I think one of the points of the exercise of giving a presentation is to do the literature search yourself. It's more important to learn how to learn than to learn from others. This is the best lesson you will ever get in life.

I think one of the points of the exercise of giving a presentation is to do the literature search yourself. It's more important to learn how to learn than to learn from others. This is the best lesson you will ever get in life.

You can have a look at the book from R. Reed  and the superalloys conference proceedings.

But one thing, that one should consider when looking at R&D on superalloys: most of the latest generation superalloys have not yet found an application simply because there is no real business case for their introduction. It is more effective to improve cooling efficiency and/or the coatings, reducing the thermal load on the superalloy instead of improving its temperature capability.

http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/engineering/materials-science/superalloys-fundamentals-and-applications

http://www.tms.org/superalloys/default.aspx

This is a huge topic and considering Ni-superalloys are being developed since the1940's and went through tremendous development both in alloy design and processing (e.g. wrought to single crystals) there are books to read. Talking about superalloys future (and here I talk about Ni-superalloys) research continues to improve the temperature capabilities of single crystal alloys. However, it is quite clear in the industry that this increment which may be achieved will not be sufficient for future gas turbines and therefore there is a strong focus on developing alternative high temperature alloys.

You may read some of our papers on Co-Re alloys (many available at Research Gate to download) to get an overview and also cross-references. Particularly, an article by Miller in the web can give you a good overview.

S. Miller, Abstracted from Materials World, vol. 4, (1996) pp. 446-49,, “Advanced materials mean advanced engines” www.azom.com/details.asp?ArticleID=90

...most generally, a superalloy is actually an alloy with at least one high performance working feature