Mechanical metamaterials enable the creation of structural materials with unprecedented
mechanical properties. However, thus far, research on mechanical metamaterials has …

Rational design of artificial micro-structured metamaterials with advanced mechanical and
physical properties that are not accessible in nature materials is challenging and important …

Shape morphing and the possibility of having control over mechanical properties via
designed deformations have attracted a lot of attention in the materials community and led to …

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 …

The ability to significantly change the mechanical and wave propagation properties of a
structure without rebuilding it is currently one of the main challenges in the field 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 …

Mechanical metamaterials can be defined as a class of architected materials that exhibit
unprecedented mechanical properties derived from designed artificial architectures rather …

Material properties can be tailored through modification of their geometry or architecture.
With this concept, a lot of smart materials, metamaterials, and smart structures have been …

Materials with negative Poisson's ratio attract considerable attention due to their underlying
intriguing physical properties and numerous promising applications, particularly in stringent …