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Automated Folding of Origami Lattices: From Nanopatterned Sheets to Stiff Meta-Biomaterials

Journal

SMALL
Volume 19, Issue 3, Pages -

Publisher

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/smll.202203603

Keywords

biofunctionalization; Designer biomaterials; foldable medical devices; origami

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Folding nanopatterned flat sheets into complex 3D structures allows for the fabrication of meta-biomaterials with desirable 3D architecture and nanoscale surface features. This study demonstrates the first realization of automatically folded origami lattices with bone-mimicking mechanical properties. The proposed approach is highly scalable and versatile, with potential applications in various fields.
Folding nanopatterned flat sheets into complex 3D structures enables the fabrication of meta-biomaterials that combine a rationally designed 3D architecture with nanoscale surface features. Self-folding is an attractive approach for realizing such materials. However, self-folded lattices are generally too compliant as there is an inherent competition between ease-of-folding requirements and final load-bearing characteristics. Inspired by sheet metal forming, an alternative route is proposed for the fabrication of origamilattices. This 'automated-folding' approach allows for the introduction of sharp folds into thick metal sheets, thereby enhancing their stiffness. The first time realization of automatically folded origami lattices with bone-mimicking mechanical properties is demonstrated. The proposed approach is highly scalable given that the unit cells making up the meta-biomaterial can be arbitrarily large in number and small in dimensions. To demonstrate the scalability and versatility of the proposed approach, it is fabricated origamilattices with > 100 unit cells, lattices with unit cells as small as 1.25 mm, and auxetic lattices. The nanopatterned the surface of the sheets prior to folding. Protected by a thin coating layer, these nanoscale features remained intact during the folding process. It is found that the nanopatterned folded specimens exhibits significantly increased mineralization as compared to their non-patterned counterparts.

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