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ArticleNano letters2024

Three-Dimensional Optical Imaging of Internal Deformations in Polymeric Microscale Mechanical Metamaterials.

Brian W Blankenship, Timon Meier, Naichen Zhao, Stefanos Mavrikos, Sophia Arvin, Natalia De La Torre, Brian Hsu, Nathan Seymour, Costas P Grigoropoulos

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Article in Nano letters, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Brian W BlankenshipLaser Thermal Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4212-6835
Timon MeierLaser Thermal Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
Naichen ZhaoLaser Thermal Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
Stefanos MavrikosLaser Thermal Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.ORCID 0009-0007-0426-8783
Sophia ArvinLaser Thermal Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
Natalia De La TorreLaser Thermal Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
Brian HsuLaser Thermal Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
Nathan SeymourLaser Thermal Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
Costas P GrigoropoulosLaser Thermal Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-8505-4037
University of California, Berkeley · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advances in two-photon polymerization fabrication processes are paving the way to creating macroscopic metamaterials with microscale architectures, which exhibit mechanical properties superior to their bulk material counterparts. These metamaterials typically feature lightweight, complex patterns such as lattice or minimal surface structures. Conventional tools for investigating these microscale structures, such as scanning electron microscopy, cannot easily probe the internal features of these structures, which are critical for a comprehensive assessment of their mechanical behavior. In turn, we demonstrate an optical confocal microscopy-based approach that allows for high-resolution optical imaging of internal deformations and fracture processes in microscale metamaterials under mechanical load. We validate this technique by investigating an exemplary metamaterial lattice structure of 80 × 80 × 80 μm

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confocal microscopymechanical metamaterialspolymerstwo-photon polymerization

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PMID38277644
PMCPMC10921468
OpenAlexW4391249296

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