3D-Printing ‘Smarter’ Energy Absorbing Materials
Abstract
Foams are, by nature, disordered materials studded with air pockets of varying sizes. Lack of control over the material’s architecture at the micrometer or nanometer scale can make it difficult to adjust the foam’s basic properties. But Eric Duoss and a team of Livermore researchers are using additive manufacturing to develop “smarter” silicone cushions. By architecting the structure at the micro scale, they are able to control macro-scale properties previously unachievable with foam materials.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1245804
- Resource Type:
- Multimedia
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 3D PRINT; ADDITIVE MANUFACTURE; FOAMS
Citation Formats
Duoss, Eric. 3D-Printing ‘Smarter’ Energy Absorbing Materials. United States: N. p., 2014.
Web.
Duoss, Eric. 3D-Printing ‘Smarter’ Energy Absorbing Materials. United States.
Duoss, Eric. Fri .
"3D-Printing ‘Smarter’ Energy Absorbing Materials". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1245804.
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abstractNote = {Foams are, by nature, disordered materials studded with air pockets of varying sizes. Lack of control over the material’s architecture at the micrometer or nanometer scale can make it difficult to adjust the foam’s basic properties. But Eric Duoss and a team of Livermore researchers are using additive manufacturing to develop “smarter” silicone cushions. By architecting the structure at the micro scale, they are able to control macro-scale properties previously unachievable with foam materials.},
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