Multiscale and multimodal
imaging of material structures and properties
provides solid ground on which materials theory and design can flourish.
Recently, KAIST announced 10 flagship research fields, which include
KAIST Materials Revolution: Materials and Molecular Modeling, Imaging,
Informatics and Integration (M3I3). The M3I3 initiative aims to reduce
the time for the discovery, design and development of materials based
on elucidating multiscale processing–structure–property
relationship and materials hierarchy, which are to be quantified and
understood through a combination of machine learning and scientific
insights. In this review, we begin by introducing recent progress
on related initiatives around the globe, such as the Materials Genome
Initiative (U.S.), Materials Informatics (U.S.), the Materials Project
(U.S.), the Open Quantum Materials Database (U.S.), Materials Research
by Information Integration Initiative (Japan), Novel Materials Discovery
(E.U.), the NOMAD repository (E.U.), Materials Scientific Data Sharing
Network (China), Vom Materials Zur Innovation (Germany), and Creative
Materials Discovery (Korea), and discuss the role of multiscale materials
and molecular imaging combined with machine learning in realizing
the vision of M3I3. Specifically, microscopies using photons, electrons,
and physical probes will be revisited with a focus on the multiscale
structural hierarchy, as well as structure–property relationships.
Additionally, data mining from the literature combined with machine
learning will be shown to be more efficient in finding the future
direction of materials structures with improved properties than the
classical approach. Examples of materials for applications in energy
and information will be reviewed and discussed. A case study on the
development of a Ni–Co–Mn cathode materials illustrates
M3I3’s approach to creating libraries of multiscale structure–property–processing
relationships. We end with a future outlook toward recent developments
in the field of M3I3.
A highly sensitive bending sensor composed of patterned Pt lines, integrated with energy harvesting capability, is reported. The sensitivity of the bending sensor increases as the width of the Pt lines decreases, owing to the increase in crack density with decreasing line width. Furthermore, sensitivity increases with increasing bending cycles, but saturates at around 1000 cycles. Such a behavior corresponds to the increase and eventual saturation of crack density with increasing bending cycles. A microstructured polydimethylsiloxane layer is placed on top of the Pt lines to serve as a triboelectric energy harvesting layer, where human skin and the Pt lines are utilized as electrodes. Voltage and current of 18.6 V and 209 nA are generated, respectively, from gentle finger tapping. These demonstrations make the device highly useful for a wide variety of portable and wearable flexible electronic applications.
In this study, we investigated the deposition kinetics of polyvinylidene fluoride copolymerized with trifluoroethylene (P(VDF-TrFE)) particles on stainless steel substrates during the electrophoretic deposition (EPD) process. The effect of applied voltage and deposition time on the structure and ferroelectric property of the P(VDF-TrFE) films was studied in detail. A method of repeated EPD and heat treatment above melting point were employed to fabricate crack-free P(VDF-TrFE) thick films. This method enabled us to fabricate P(VDF-TrFE) films with variable thicknesses. The morphology of the obtained films was investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and the formation of β-phase was confirmed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. P(VDF-TrFE) films prepared with various thicknesses showed remnant polarization (Pr) of around 4 μC/cm2. To demonstrate the applicability of our processing recipe to complex structures, we fabricated a spring-type energy harvester by depositing P(VDF-TrFE) films on stainless steel springs using EPD process. Our preliminary results show that an electrophoretic deposition can be applied to produce high-quality P(VDF-TrFE) films on planar as well as three-dimensional (3-D) substrates.
This chapter describes the history and development strategy of piezoelectric materials for medical applications. It covers the piezoelectric properties of materials found inside the human body including blood vessels, skin, and bones as well as how the piezoelectricity innate in those materials aids in disease treatment. It also covers piezoelectric materials and their use in medical implants by explaining how piezoelectric materials can be used as sensors and can emulate natural materials. Finally, the possibility of using piezoelectric materials to design medical equipment and how current models can be improved by further research is explored. This review is intended to provide greater understanding of how important piezoelectricity is to the medical industry by describing the challenges and opportunities regarding its future development.
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