Deep learning in mechanical metamaterials: from prediction and generation to inverse design

X Zheng, X Zhang, TT Chen, I Watanabe - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Mechanical metamaterials are meticulously designed structures with exceptional
mechanical properties determined by their microstructures and constituent materials …

[HTML][HTML] Substrate curvature as a cue to guide spatiotemporal cell and tissue organization

SJP Callens, RJC Uyttendaele, LE Fratila-Apachitei… - Biomaterials, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent evidence clearly shows that cells respond to various physical cues in their
environments, guiding many cellular processes and tissue morphogenesis, pathology, and …

Inverse-designed spinodoid metamaterials

S Kumar, S Tan, L Zheng, DM Kochmann - npj Computational Materials, 2020 - nature.com
After a decade of periodic truss-, plate-, and shell-based architectures having dominated the
design of metamaterials, we introduce the non-periodic class of spinodoid topologies …

[HTML][HTML] Data-driven topology optimization of spinodoid metamaterials with seamlessly tunable anisotropy

L Zheng, S Kumar, DM Kochmann - Computer Methods in Applied …, 2021 - Elsevier
We present a two-scale topology optimization framework for the design of macroscopic
bodies with an optimized elastic response, which is achieved by means of a spatially-variant …

Optimally‐tailored spinodal architected materials for multiscale design and manufacturing

FV Senhora, ED Sanders, GH Paulino - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Spinodal architected materials with tunable anisotropy unify optimal design and
manufacturing of multiscale structures. By locally varying the spinodal class, orientation, and …

Nanoarchitected metal/ceramic interpenetrating phase composites

J Bauer, M Sala-Casanovas, M Amiri, L Valdevit - Science Advances, 2022 - science.org
Architected metals and ceramics with nanoscale cellular designs, eg, nanolattices, are
currently subject of extensive investigation. By harnessing extreme material size effects …

Optimal and continuous multilattice embedding

ED Sanders, A Pereira, GH Paulino - Science Advances, 2021 - science.org
Because of increased geometric freedom at a widening range of length scales and access to
a growing material space, additive manufacturing has spurred renewed interest in topology …

Mechanical properties of additively-manufactured sheet-based gyroidal stochastic cellular materials

O Al-Ketan, DW Lee, RKA Al-Rub - Additive Manufacturing, 2021 - Elsevier
The advancements of additive manufacturing enabled progressive investigations of many
atomic lattice-mimicking structures, plate-and sheet-based cellular materials. While such …

[HTML][HTML] Elastic mechanical property hybridization of configuration-varying TPMS with geometric continuity

T Gao, K Liu, X Wang, Z Li, Z Wang - Materials & Design, 2022 - Elsevier
Hybrid design is an effective approach to construct functional mechanical metamaterials. In
this study, a periodic hybrid method for the TPMS (triply periodic minimal surface) structures …

Extreme mechanical resilience of self-assembled nanolabyrinthine materials

CM Portela, A Vidyasagar, S Krödel… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Low-density materials with tailorable properties have attracted attention for decades, yet stiff
materials that can resiliently tolerate extreme forces and deformation while being …