A new UK research initiative will explore new methods to manufacture materials for extreme environments, starting with those used in fusion machines. The project, called DIADEM (Design of Interfaces for Additively Engineered Metamaterials), is led by researchers at the Centre for Additive Manufacturing at the University of Nottingham in partnership with the UK Atomic Energy Authority.

The initiative is funded by the UKRI Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council’s Adventurous Manufacturing programme, and supported by partners that include Rolls-Royce, the MTC and Aerosint. DIADEM will initially focus on a key fusion technology challenge – how to process two fundamentally different materials – tungsten and copper – simultaneously, to manufacture parts for use in future fusion power plants.

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