On 13 October 2026, the Russian science portal Nauka.rf published a review titled “Layer by layer: how 3D printing masters metals, cells and meteorite dust”. The review covers the work of the research group led by Alexey N. Suchkov, PhD, associate professor of the Department of Physical Problems of Materials Science.
Together with colleagues from Skoltech and the Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science (RAS), the group developed a technology for 3D printing parts from zirconium-based amorphous alloys. An amorphous structure forms only when the melt cools very fast. A large volume of metal therefore usually crystallises, and most such materials cannot be made thicker than about one centimetre. Using 3D printing, the group produced parts larger than 2–3 cm in one dimension. According to A.N. Suchkov, parts of this size have been printed in Russia for the first time.
Amorphous alloys are stronger than their crystalline counterparts, resist corrosion better and keep their properties at low temperatures. Possible uses of the printed parts include housings (also vibration-damping ones), mechanical assemblies, space hardware and medical devices such as implants and instruments.
Article (in Russian): Nauka.rf