Mechanical metamaterials are meticulously designed structures with exceptional
mechanical properties determined by their microstructures and constituent materials …

Mechanical metamaterials exhibit properties and functionalities that cannot be realized in
conventional materials. Originally, the field focused on achieving unusual (zero or negative) …

Materials with target nonlinear mechanical response can support the design of innovative
soft robots, wearable devices, footwear, and energy‐absorbing systems, yet it is challenging …

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 …

Architected materials that consist of multiple subelements arranged in particular orders can
demonstrate a much broader range of properties than their constituent materials. However …

Acoustic metamaterials can manipulate and control sound waves in ways that are not
possible in conventional materials. Metamaterials with zero, or even negative, refractive …

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

Selective electron beam melting (SEBM) belongs to the additive manufacturing technologies
which are believed to revolutionise future industrial production. Starting from computer …

The fast development of wearable electronic systems requires a sustainable energy source
that can harvest energy from the ambient environment and does not require frequent …