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Perspective: Evolutionary design of granular media and block copolymer patterns

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: The creation of new materials “by design” is a process that starts from desired materials properties and proceeds to identify requirements for the constituent components. Such process is challenging because it inverts the typical modeling approach, which starts from given micro-level components to predict macro-level properties. We describe how to tackle this inverse problem using concepts from evolutionary computation. These concepts have widespread applicability and open up new opportunities for design as well as discovery. Here we apply them to design tasks involving two very different classes of soft materials, shape-optimized granular media and nanopatterned block copolymer thin films.

Source: APL Materials

DOI: 10.1063/1.4948270

Authors: Heinrich M. Jaeger, Juan J. de Pablo

Institutions: Argonne National Laboratory, University of Chicago

Language: English

Topic: Block Copolymer Self-Assembly

Subfield: Materials Chemistry

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,200

Funders: Division of Materials Research, Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems