High-precision 3D printing technology opens to almost endless opportunities to design
complex shapes present in tailored architected materials. The scope of this work is to review …

Many biological tissues, such as wood and bone, are fiber composites with a hierarchical
structure. Their exceptional mechanical properties are believed to be due to a functional …

An important requirement for a bone tissue engineering scaffold is a stiffness gradient that
mimics that of native bone. Such scaffolds can be achieved by controlling their structure and …

A three-dimensional fully auxetic cellular structure with negative Poisson's ratio is presented.
Samples are fabricated from Ti6Al4V powder via selective electron beam melting. The …

Fruit walls as well as nut and seed shells typically perform a multitude of functions. One of
the biologically most important functions consists in the direct or indirect protection of the …

Abstract Various Finite Element modeling concepts and linear analyses of 3D regular
cellular solids (lattice structures) with relative densities ranging from 10% to 20% are …

To investigate the characteristics of compression, buffering and energy dissipation in beetle
elytron plates (BEPs), compression experiments were performed on BEPs and honeycomb …

Biomimetic porous scaffolds made of calcium phosphate mineral are promising structures to
develop bone replacement materials. In order to fabricate scaffolds with a strut size of 450 …

Metallic cellular solids, made of biocompatible alloys like titanium, stainless steel, or cobalt-
chromium, have gained attention for their mechanical strength, reliability, and …

The mechanical properties of open cell structures made from an elastic–plastic bulk material
are investigated by Finite Element simulations. The influence of structural irregularities on …