3D Printed Tubulanes as Lightweight Hypervelocity Impact Resistant Structures

• Published in: Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) Vol. 15; no. 52; pp. e1904747 - n/a
• Main Authors: Sajadi, Seyed Mohammad, Woellner, Cristiano F., Ramesh, Prathyush, Eichmann, Shannon L., Sun, Qiushi, Boul, Peter J., Thaemlitz, Carl J., Rahman, Muhammad M., Baughman, Ray H., Galvão, Douglas S., Tiwary, Chandra Sekhar, Ajayan, Pulickel M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.12.2019
• Subjects: 3D printing; ballistic impact resistance; Carbon nanotubes; Construction materials; Deformation mechanisms; Hypervelocity impact; Impact resistance; Lamellar structure; Lightweight; Load resistance; mechanical properties; molecular dynamics (MD) simulation; Nanotechnology; Organic materials; Porosity; Three dimensional printing; tubulanes; molecular dynamics (MD) simulation; ballistic impact resistance; tubulanes; 3D printing; mechanical properties

Lightweight materials with high ballistic impact resistance and load‐bearing capabilities are regarded as a holy grail in materials design. Nature builds these complementary properties into materials using soft organic materials with optimized, complex geometries. Here, the compressive deformation a...