High Impedance Ferro-materials for use in Additive Manufacturing (HIFAM)

The nation needs to advance our electronic warfare capability to counter modern threats including drone swarms. To do so novel magnetic materials are needed to enable the creation of High Power Magnetic systems (HPM). These materials must have high ferromagnetic and ferroelectric properties and have high electrical resistivity and dielectric breakdown. Another requirement of these materials is that they are compatible with modern additive manufacturing techniques (AM) without losing their properties.  UPT proposes to create nanostructured “core-shell” composite that will create a powder useful in AM systems. Furthermore, this functionalized powder will create a material with a high dielectric and high permeability. A similar process has already been used to produce nanostructured core-shell ceramics for other applications that significantly improve the strength and toughness of the composite.