Digital strategies for structured and architected materials design
Designing materials with tailored structural or functional properties is a fundamental goal of materials science and engineering. A vast research activity is currently devoted to achieving metamaterials with superior properties and optimized functionalities by carefully...
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| author | Silvia Bonfanti Roberto Guerra Michael Zaiser Stefano Zapperi |
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| description | Designing materials with tailored structural or functional properties is a fundamental
goal of materials science and engineering. A vast research activity is currently devoted
to achieving metamaterials with superior properties and optimized functionalities by
carefully fine tuning both the microstructure and geometry of the material. Here, we
discuss the impact of digital technologies in this research field by providing fast and
cost effective tools to explore a large array of possibilities for materials and
metamaterials. We report on recent progress obtained by combining numerical simulations,
optimization techniques, artificial intelligence, and additive manufacturing methods and
highlight promising research lines. The exploration of the space of possible material
microstructures and geometries is reminiscent of the process of biological evolution in
which traits are explored and selected according to their fitness. Biomimetic materials
have long profited from adapting features of biological systems to the design of new
materials and structures. Combining biomimetic approaches with digital simulation and
optimization and with high throughput fabrication and characterization techniques may
provide a step change in the evolutionary development of new materials. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-be53b7cac9f7464781ef98a027f66a7e2022-12-21T22:20:45ZengAIP Publishing LLCAPL Materials2166-532X2021-02-0192020904020904-1210.1063/5.0026817Digital strategies for structured and architected materials designSilvia Bonfanti0Roberto Guerra1Michael Zaiser2Stefano Zapperi3Center for Complexity and Biosystems, Department of Physics, University of Milan, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, ItalyCenter for Complexity and Biosystems, Department of Physics, University of Milan, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, ItalyInstitute of Materials Simulation, Department of Materials Science, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Dr.-Mack-Str. 77, 90762 Fürth, GermanyCenter for Complexity and Biosystems, Department of Physics, University of Milan, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, ItalyDesigning materials with tailored structural or functional properties is a fundamental goal of materials science and engineering. A vast research activity is currently devoted to achieving metamaterials with superior properties and optimized functionalities by carefully fine tuning both the microstructure and geometry of the material. Here, we discuss the impact of digital technologies in this research field by providing fast and cost effective tools to explore a large array of possibilities for materials and metamaterials. We report on recent progress obtained by combining numerical simulations, optimization techniques, artificial intelligence, and additive manufacturing methods and highlight promising research lines. The exploration of the space of possible material microstructures and geometries is reminiscent of the process of biological evolution in which traits are explored and selected according to their fitness. Biomimetic materials have long profited from adapting features of biological systems to the design of new materials and structures. Combining biomimetic approaches with digital simulation and optimization and with high throughput fabrication and characterization techniques may provide a step change in the evolutionary development of new materials.http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0026817 |
| spellingShingle | Silvia Bonfanti Roberto Guerra Michael Zaiser Stefano Zapperi Digital strategies for structured and architected materials design APL Materials |
| title | Digital strategies for structured and architected materials
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| title_full | Digital strategies for structured and architected materials
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| title_fullStr | Digital strategies for structured and architected materials
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