EAGER: Liquid Crystal Disclination as a New Design Paradigm for Nano-Architected Mechanica — NSF Award to University of South Caro
Despite advances in additive manufacturing of 3D porous lattices, printing resolution remains below the length scales where the nano-size effect, and the resulting “smaller-is-stronger” behavior can be exploited. This EArly-concept Grant for Exploratory Research (EAGER) award supports research to develop new scalable n
| Award title | EAGER: Liquid Crystal Disclination as a New Design Paradigm for Nano-Architected Mechanica |
|---|---|
| Award ID | 2621810 |
| Awardee | University of South Carolina at Columbia |
| City | COLUMBIA |
| State | SC |
| Amount obligated | $200,000 |
| Principal investigator | MONIROSADAT SADATI |
| Program | AM-Advanced Manufacturing |
| Start date | 08/01/2026 |
| Abstract | Despite advances in additive manufacturing of 3D porous lattices, printing resolution remains below the length scales where the nano-size effect, and the resulting “smaller-is-stronger” behavior can be exploited. This EArly-concept Grant for Exploratory Research (EAGER) award supports research to develop new scalable nanofabrication knowledge through a bottom-up strategy in which nanoscale architecture is programmed by well-controlled material self-organization rather than a toolpath. The object |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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