Plate Nanolattice (IMAGE)

University of California - Irvine

Plate Nanolattice

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With wall thicknesses of about 160 nanometers, a closed-cell, plate-based nanolattice structure designed by researchers at UCI and other institutions is the first experimental verification that such arrangements reach the theorized limits of strength and stiffness in porous materials.

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Cameron Crook and Jens Bauer / UCI

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