Mechanical metamaterials are a class of functional materials with designability and
extraordinary mechanical properties. Due to the manufacturing limitation of traditional …

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

Different from conventional materials, materials with negative Poisson's ratios expand
laterally when stretched longitudinally. Known as 'auxetic'materials, the effect means they …

Metamaterials exhibit properties beyond those exhibited by conventional materials in
conventional scenarios. These have been investigated both theoretically and experimentally …

Material jetting (MJ) technology is an additive manufacturing method that selectively cures
liquid photopolymer to build functional parts. The use of MJ technology has increased in …

Materials and structures with negative Poisson's ratio exhibit a counter-intuitive behaviour.
Under uniaxial compression (tension), these materials and structures contract (expand) …

Mechanical metamaterials are man-made structures with counterintuitive mechanical
properties that originate in the geometry of their unit cell instead of the properties of each …

Polymeric composites with multi-functionality offer significant advantages over metals,
including lightweight, high strength and stiffness, corrosion and fatigue resistance, etc …

Abstract Additive manufacturing (AM)(= 3D printing) and rational design techniques have
enabled development of meta-biomaterials with unprecedented combinations of …

The surge of interest in so-called “designer materials” during the last few years together with
recent advances in additive manufacturing (3D printing) techniques that enable fabrication …