Technology roadmap for flexible sensors

Y Luo, MR Abidian, JH Ahn, D Akinwande… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Humans rely increasingly on sensors to address grand challenges and to improve quality of
life in the era of digitalization and big data. For ubiquitous sensing, flexible sensors are …

Lightweight metallic cellular materials: a systematic review on mechanical characteristics and engineering applications

E Wang, R Yao, Q Li, X Hu, G Sun - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Lightweight metallic cellular materials (MCMs) have been seen in numerous engineering
applications to date, primarily due to their excellent mechanical characteristics such as low …

Achieving the theoretical limit of strength in shell-based carbon nanolattices

Y Wang, X Zhang, Z Li, H Gao… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Recent developments in mechanical metamaterials exemplify a new paradigm shift called
mechanomaterials, in which mechanical forces and designed geometries are proactively …

On the deformation behavior of CoCrNi medium entropy alloys: Unraveling mechanistic competition

A Gupta, WR Jian, S Xu, IJ Beyerlein… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recently, CoCrNi medium entropy alloys (MEA) have been the subject of numerous
investigations due to their unique mechanical properties such as an exceptionally high …

3D printing of inorganic nanomaterials by photochemically bonding colloidal nanocrystals

F Li, SF Liu, W Liu, ZW Hou, J Jiang, Z Fu, S Wang, Y Si… - Science, 2023 - science.org
3D printing of inorganic materials with nanoscale resolution offers a different materials
processing pathway to explore devices with emergent functionalities. However, existing …

Mechanical nanolattices printed using nanocluster-based photoresists

Q Li, J Kulikowski, D Doan, OA Tertuliano, CJ Zeman IV… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Natural materials exhibit emergent mechanical properties as a result of their
nanoarchitected, nanocomposite structures with optimized hierarchy, anisotropy, and …

Three dimensional architected thermoelectric devices with high toughness and power conversion efficiency

V Karthikeyan, JU Surjadi, X Li, R Fan… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
For decades, the widespread application of thermoelectric generators has been plagued by
two major limitations: heat stagnation in its legs, which limits power conversion efficiency …

Mechanical metamaterials made of freestanding quasi-BCC nanolattices of gold and copper with ultra-high energy absorption capacity

H Cheng, X Zhu, X Cheng, P Cai, J Liu, H Yao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Nanolattices exhibit attractive mechanical properties such as high strength, high specific
strength, and high energy absorption. However, at present, such materials cannot achieve …

Symbiotic crystal-glass alloys via dynamic chemical partitioning

G Wu, C Liu, A Brognara, M Ghidelli, Y Bao, S Liu… - Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
The design of high performance structural materials is always pursuing combinations of
excellent yet often mutually exclusive properties such as mechanical strength, ductility and …

Three dimensional printing of bioinspired crossed-lamellar metamaterials with superior toughness for syntactic foam substitution

H Wu, J Chen, K Duan, M Zhu, Y Hou… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Biological materials such as conch shells with crossed-lamellar textures hold impressive
mechanical properties due to their capability to realize effective crack control and energy …