Spinodoid Non-periodic Architected Materials: Mechanical Performance Prediction, Design, and Applications

ZHANG Jian; YAN Ziminig; ZHUANG Zhuo; LIU Zhanli

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Zhang J, Yan Z, Zhuang Z, Liu Z L. Spinodoid Non-periodic Architected Materials: Mechanical Performance Prediction, Design, and Applications. Advances in Mechanics, in press doi: 10.6052/1000-0992-26-001

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Zhang J, Yan Z, Zhuang Z, Liu Z L. Spinodoid Non-periodic Architected Materials: Mechanical Performance Prediction, Design, and Applications. Advances in Mechanics, in press doi: 10.6052/1000-0992-26-001

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Spinodoid Non-periodic Architected Materials: Mechanical Performance Prediction, Design, and Applications

doi: 10.6052/1000-0992-26-001 cstr: 32046.14.1000-0992-26-001

School of Aerospace Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

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Corresponding author: liuzhanli@tsinghua.edu.cn
Received Date: 2026-01-07
Accepted Date: 2026-03-03

Available Online: 2026-03-30

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Through structural design, architected materials can achieve extraordinary properties and therefore have found broad applications across biomedical, aerospace, energy, and environmental domains. Incorporating non-periodicity into structural design helps mitigate the brittleness arising from localized failure in conventional periodic materials, leading to improved toughness, damage tolerance, and defect insensitivity. However, the added complexity imposes computational and manufacturing challenges, calling for the development of new theoretical frameworks and design methodologies. Spinodoid materials/Spinodal-Like materials, characterized by spinodal topology, represent a class of non-periodic architected materials, and the research paradigm established for these materials can be generalized to predict mechanical performance and guide structural design of various complex non-periodic architectures. This review focuses on spinodoid structures as a representative example, introducing their modeling principles, effective mechanical properties, design and manufacturing methods, and typical applications. We summarize the current research and propose future research directions, with the aim of charting a roadmap for non-periodic architected materials based on the advanced methods across the integrated "modeling–design–manufacturing–application" pipeline.
- Spinodoid,
- Spinodal topology,
- Architected materials,
- Mechanical performance prediction,
- Inverse design

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