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  • Materials Science
  • Metamaterials
  • Fractal Geometry

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  • Achieving true multifunctionality in architected materials is challenging.
  • Current designs often use hybridized or modular approaches, limiting scalability.
  • Integrating acoustic insulation, mechanical robustness, and ventilation is a key engineering goal.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a dimension-driven strategy for multifunctional architected materials.
  • To demonstrate the potential of non-integer-dimensional architected materials (NDAMs).
  • To achieve integrated acoustic, mechanical, and airflow functionalities within a single topological framework.

Main Methods:

  • Exploited non-integer dimensionality in material architecture.
  • Fabricated Menger sponge-inspired NDAMs using high-resolution additive manufacturing.
  • Investigated functionalities arising from fractal hierarchy.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated broadband acoustic insulation via scattering and resonance.
  • Achieved tunable mechanical energy absorption through stress redistribution.
  • Showcased enhanced airflow efficiency with drag-reducing multiscale channels.
  • Functionalities were intrinsic to fractal hierarchy, not material composition.

Conclusions:

  • NDAMs offer a scalable and integrated approach to multifunctionality.
  • The dimensional parameter provides an accessible design handle for engineering applications.
  • NDAMs represent a new design axis for advanced metamaterials in aerospace, transport, and biomedical fields.