Assembly of micro/nanomaterials into complex, three-dimensional architectures by compressive buckling

Journal Article · Thu Jan 08 23:00:00 EST 2015 · Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1260960· OSTI ID:2280416

Xu, Sheng ^[1]; Yan, Zheng ^[1]; Jang, Kyung-In ^[1]; Huang, Wen ^[2]; Fu, Haoran ^[3]; Kim, Jeonghyun ^[4]; Wei, Zijun ^[1]; Flavin, Matthew ^[1]; McCracken, Joselle ^[5]; Wang, Renhan ^[1]; Badea, Adina ^[5]; Liu, Yuhao ^[1]; Xiao, Dongqing ^[5]; Zhou, Guoyan ^[6]; Lee, Jungwoo ^[4]; Chung, Ha Uk ^[1]; Cheng, Huanyu ^[7]; Ren, Wen ^[5]; Banks, Anthony ^[1]; Li, Xiuling ^[2] ; Paik, Ungyu ^[8]; Nuzzo, Ralph G. ^[9]; Huang, Yonggang ^[10]; Zhang, Yihui ^[11]; Rogers, John A. ^[12]

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1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
2. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
3. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Center for Engineering and Health, and Skin Disease Research Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA., Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, P.R. China.
4. Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA., Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Energy Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Republic of Korea.
5. Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
6. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Center for Engineering and Health, and Skin Disease Research Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA., Key Laboratory of Pressure Systems and Safety (MOE), School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P.R. China.
7. Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Center for Engineering and Health, and Skin Disease Research Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
8. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Energy Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Republic of Korea.
9. Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA., Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
10. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Center for Engineering and Health, and Skin Disease Research Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
11. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Center for Engineering and Health, and Skin Disease Research Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA., Center for Mechanics and Materials, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China.
12. Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA., Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA., Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA., Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.

Popping materials and devices from 2D into 3D

Curved, thin, flexible complex three-dimensional (3D) structures can be very hard to manufacture at small length scales. Xu et al. develop an ingenious design strategy for the microfabrication of complex geometric 3D mesostructures that derive from the out-of-plane buckling of an originally planar structural layout (see the Perspective by Ye and Tsukruk). Finite element analysis of the mechanics makes it possible to design the two 2D patterns, which is then attached to a previously strained substrate at a number of points. Relaxing of the substrate causes the patterned material to bend and buckle, leading to its 3D shape.

Science , this issue p. 154 ; see also p. 130

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• Grant/Contract Number: NONE; SC0005436
• OSTI ID: 2280416
• Journal Information: Science, Journal Name: Science Journal Issue: 6218 Vol. 347; ISSN 0036-8075
• Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English