Author:
Rodriguez Frank,Leung James,Feng Ji,Singh Navindra,Vuong Luat T.
Abstract
Aluminum nitride (AlN) is a high-bandgap, high-optical-refractive-index, electrical insulator with epsilon-near-zero behavior in the infrared atmospheric window. To-wards binderless additive manufacturing of porous AlN, we demonstrate a 370% increase in hardness through laser sintering.