Honeycombs are ultra-light materials with outstanding mechanical properties, which mainly
originate from their unit cell configurations rather than the properties of matrix materials …

Additive manufacturing (AM), also known as three-dimensional (3D) printing, has boomed
over the last 30 years, and its use has accelerated during the last 5 years. AM is a materials …

Si has been regarded as one of the most promising next generation lithium-ion battery (LIB)
anodes due to its exceptional capacity and proper working voltage. However, the dramatic …

The concept of four-dimensional (4D) printing emerged from the addition of the time
dimension into the more established additive manufacturing (AM) methods, namely 3D …

Investigations on the fast capacity loss of Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have highlighted a rich
field of mechanical phenomena occurring during charging/discharging cycles, to name only …

Honeycomb structures, inspired from bee honeycombs, had found widespread applications
in various fields, including architecture, transportation, mechanical engineering, chemical …

Silicon (Si)-based materials have the highest capacity among the investigated anode
materials and have been recognized as one of the most promising materials for lithium-ion …

Architected materials can actively respond to external stimuli—such as mechanical forces,
hydration and magnetic fields—by changing their geometries and thereby achieve novel …

Research activities related to the development of negative electrodes for construction of high‐
performance Li‐ion batteries (LIBs) with conventional cathodes such as LiCoO2, LiFePO4 …

Among many candidates, silicon anode materials have been considered as one of the most
promising materials for the next generation Li-ion batteries to replace widely used graphite …