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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Root-Inspired Bio-Interlocking Structure Design and Its Mechanism on Enhancing the Interfacial Bonding of NiTi/Ti6Al4V Fabricated by MM-LPBF.

Jingyu Xu, Honglei Ge, Zhenyu Niu, Jiakun Shi, Shuitao Zhou, Juzhao Chen, Xuehao Gao, Haida Chen, Fenggang Liu

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Jingyu XuResearch Centre for Laser Extreme Manufacturing, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China.
Honglei GeResearch Centre for Laser Extreme Manufacturing, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China.ORCID 0009-0007-3956-3870
Zhenyu NiuResearch Centre for Laser Extreme Manufacturing, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China.
Jiakun ShiResearch Centre for Laser Extreme Manufacturing, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China.
Shuitao ZhouResearch Centre for Laser Extreme Manufacturing, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China.
Juzhao ChenResearch Centre for Laser Extreme Manufacturing, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China.
Xuehao GaoResearch Centre for Laser Extreme Manufacturing, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China.
Haida ChenResearch Centre for Laser Extreme Manufacturing, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China.
Fenggang LiuNational Defence Key Discipline Laboratory of Light Alloy Processing Science and Technology, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang 330063, China.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 52501068the CAS Strategic Priority Research Program (Category B) XDB0910000the National Key Research and Development Program of China E41703ZT13the Natural Science Foundation of Ningbo 2024J077the Postdoctoral Fellowship Program of CPSF GZC20250916Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation LQN26E010011
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Abstract

The dissimilar combination of NiTi shape memory alloy and Ti6Al4V titanium alloy offers superelasticity, biocompatibility and high specific strength, showing broad application prospects in aerospace and medical fields. However, when fabricating NiTi/Ti6Al4V composite components by multi-material laser powder bed fusion (MM-LPBF), brittle cracks or even complete delamination easily occur at the interface. In this paper, without relying on intermediate interlayer materials, we innovatively propose a root-inspired three-dimensional bio-interlocking interface structure. By means of macroscopic three-dimensional geometric interlocking, the crack propagation path and load transfer mode are forced to change. Using the branching angle (45°, 60°) and the structural size multiplier (1.2, 1.5) as variables, the influence of the bio-inspired geometric parameters on the interfacial forming quality, microstructure and mechanical properties was systematically investigated. The results show that the branching angle is the primary factor determining the performance. The 45° low-angle branched specimens exhibit overall brittle delamination along the flat metallurgical reaction interface under shear loading, with an average shear strength of only 17.47 MPa. In contrast, the 60° high-angle branched specimens, owing to their larger normal embedding depth, exhibit a failure mode transitioning to a mixed mode that includes crack deflection, branch shearing and plastic tearing of the Ti6Al4V matrix. Although TEM confirms that a continuous Ti

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dissimilar metal joininginterfacial interlocking structurelaser powder bed fusionroot-inspired bio-structure

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PMCPMC13514662

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