Datasets for structural and mechanical properties of nanoporous networks from FIB reconstruction

This dataset includes 3D tomographic reconstruction image files, volume mesh files for finite element simulations, and data on the structural and mechanical properties of nanoporous gold (NPG) structures. It serves as a supplement to a dataset paper, with the corresponding DOI provided in the “Related Identifiers” section. Detailed descriptions of the data, as well as the procedures for their preparation and curation, are presented in that paper. The base material, nanoporous gold, was fabricated via a dealloying process and has a solid fraction of approximately 0.30. NPG samples with ligament sizes ranging from 20 nm to 400 nm were prepared through dealloying and subsequent thermal annealing. Tomographic TIFF files were obtained via Focused Ion Beam/Scanning Electron Microscopy (FIB/SEM) 3D reconstruction, with the procedure detailed in Philosophical Magazine (2016, 96(32–34), 3322–3335). Based on the 3D image data, new simulations and analyses were performed. The resulting structural and mechanical property data of nanoporous gold are reported for the first time in the dataset paper and are archived here. This dataset provides a valuable database for the study of nanoporous network materials and can be reused for numerical simulations, additive manufacturing, and machine learning applications within the materials science community.