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Kristina Brandt¹, Michael F H Wolff, Vitalij Salikov

¹Institute of Advanced Ceramics, Hamburg University of Technology, Denickestrasse 15, 21073 Hamburg, Germany.

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Area of Science:

Materials Science
Biomimetics
Composite Engineering

Background:

Hierarchically structured hard tissues like enamel and nacre exhibit remarkable structure-property relationships.
Synthetic efforts have focused on mimicking nacre's brick-and-mortar structure, but true hierarchical synthetic materials remain scarce.

Purpose of the Study:

To present a novel multi-step processing route for creating anisotropic 2-level hierarchical composites.
To engineer synthetic materials that replicate the hierarchical organization found in natural hard tissues.

Main Methods:

Utilized polymer-encapsulated ceramic particles as the first level of hierarchical building blocks.
Employed spouted bed spray granulation for the second level of structural organization.
Applied directional hot pressing for anisotropic consolidation of the composite material.

Main Results:

Successfully fabricated a composite with a 2-level hierarchical brick-and-mortar microstructure.
Achieved distinct structural features at each hierarchical level.
Observed preliminary mechanical properties that vary across the different structural levels.

Conclusions:

The developed processing route offers a new pathway for synthesizing multi-level hierarchically structured composites.
This approach opens possibilities for creating advanced materials with tailored, multi-functional structure-property relationships.
Further optimization is needed to enhance the mechanical performance at each hierarchical level.