Nature-inspired orientation-dependent toughening mechanism for TPMS ceramic architectures
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D’Andrea, Luca
Yang, Ting
Dao, Ming
Vena, Pasquale
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January 28, 2025
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MRS Bulletin
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Springer International Publishing
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D’Andrea, L., Yang, T., Dao, M. et al. Nature-inspired orientation-dependent toughening mechanism for TPMS ceramic architectures. MRS Bulletin 50, 374–383 (2025).
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Abstract
Triply periodic minimal surfaces (TPMSs) have been extensively studied in many fields of engineering, including bone tissue scaffolds. Recent advancements in manufacturing have enabled the three-dimensional printing of ceramic porous architectures; however, their intrinsic brittleness limits its practical applications. It has been observed that the ossicles of the knobby starfish exhibit a mineralized TPMS structure with lattice distortions (i.e., dislocations), which effectively deviate the crack propagation and enhance the fracture energy. In this article, the aforementioned toughening mechanism has been introduced in a TPMS architecture. We employed finite element models to analyze the effective mechanical properties of the structures under compression, both in the elastic and post-elastic regimes. Our analysis reveals that the introduction of the dislocation induces variations in both elastic and fracture properties of the structures. With particular reference to the fracture behavior, a suitable oriented edge dislocation is able to alter the crack nucleation and propagation, resulting in a tougher structure. Both the elastic and fracture phenomena can be enhanced or reduced by changing the dislocation density.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
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https://doi.org/10.1557/s43577-024-00831-5
