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Architectured Structural Materials: A Parallel Between Nature and Engineering

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

John W.C. Dunlop  and
Yves J.M. Brechet
John W.C. Dunlop
Affiliation:
john.dunlop@mpikg.mpg.de
Yves J.M. Brechet
Affiliation:
YvesJMBrechet@fakemail.com, SIMAP, INP Grenoble/CNRS, St Martin d’Hères, France
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Abstract

Nature builds materials like an architect to obtain a variety of properties with a limited number of building blocks. In contrast, engineers have access to a wide range of constituent materials to fulfil a variety of requirements. The classical degrees of freedom for controlling the properties of man-made materials are the microstructure, or the macroscopic shape. Only recently, the architecture at the millimetre scale was perceived as an efficient way of expanding the range of properties offered by bulk materials. The aim of this paper is to compare the different strategies and to outline some observations on natural materials which may serve as inspiration to develop engineering architectured materials.

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microstructurebiomimetic (assembly)biological

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1188: Symposium LL – Architectured Multifunctional Materials , 2009 , 1188-LL09-04
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2009

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