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¹Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.

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Inspired by nacre, scientists created layered architected materials with programmed multistage snap-buckling for advanced energy dissipation and data encryption. These materials mimic nature's design for superior mechanical performance.

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Area of Science:

Materials Science
Biomimetics
Mechanical Engineering

Background:

Biological materials like nacre possess exceptional mechanical properties due to their layered microstructures.
The collaborative interaction between layers in natural materials surpasses the performance of individual components.

Purpose of the Study:

To architect novel materials with free-form layered microstructures that mimic biological systems.
To program multistage snap-buckling and plateau responses challenging for single-layer materials.
To enable intricate layer interactions for precise control over extreme nonlinear responses.

Main Methods:

Development of an inverse design paradigm for optimizing local microstructures and interconnections.
Utilizing high-fidelity simulations, hybrid fabrication techniques, and tailored experiments.
Orchestrating multisnapping phenomena through complex interactions between heterogeneous local architectures.

Main Results:

Demonstration of complex nonlinear responses crucial for energy dissipation and wearable devices.
Successful programming of multistage snap-buckling and plateau behaviors.
Encoding and storing information within architected materials via multisnapping phenomena, enabling data encryption.

Conclusions:

Layered architected materials offer transformative advancements by leveraging synergistic layer interactions.
These materials provide high-precision control over extreme nonlinear responses for diverse applications.
The developed approach unlocks new possibilities in vibration control, wearables, and information encryption.