The magnesium alloy matrix composite is what is known as asyntactic foam: a type of composite material created by filling a metal,polymer or ceramic matrix with hollow particles.

A new polymer-metal composite material developed at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Applied Material Research (IFAM), however, may be about to change that ...

The class of materials known as ceramic matrix composites, or CMCs, shows considerable promise for providing fracture-toughness values similar to those for metals such as cast iron. The class of ...

More information: Yu-Jie Lu et al, Scalable and shapable nacre-like ceramic-metal composites based on deformable microspheres, National Science Review (2025). DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwaf006 Provided by ...

June 23, 2021 — A new biocompatible polymer-based composite material could soon replace metal plates in treating difficult and unstable fractures. The newly-developed material is as strong as ...

A new biocompatible polymer-based composite material could soon replace metal plates in treating difficult and unstable fractures. Developed at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, the ...

New process allows full recovery of starting materials from tough polymer composites. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 02 / 240208182352.htm ...

The integration of ceramic fillers into polymer matrices has led to composites that combine the ease of processing and flexibility of polymers with the robust dielectric and thermal properties ...

Metal matrix - Metal matrix composites (MMCs) are composite materials that contain at least two constituent parts – a metal and another material or a different metal. The metal matrix is reinforced ...

The AMPrint Center collaborates with industry, government, and academic partners to develop the next generation of additive manufacturing (AM) and 3D printing (3DP) technologies, materials, and ...

Within this year of recovery, IDTechEx has noted the development and/or continuation of micro-trends within each major 3D printing subspecialty: polymer, ceramic, composite, and metal additive ...

Continuous carbon, silicon carbide, or ceramic fibers are some of the materials that can be embedded in a metallic matrix material. For example, MMCs are increasingly found in the automotive ... The ...