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Computational challenges in additive manufacturing for metamaterials design

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Additive manufacturing plays an essential role in producing metamaterials by precisely controlling geometries and multiscale structures to achieve the desired properties. In this Comment, we highlight the challenges and opportunities from additive manufacturing for computational metamaterials design.

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Fig. 1: The additive manufacturing process for metamaterials fabrication and highlights of the emerging techniques that can assist the production of metamaterials.

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The authors would like to acknowledge support from the National Science Foundation (fund nos. DMR-2323731 and DMR-2323728).

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

    Keith A. Brown

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Grace X. Gu

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Brown, K.A., Gu, G.X. Computational challenges in additive manufacturing for metamaterials design. Nat Comput Sci 4, 553–555 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43588-024-00669-6

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