Tailoring thermal insulation architectures from additive manufacturing

Lu An; Zipeng Guo; Zheng Li; Yu Fu; Yong Hu; Yulong Huang; Fei Yao; Chi Zhou; Shenqiang Ren

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-32027-3

Nature Communications (Jul 2022)

Tailoring thermal insulation architectures from additive manufacturing

Lu An,
Zipeng Guo,
Zheng Li,
Yu Fu,
Yong Hu,
Yulong Huang,
Fei Yao,
Chi Zhou,
Shenqiang Ren

Affiliations

Lu An: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Zipeng Guo: Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Zheng Li: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Yu Fu: Department of Materials Design and Innovation, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Yong Hu: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Yulong Huang: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Fei Yao: Department of Materials Design and Innovation, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Chi Zhou: Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Shenqiang Ren: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32027-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Nanoscale porous building blocks hold great promise for a range of thermal management technologies but often porous nanoparticle assemblies are intrinsically brittle. Here, the authors report 3D printing of porous silica voxels with polymeric additives to enable the coupling between additive manufacturing and hierarchical assembly for superior machinability and structural controllability.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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