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ArticleNature communications2022

On the damage tolerance of 3-D printed Mg-Ti interpenetrating-phase composites with bioinspired architectures.

Mingyang Zhang, Ning Zhao, Qin Yu, Zengqian Liu, Ruitao Qu, Jian Zhang, Shujun Li, Dechun Ren, Filippo Berto, Zhefeng Zhang and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Mingyang Zhang *Shi-Changxu Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 110016, Shenyang, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0215-624X
Ning Zhao *School of Materials Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, 730050, Lanzhou, China.
Qin YuDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5099-0327
Zengqian LiuShi-Changxu Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 110016, Shenyang, China. zengqianliu@imr.ac.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-2117-3539
Ruitao QuShi-Changxu Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 110016, Shenyang, China.
Jian ZhangShi-Changxu Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 110016, Shenyang, China.
Shujun LiShi-Changxu Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 110016, Shenyang, China.
Dechun RenShi-Changxu Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 110016, Shenyang, China.
Filippo BertoDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Richard Birkelands vei 2B, Trondheim, 7034, Norway.
Zhefeng ZhangShi-Changxu Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 110016, Shenyang, China. zhfzhang@imr.ac.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-5674-2415
Robert O RitchieDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA. roritchie@lbl.gov.ORCID 0000-0002-0501-6998

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bioinspired architectures are effective in enhancing the mechanical properties of materials, yet are difficult to construct in metallic systems. The structure-property relationships of bioinspired metallic composites also remain unclear. Here, Mg-Ti composites were fabricated by pressureless infiltrating pure Mg melt into three-dimensional (3-D) printed Ti-6Al-4V scaffolds. The result was composite materials where the constituents are continuous, mutually interpenetrated in 3-D space and exhibit specific spatial arrangements with bioinspired brick-and-mortar, Bouligand, and crossed-lamellar architectures. These architectures promote effective stress transfer, delocalize damage and arrest cracking, thereby bestowing improved strength and ductility than composites with discrete reinforcements. Additionally, they activate a series of extrinsic toughening mechanisms, including crack deflection/twist and uncracked-ligament bridging, which enable crack-tip shielding from the applied stress and lead to "Γ"-shaped rising fracture resistance R-curves. Quantitative relationships were established for the stiffness and strengths of the composites by adapting classical laminate theory to incorporate their architectural characteristics.

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