The summary of the added functionalities and materials with potential application areas, challenges and possible solutions
| Required functionality | Added material in the pair | Reported pairs | Potential application | Challenges | Possible solution | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strength and ductility | Stainless steel to copper alloys | 316L to Cu10Sn | Heat exchangers, electrical components, cryogenic, heat sinks in fusion reactors and rocket engines | Brittle intermetallic formation, high melting point, thermal expansion, and thermal conductivity mismatches, LME cracking | Highly optimized process parameters to mitigate thermal differences, Ni addition as an interlayer or as an element at the interface to mitigate intermetallic formation if needed. | (Wei et al., 2019; Chen et al., 2022) |
| Nickel alloys to copper alloys | In718 to GRCop42 | Rocket engine combustion chambers and fusion reactors with high-temperature strength requirements | Low intermetallic formation risk, but high melting point and thermal conductivity mismatch, therefore, lack of fusion and residual stresses | Optimized process parameter designs | (Wei et al., 2021) | |
| In718 to Pure copper | ||||||
| Invar36 to Cu10Sn | ||||||
| Nickel alloys to stainless steel | In718 to 316 L | Exhaust components, pressure vessels, steam and gas turbine blades, molds, aircraft landing gear, nuclear reactor components for localized high temperature strength | Good thermal matching properties, and good solubility, but brittle intermetallic formation, carbide precipitation | Optimizing process parameters to reduce the formation of brittle intermetallic phases and carbides by nonequilibrium solidification simulations such as Scheil-Gulliver | (Wei et al., 2018; Duval-Chaneac et al., 2021; Mohd Yusuf et al., 2021; Wits and Amsterdam, 2021) | |
| HastelloyX to 316 L | ||||||
| Martensitic stainless steel to austenitic stainless steel | MS1 to 316 L | Power generation parts such as ultra-supercritical power plants (USC), | Thermal expansion mismatch | Optimized process parameters, or gradient to mitigate the thermal expansion mismatch | (Nadimpalli et al., 2019; Liang et al., 2023) | |
| 15-5PH to 316 L | ||||||
| Cobalt alloys to stainless steel | CoCrMo to MS1 | Tooling and mold making such as dies and cutting tools, for high-temperature resistance and superior toughness | Matching thermal properties and low chance of intermetallic, but less dynamic melt Pool and intermixing, solute segregation | Optimized process parameters followed by a post heat treatment | (Steponavičiūtė et al., 2022; Pasco et al., 2023) | |
| CoCrMo to 17-4PH | ||||||
| Cobalt alloys to titanium alloys | CoCrMo to Ti6Al4V | Medical applications for superior local strength | Formation of some brittle phases (although rapid solidification in LPBF mitigates most), thermal expansion mismatch, | Optimized process parameters, gradient interface to solve the thermal expansion mismatch problem | (Bartolomeu et al., 2023) | |
| Titanium alloys to aluminum alloys | Ti6Al4V to AlSi10Mg | Increasing local strength in lightweight components in aerospace | Very brittle intermetallic formation, melting point and thermal expansion mismatch, | Introducing a compatible interlayer such as copper at the interface | (Sing et al., 2015; Wu et al., 2022; Zhang et al., 2023), | |
| Wear resistance | Martensitic stainless steel to austenitic stainless steel | MS1 to 316 L | Coating and surface protection in energy section parts | Thermal expansion mismatch, some lack of fusion | Optimized process parameters | (Nadimpalli et al., 2019; Liang et al., 2023) |
| 15-5PH to 316 L | ||||||
| MS300 to SS420 | ||||||
| Cobalt alloys to stainless steel | Co37Cr7Mo to MS1 | Coating and surface protection in tooling | Good bonding due to matching properties | Heat treatment for precipitation strengthening and stress relief | (Steponavičiūtė et al., 2022; Pasco et al., 2023) | |
| 17-4PH to CoCrMo | ||||||
| Cobalt alloys to titanium alloys | CoCrMo to Ti6Al4V | Superior wear resistance for titanium bone implants, knee replacements, and hip joints | Thermal expansion mismatch | Gradient interfaces | (Bartolomeu et al., 2023) | |
| Corrosion resistance | Pure titanium to titanium alloys | Pure Ti to Ti6Al4V | Medical implants to reduce releasing toxic vanadium impurities | Brittle intermetallic phases despite belonging to the same alloying systems | Possibly intermetallic phases, or optimized process parameters to bypass the brittle intermetallic phase regions | (Zhang et al., 2018; Borisov et al., 2021) |
| Nickel alloys to stainless steel | Inconel HX to 316 L | Highly reactive salt reactors for high temperature corrosion resistance | Matching thermophysical properties, but some carbides and intermetallics formation risk | Optimizing process parameters | (Duval-Chaneac et al., 2021; Rankouhi et al., 2022) | |
| In718 to 316 L | ||||||
| Electrical and thermal conductivity | Copper alloys to stainless steel and tool steel | Pure Cu to H13 | Copper cooling channels in manufacturing tools such as dies and molds | High copper reflectivity and poor Fe-Cu solubility, thermal properties mismatch, | Optimized process parameters and using gradients | (Fu, Yeong and Chen, 2016; Schneck et al., 2021; Cunha et al., 2022) |
| Cu10Sn to 316 L | ||||||
| Copper 2.1293 to steel 1.2709 | ||||||
| Pure Cu to SS420 | ||||||
| Copper alloys to nickel alloys | Pure Cu to In718 | Local electrical and thermal conductivies in aerospace components | Mismatch in thermal properties | Optimized process parameters and using gradients | (Wei et al., 2021; Marques et al., 2022) | |
| Copper alloys to titanium alloys | Cu10Sn to Ti6Al4V | Local electrical and thermal conductivies in aerospace components | Melting temperature and thermal expansion mismatch | Gradients with optimized process parameters | (Wei et al., 2022) | |
| Silver to copper alloys | Ag7.5Cu to Cu10Sn | High temperature conductivity applications (HETCs) | Unstable keyhole | Placing Cu10Sn on top and higher thermal conductive material (silver) at the bottom | (Chen et al., 2023) | |
| Shape memory and superelasticity | Nickel-titanium to titanium alloys | NiTi to 316 L | Bearing and gears for extrinsic (Two-way effect), local shape memory effect in minimally invasive surgery and diagnostic tools such as stents, filters, etc. | Highly dependent on the optimizing process parameters to have customized process parameters, brittle intermetallic phases, thermal properties mismatches | Optimizing process parameters, gradients | (Ekoi et al., 2022) |
| Required functionality | Added material in the pair | Reported pairs | Potential application | Challenges | Possible solution | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strength and ductility | Stainless steel to copper alloys | 316L to Cu10Sn | Heat exchangers, electrical components, cryogenic, heat sinks in fusion reactors and rocket engines | Brittle intermetallic formation, high melting point, thermal expansion, and thermal conductivity mismatches, | Highly optimized process parameters to mitigate thermal differences, Ni addition as an interlayer or as an element at the interface to mitigate intermetallic formation if needed. | ( |
| Nickel alloys to copper alloys | In718 to GRCop42 | Rocket engine combustion chambers and fusion reactors with high-temperature strength requirements | Low intermetallic formation risk, but high melting point and thermal conductivity mismatch, therefore, lack of fusion and residual stresses | Optimized process parameter designs | ( | |
| In718 to Pure copper | ||||||
| Invar36 to Cu10Sn | ||||||
| Nickel alloys to stainless steel | In718 to 316 L | Exhaust components, pressure vessels, steam and gas turbine blades, molds, aircraft landing gear, nuclear reactor components for localized high temperature strength | Good thermal matching properties, and good solubility, but brittle intermetallic formation, carbide precipitation | Optimizing process parameters to reduce the formation of brittle intermetallic phases and carbides by nonequilibrium solidification simulations such as Scheil-Gulliver | ( | |
| HastelloyX to 316 L | ||||||
| Martensitic stainless steel to austenitic stainless steel | MS1 to 316 L | Power generation parts such as ultra-supercritical power plants ( | Thermal expansion mismatch | Optimized process parameters, or gradient to mitigate the thermal expansion mismatch | ( | |
| 15-5PH to 316 L | ||||||
| Cobalt alloys to stainless steel | CoCrMo to MS1 | Tooling and mold making such as dies and cutting tools, for high-temperature resistance and superior toughness | Matching thermal properties and low chance of intermetallic, but less dynamic melt Pool and intermixing, solute segregation | Optimized process parameters followed by a post heat treatment | ( | |
| CoCrMo to 17-4PH | ||||||
| Cobalt alloys to titanium alloys | CoCrMo to Ti6Al4V | Medical applications for superior local strength | Formation of some brittle phases (although rapid solidification in | Optimized process parameters, gradient interface to solve the thermal expansion mismatch problem | ( | |
| Titanium alloys to aluminum alloys | Ti6Al4V to AlSi10Mg | Increasing local strength in lightweight components in aerospace | Very brittle intermetallic formation, melting point and thermal expansion mismatch, | Introducing a compatible interlayer such as copper at the interface | ( | |
| Wear resistance | Martensitic stainless steel to austenitic stainless steel | MS1 to 316 L | Coating and surface protection in energy section parts | Thermal expansion mismatch, some lack of fusion | Optimized process parameters | ( |
| 15-5PH to 316 L | ||||||
| MS300 to SS420 | ||||||
| Cobalt alloys to stainless steel | Co37Cr7Mo to MS1 | Coating and surface protection in tooling | Good bonding due to matching properties | Heat treatment for precipitation strengthening and stress relief | ( | |
| 17-4PH to CoCrMo | ||||||
| Cobalt alloys to titanium alloys | CoCrMo to Ti6Al4V | Superior wear resistance for titanium bone implants, knee replacements, and hip joints | Thermal expansion mismatch | Gradient interfaces | ( | |
| Corrosion resistance | Pure titanium to titanium alloys | Pure Ti to Ti6Al4V | Medical implants to reduce releasing toxic vanadium impurities | Brittle intermetallic phases despite belonging to the same alloying systems | Possibly intermetallic phases, or optimized process parameters to bypass the brittle intermetallic phase regions | ( |
| Nickel alloys to stainless steel | Inconel | Highly reactive salt reactors for high temperature corrosion resistance | Matching thermophysical properties, but some carbides and intermetallics formation risk | Optimizing process parameters | ( | |
| In718 to 316 L | ||||||
| Electrical and thermal conductivity | Copper alloys to stainless steel and tool steel | Pure Cu to H13 | Copper cooling channels in manufacturing tools such as dies and molds | High copper reflectivity and poor Fe-Cu solubility, thermal properties mismatch, | Optimized process parameters and using gradients | ( |
| Cu10Sn to 316 L | ||||||
| Copper 2.1293 to steel 1.2709 | ||||||
| Pure Cu to SS420 | ||||||
| Copper alloys to nickel alloys | Pure Cu to In718 | Local electrical and thermal conductivies in aerospace components | Mismatch in thermal properties | Optimized process parameters and using gradients | ( | |
| Copper alloys to titanium alloys | Cu10Sn to Ti6Al4V | Local electrical and thermal conductivies in aerospace components | Melting temperature and thermal expansion mismatch | Gradients with optimized process parameters | ( | |
| Silver to copper alloys | Ag7.5Cu to Cu10Sn | High temperature conductivity applications (HETCs) | Unstable keyhole | Placing Cu10Sn on top and higher thermal conductive material (silver) at the bottom | ( | |
| Shape memory and superelasticity | Nickel-titanium to titanium alloys | NiTi to 316 L | Bearing and gears for extrinsic (Two-way effect), local shape memory effect in minimally invasive surgery and diagnostic tools such as stents, filters, etc. | Highly dependent on the optimizing process parameters to have customized process parameters, brittle intermetallic phases, thermal properties mismatches | Optimizing process parameters, gradients | ( |
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