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Title: Multiscale metallic metamaterials

Abstract

Materials with three-dimensional micro- and nanoarchitectures exhibit many beneficial mechanical, energy conversion and optical properties. However, these three-dimensional microarchitectures are significantly limited by their scalability. Efforts have only been successful only in demonstrating overall structure sizes of hundreds of micrometres, or contain size-scale gaps of several orders of magnitude. This results in degraded mechanical properties at the macroscale. Here we demonstrate hierarchical metamaterials with disparate three-dimensional features spanning seven orders of magnitude, from nanometres to centimetres. At the macroscale they achieve high tensile elasticity (>20%) not found in their brittle-like metallic constituents, and a near-constant specific strength. Creation of these materials is enabled by a high-resolution, large-area additive manufacturing technique with scalability not achievable by two-photon polymerization or traditional stereolithography. In conclusion, with overall part sizes approaching tens of centimetres, these unique nanostructured metamaterials might find use in a broad array of applications.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [3];  [2];  [2];  [2]
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA (United States)
  2. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  3. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1458708
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-677190
Journal ID: ISSN 1476-1122; 800503
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nature Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 15; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 1476-1122
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Zheng, Xiaoyu, Smith, William, Jackson, Julie, Moran, Bryan, Cui, Huachen, Chen, Da, Ye, Jianchao, Fang, Nicholas, Rodriguez, Nicholas, Weisgraber, Todd, and Spadaccini, Christopher M. Multiscale metallic metamaterials. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1038/NMAT4694.
Zheng, Xiaoyu, Smith, William, Jackson, Julie, Moran, Bryan, Cui, Huachen, Chen, Da, Ye, Jianchao, Fang, Nicholas, Rodriguez, Nicholas, Weisgraber, Todd, & Spadaccini, Christopher M. Multiscale metallic metamaterials. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/NMAT4694
Zheng, Xiaoyu, Smith, William, Jackson, Julie, Moran, Bryan, Cui, Huachen, Chen, Da, Ye, Jianchao, Fang, Nicholas, Rodriguez, Nicholas, Weisgraber, Todd, and Spadaccini, Christopher M. Mon . "Multiscale metallic metamaterials". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/NMAT4694. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1458708.
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title = {Multiscale metallic metamaterials},
author = {Zheng, Xiaoyu and Smith, William and Jackson, Julie and Moran, Bryan and Cui, Huachen and Chen, Da and Ye, Jianchao and Fang, Nicholas and Rodriguez, Nicholas and Weisgraber, Todd and Spadaccini, Christopher M.},
abstractNote = {Materials with three-dimensional micro- and nanoarchitectures exhibit many beneficial mechanical, energy conversion and optical properties. However, these three-dimensional microarchitectures are significantly limited by their scalability. Efforts have only been successful only in demonstrating overall structure sizes of hundreds of micrometres, or contain size-scale gaps of several orders of magnitude. This results in degraded mechanical properties at the macroscale. Here we demonstrate hierarchical metamaterials with disparate three-dimensional features spanning seven orders of magnitude, from nanometres to centimetres. At the macroscale they achieve high tensile elasticity (>20%) not found in their brittle-like metallic constituents, and a near-constant specific strength. Creation of these materials is enabled by a high-resolution, large-area additive manufacturing technique with scalability not achievable by two-photon polymerization or traditional stereolithography. In conclusion, with overall part sizes approaching tens of centimetres, these unique nanostructured metamaterials might find use in a broad array of applications.},
doi = {10.1038/NMAT4694},
journal = {Nature Materials},
number = 10,
volume = 15,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jul 18 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Mon Jul 18 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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