| Abstract Scope |
Biological materials often show superior fracture resistance while maintaining moderate density, stiffness, strength, and other materials properties. This talk will present our recent progress on bioinspired design of fracture resistant polymer-based structures. The study combines 3D-printing assisted fabrication, state-of-the-art characterization, multiscale mechanical examination, and computational simulation. The short-term goal is to produce fracture resistant polymer-based structures for applications such as dental composites, flexible electronics, and so on. The long-term goal is to establish a mechanistically based platform for the design of fracture resistant structures. |