{"id":182815,"date":"2024-02-16T09:24:52","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T15:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/titanium-based-metamaterial-unlocks-strength-beyond-nature"},"modified":"2024-02-16T09:24:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T15:24:52","slug":"titanium-based-metamaterial-unlocks-strength-beyond-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/titanium-based-metamaterial-unlocks-strength-beyond-nature","title":{"rendered":"Titanium-based metamaterial unlocks strength beyond nature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/titanium-based-metamaterial-unlocks-strength-beyond-nature3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>A groundbreaking titanium metamaterial with unparalleled strength and versatility could revolutionize manufacturing and high-speed aviation.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>A lightweight, high-strength titanium material has been engineered that could lead to stronger medical devices and innovative vehicle and spacecraft designs. The research team used a common titanium alloy, Ti-6Al-4V, to construct the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancedsciencenews.com\/?s=metamaterial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">metamaterial<\/a>\u201d, a term used to describe an artificial material that possesses unique properties not observed in nature \u2014 <em>meta<\/em> means \u201cbeyond\u201d in Greek.<\/p>\n<p>Many such intricate and surprisingly strong structures do exist in nature, like that of the <em>Victoria<\/em> water lily. Native to South America, this gigantic floating leaf is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2326958-newly-identified-species-is-the-worlds-largest-known-giant-water-lily\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">strong enough to support an adult<\/a> owing to the unique lattice structure of it veins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A groundbreaking titanium metamaterial with unparalleled strength and versatility could revolutionize manufacturing and high-speed aviation. A lightweight, high-strength titanium material has been engineered that could lead to stronger medical devices and innovative vehicle and spacecraft designs. The research team used a common titanium alloy, Ti-6Al-4V, to construct the \u201cmetamaterial\u201d, a term used to describe an [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1635],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-materials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182815\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}