High strength and damage-tolerance in echinoderm stereom as a natural bicontinuous ceramic cellular solid

Ting Yang; Zian Jia; Ziling Wu; Hongshun Chen; Zhifei Deng; Liuni Chen; Yunhui Zhu; Ling Li

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-33712-z

Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

High strength and damage-tolerance in echinoderm stereom as a natural bicontinuous ceramic cellular solid

Ting Yang,
Zian Jia,
Ziling Wu,
Hongshun Chen,
Zhifei Deng,
Liuni Chen,
Yunhui Zhu,
Ling Li

Affiliations

Ting Yang: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
Zian Jia: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
Ziling Wu: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech
Hongshun Chen: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
Zhifei Deng: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
Liuni Chen: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
Yunhui Zhu: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech
Ling Li: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33712-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Engineering ceramic foams are often limited for non-structural usages due to their brittleness. Here the authors elucidate the structural design strategies of echinoderm stereo as a biological ceramic cellular solid for achieving simultaneous high strength and damage tolerance.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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