{"id":50168,"date":"2022-10-20T16:15:57","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T15:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cupblog.bluefusesystems.com\/?p=50168"},"modified":"2022-10-20T16:19:27","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T15:19:27","slug":"meet-professor-peter-fratzl-associate-editor-of-programmable-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/blog\/2022\/10\/20\/meet-professor-peter-fratzl-associate-editor-of-programmable-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Professor Peter Fratzl, Associate Editor of Programmable Materials"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Want to find about more about Programmable Materials?<\/em><\/a> Here\u2019s a Q&A with Professor Peter Fratzl who shares his experience working in the field and what you can expect from the new open access journal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

What first attracted you to the field of programmable materials?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Natural materials rely to a larger extent on structure than on composition to modulate their properties that are required for function. For example, claws, hairs, tendons or fangs of a spider are all based on a chitin fiber composite but have radically different functions that are \u201cprogrammed\u201d by the organism primarily through internal fiber architecture.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are you currently working on that you\u2019d like to tell us about?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We try to understand fiber architectures in composite materials as a \u201cprogramming language\u201d to tune its mechanical properties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do you think the journal Programmable Materials<\/em> will bring to the field?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The field of programmable materials is highly interdisciplinary and the journal is meant to bring together the relevant communities from materials science, mechanical engineering, nano- and microfabrication, biology, architected materials and even artificial intelligence.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are some of the challenges facing the field today?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fabrication of programmable materials is a current challenge, but clever practical uses of such materials also need to be devised. Programmable materials challenge the traditional concept of a materials with well-defined properties. Indeed, due to the programming, the properties and the behavior of such material system depend on history (namely the preceding programming steps). This is a paradigm shift in materials engineering.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In which areas of the programmable materials field do you expect to see growth in the next five to ten years?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the big challenges ahead of us will be the distribution of programming steps between the materials system itself and digital processors interacting with it. This will allow a better balance between energy efficiency and flexibility and devices and machines. One can foresee numerous applications in various fields from robotics to medical engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Why should authors publish in Programmable Materials<\/em>?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The journal will provide a unique interdisciplinary platform for papers on conception, fabrication and use of programmable materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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