reviewNature Reviews MaterialsJun 20, 2022HYBRID OA

Responsive materials architected in space and time

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory · California Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Rationally designed architected materials have attained previously untapped territories in materials property space. The properties and behaviours of architected materials need not be stagnant after fabrication; they can be encoded with a temporal degree of freedom such that they evolve over time. In this Review, we describe the variety of materials architected in both space and time, and their responses to various stimuli, including mechanical actuation, changes in temperature and chemical environment, and variations in electromagnetic fields. We highlight the additive manufacturing methods that can precisely prescribe complex geometries and local inhomogeneities to make such responsiveness possible. We…

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Keywords
  • Perspective (graphical)
  • Space (punctuation)
  • Computer science
  • Property (philosophy)
  • Phase space
  • Nanotechnology
  • Variety (cybernetics)
  • Materials science
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Sustainable cities and communities
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