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SUBMITTER: Rothlisberger A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6346048 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Röthlisberger André A Häberli Sandra S Krogh Fabio F Galinski Henning H Dunand David C DC Spolenak Ralph R
Scientific reports 20190124 1
Controlling anisotropy in self-assembled structures enables engineering of materials with highly directional response. Here, we harness the anisotropic growth of ice walls in a thermal gradient to assemble an anisotropic refractory metal structure, which is then infiltrated with Cu to make a composite. Using experiments and simulations, we demonstrate on the specific example of tungsten-copper composites the effect of anisotropy on the electrical and mechanical properties. The measured strength ...[more]