Crumpling-based soft metamaterials: the effects of sheet pore size and porosity

Crumpled-based materials are relatively easy to fabricate and show robust mechanical properties for practical applications, including meta-biomaterials design aimed for improved tissue regeneration. For such requests, however, the structure needs to be porous. We introduce a crumpled holey thin shee...

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Published in:Scientific reports 2017-10, Vol.7 (1), p.13028-7, Article 13028
Main Authors: Mirzaali, M. J., Habibi, M., Janbaz, S., Vergani, L., Zadpoor, A. A.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Biomaterials
Biomedical materials
Design
Fysica en Fysische Chemie van Levensmiddelen
Humanities and Social Sciences
Leerstoelgroep Fysica en fysische chemie van levensmiddelen
Mechanical properties
Morphology
multidisciplinary
Physics
Physics and Physical Chemistry of Foods
Pore size
Porosity
Ridges
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Tissue engineering
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Summary:Crumpled-based materials are relatively easy to fabricate and show robust mechanical properties for practical applications, including meta-biomaterials design aimed for improved tissue regeneration. For such requests, however, the structure needs to be porous. We introduce a crumpled holey thin sheet as a robust bio-metamaterial and measure the mechanical response of a crumpled holey thin Mylar sheet as a function of the hole size and hole area fraction. We also study the formation of patterns of crease lines and ridges. The area fraction largely dominated the crumpling mechanism. We also show, the crumpling exponents slightly increases with increasing the hole area fraction and the total perimeter of the holes. Finally, hole edges were found to limit and guide the propagation of crease lines and ridges.
ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-12821-6