Mechanical energy absorption of architecturally interlocked petal-schwarzites

Autor: Leonardo V. Bastos, Rushikesh S. Ambekar, Chandra S. Tiwary, Douglas S. Galvao, Cristiano F. Woellner
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Carbon Trends, Vol 13, Iss , Pp 100299- (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2667-0569
DOI: 10.1016/j.cartre.2023.100299
Popis: We carried out fully atomistic reactive molecular dynamics simulations to study the mechanical behavior of six newly proposed hybrid schwarzite-based structures (interlocked petal-schwarzites). Schwarzites are carbon crystalline nanostructures with negative Gaussian curvature created by mapping a TPMS (Triply Periodic Minimal Surface) with carbon rings containing six to eight atoms. Our simulations have shown that petal-schwarzite structures can withstand uni-axial compressive stress up to the order of GPa and can be compressed past 50 percent strain without structural collapse. Our most resistant hierarchical structure has a calculated compressive strength of 260 GPa and specific energy absorption (SEA) of 45.95 MJ/kg, while possessing a mass density of only 685 kg/m3. These results show that these structures could be excellent lightweight materials for applications that require mechanical energy absorption.
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