing with templated embossing enables the fabrication of arrays of high-aspect-ratio nanostructures whereas the earlier drawing methodologies are limited to a single fiber. The two-step drawing can produce metallic glass structures such as, vertically aligned nanowires on substrates, nanoscale tensile specimens, hollow microneedles, helical shafts, and micro-yarns, which are challenging to fabricate with other thermoplastic forming operations. These geometries will open new applications for bulk metallic glasses in the areas of sensors, optical absorption, transdermal drug-delivery, and high-throughput characterization of size-effects. In this article, we review the emergence of template-based thermoplastic drawing in bulk metallic glasses. The review focuses on the development of experimental set-up, the quantitative description of drawing process, and the versatility of drawing methodology.
Now-a-days the application of Glass Fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) composite materials has increased a lot in the field of engineering. Afterward, the need for better surface finish of GFRP composite materials machining has increased greatly. In this paper a hybrid model of Harmony Search (HS) with Response Surface Methodology (RSM), has been developed for optimizing the surface roughness of three different GFRP composite materials during drilling operation. The machining parameters viz., cutting speed, feed rate, cutting tool point angle and lip clearance angle were optimized with the consideration surface roughness using HS algorithm. In addition, the optimized results using HS algorithm is compared with desirably analysis. Finally, the effect of different machining parameters on surface roughness are also studied.
The prospect of Zr‐based metallic glasses (MGs) in achieving a combination of properties, such as excellent electrochemical properties and extended biocompatibility, has been studied in this work. The combinatorial method (magnetron co‐sputtering) has been adopted to fabricate two novel quaternary MG systems (Zr50Ti32Cu13Ag5 and Zr40Ti37Co12Ni11) with optimized compositions. The structural analysis has been performed by the grazing incidence x‐ray diffraction and high‐resolution transmission electron microscopy to affirm the disordered structure of the MG systems. The electrochemical analysis demonstrates lower corrosion‐ (0.10 and 0.04 μA cm−2), and passive (2.93 and 1.88 μA cm−2) current densities of the MGs. In addition, the MGs are found to have higher charge transfer resistance (4.70 and 7.86 MΩ cm2) compared to the 316L stainless steel (SS) (0.15 MΩ cm2) and cp‐Ti (0.53 MΩ cm2). The electrochemical features are indicative towards higher corrosion‐resistance capabilities of Zr50Ti32Cu13Ag5 and Zr40Ti37Co12Ni11 MGs to prevent adverse biological reactions. Additionally, the cell proliferation analysis manifests higher cell proliferation on the Zr50Ti32Cu13Ag5 and Zr40Ti37Co12Ni11 MGs for the MC3T3‐E1 preosteoblast cells. Besides, the MTS assay analysis strengthens the prediction of cytocompatibility of the MGs. The integration of such unique properties makes these MG systems ideal candidates for biomedical implants.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.