Publisher Correction: Damage-tolerant architected materials inspired by crystal microstructure

Fabrication of 3d Micro-architected/ Nano-architected Materials

Multistable Shape-Reconfigurable Architected Materials.

Multistable shape-reconfigurable architected materials encompassing living hinges and enabling combinations of high strength, high volumetric change, and complex shape-morphing patterns are introduced. Analytical and numerical investigations, validated by experiments, are performed to characterize the mechanical behavior of the proposed materials. The proposed architected materials can be const...

Materials inspired by mathematics

Our world is transforming into an interacting system of the physical world and the digital world. What will be the materials science in the new era? With the rising expectations of the rapid development of computers, information science and mathematical science including statistics and probability theory, 'data-driven materials design' has become a common term. There is knowledge and experience...

Architected squirt-flow materials for energy dissipation

In the present study we explore material architectures that lead to enhanced dissipation properties by taking advantage of squirt-flow a local flow mechanism triggered by heterogeneities at the pore level. While squirt-flow is a known dominant source of dissipation and seismic attenuation in fluid saturated geological materials, we study its untapped potential to be incorporated in highly defor...

Elastic Vector Solitons in Soft Architected Materials.

We demonstrate experimentally, numerically, and analytically that soft architected materials can support the propagation of elastic vector solitons. More specifically, we focus on structures comprising a network of squares connected by thin and highly deformable ligaments and investigate the propagation of planar nonlinear elastic waves. We find that for sufficiently large amplitudes two compon...