{"id":5552,"date":"2025-07-30T07:48:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T07:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/?p=5552"},"modified":"2025-07-30T07:48:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T07:48:34","slug":"engineers-design-programmable-multilayered-materials-inspired-by-marine-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/?p=5552","title":{"rendered":"Engineers Design Programmable Multilayered Materials Inspired by Marine Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Engineers have developed a new framework for creating synthetic materials with programmable layers that collaborate to dissipate stress, mimicking the behavior of natural structures like seashell nacre. Led by researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the Technical University of Denmark, this breakthrough, published in&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1126\/sciadv.adr6925\"><em>Science Advances<\/em><\/a>, could revolutionize energy-absorbing systems in applications such as wearable bandages and car bumpers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study moves beyond traditional reverse engineering by designing multilayered materials where each layer is individually programmed to respond to mechanical stress. Unlike single-layer materials, these synthetic structures leverage microscale interconnections to achieve collective behavior, enhancing their ability to adapt to varying collision intensities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Shelly Zhang, one of the lead researchers, explained, \u201cOur framework optimizes multiple layers and their interconnections, significantly expanding the design possibilities compared to single-layer or lattice structures.\u201d The team discovered that while theoretical models assume infinite periodicity, real-world fabrication of finite units revealed discrepancies. These differences, however, provided valuable insights for improving the material\u2019s programmable responses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen different materials work together, they can achieve far greater impact than individually,\u201d said Zhang. \u201cThis principle mirrors how collaboration among people leads to groundbreaking outcomes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The research highlights the potential of programmable multilayered materials to advance energy absorption technologies. Future work will focus on scaling up fabrication processes to bring these innovative materials into practical use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Engineers have developed a new framework for creating synthetic materials with programmable layers that collaborate to dissipate stress, mimicking the behavior of natural structures like seashell nacre. Led by researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the Technical University of Denmark, this breakthrough, published in&nbsp;Science Advances, could revolutionize energy-absorbing systems in applications such as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1143],"tags":[3203,3200,3202,1212,3206],"class_list":["post-5552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-materials-science","tag-car-bumpers","tag-engineers","tag-marine-life","tag-materials-science","tag-microscale"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5552"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5553,"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5552\/revisions\/5553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}