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Title: Field responsive mechanical metamaterials

Abstract

Typically, mechanical metamaterial properties are programmed and set when the architecture is designed and constructed, and do not change in response to shifting environmental conditions or application requirements. Here, we present a new class of architected materials called field responsive mechanical metamaterials (FRMMs) that exhibit dynamic control and on-the-fly tunability enabled by careful design and selection of both material composition and architecture. To demonstrate the FRMM concept, we print complex structures composed of polymeric tubes infilled with magnetorheological fluid suspensions. Modulating remotely applied magnetic fields results in rapid, reversible, and sizable changes of the effective stiffness of our metamaterial motifs.

Authors:
 [1]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [3];  [3];  [3]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [4]; ORCiD logo [3]
  1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)
  2. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  3. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States
  4. Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States); Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1608524
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1490243
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-750730
Journal ID: ISSN 2375-2548; 935049
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357; AC52-07NA27344
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Science Advances
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 4; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 2375-2548
Publisher:
AAAS
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Jackson, Julie A., Messner, Mark C., Dudukovic, Nikola A., Smith, William L., Bekker, Logan, Moran, Bryan, Golobic, Alexandra M., Pascall, Andrew J., Duoss, Eric B., Loh, Kenneth J., and Spadaccini, Christopher M. Field responsive mechanical metamaterials. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aau6419.
Jackson, Julie A., Messner, Mark C., Dudukovic, Nikola A., Smith, William L., Bekker, Logan, Moran, Bryan, Golobic, Alexandra M., Pascall, Andrew J., Duoss, Eric B., Loh, Kenneth J., & Spadaccini, Christopher M. Field responsive mechanical metamaterials. United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aau6419
Jackson, Julie A., Messner, Mark C., Dudukovic, Nikola A., Smith, William L., Bekker, Logan, Moran, Bryan, Golobic, Alexandra M., Pascall, Andrew J., Duoss, Eric B., Loh, Kenneth J., and Spadaccini, Christopher M. Fri . "Field responsive mechanical metamaterials". United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aau6419. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1608524.
@article{osti_1608524,
title = {Field responsive mechanical metamaterials},
author = {Jackson, Julie A. and Messner, Mark C. and Dudukovic, Nikola A. and Smith, William L. and Bekker, Logan and Moran, Bryan and Golobic, Alexandra M. and Pascall, Andrew J. and Duoss, Eric B. and Loh, Kenneth J. and Spadaccini, Christopher M.},
abstractNote = {Typically, mechanical metamaterial properties are programmed and set when the architecture is designed and constructed, and do not change in response to shifting environmental conditions or application requirements. Here, we present a new class of architected materials called field responsive mechanical metamaterials (FRMMs) that exhibit dynamic control and on-the-fly tunability enabled by careful design and selection of both material composition and architecture. To demonstrate the FRMM concept, we print complex structures composed of polymeric tubes infilled with magnetorheological fluid suspensions. Modulating remotely applied magnetic fields results in rapid, reversible, and sizable changes of the effective stiffness of our metamaterial motifs.},
doi = {10.1126/sciadv.aau6419},
journal = {Science Advances},
number = 12,
volume = 4,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Dec 07 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Fri Dec 07 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}

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Fig. 1 Fig. 1: Structure onset and rheological tests of magnetorheological (MR) fluids in response to applied magnetic field. (A) Optical image of the MR fluid forming a liquid pool on a planar substrate in the absence of magnetic field. (B) Optical image of the MR fluid forming ordered, blade-like columns inmore » the presence of magnetic field. (C) Rheological plot of the MR fluid’s relative steady state viscosity, which increases with increasing applied magnetic field strength. The field-off steady-state viscosity is 140 cP. (D) Rheological plot demonstrating the response time of the MR fluid at various magnetic field strengths.« less

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