npj Computational Materials
This journal publishes high-quality research papers that apply computational approaches for the design of new materials, and for enhancing our understanding of existing ones.
Crosslinking degree variations enable programming and controlling soft fracture via sideways cracking
Under certain conditions, a crack in an elastomer propagates in a (sideways) direction parallel to the loading direction rather than perpendicularly in the (forward) direction of the notch. Then, the crack arrests and the material ahead can be further deformed enabling giant stretchability.
Why is vaporization-induced composition change important during additive manufacturing?
During the Laser Powder Bed Fusion , volatile alloying elements can selectively vaporize from the molten pool, leading to composition change of the final part compared to the original feedstock. Loss of alloying elements impact the microstructure, corrosion resistance, and mechanical properties.
Tensor tomography driven FE analysis of composites
Tensor tomography allows for efficient image-based numerical analysis of carbon fibre composite materials.
Human in the loop automated experiments in Scanning probe microscope
We develop a human-AI collaborated workflow towards autonomous and aligned experiments, as we called it "Bayesian optimized active recommender system" which in short BOARS.
