Materials that become thicker when stretched and thinner when compressed are the subject
of this review. The theory behind the counterintuitive behavior of these so‐called auxetic …

The area of micro total analysis systems, also called “lab on a chip”, or miniaturized analysis
systems, is growing rapidly. Since the excellent research documented in many publications …

The effects of two geometric refinement strategies widespread in natural structures, chirality
and self-similar hierarchy, on the in-plane elastic response of two-dimensional honeycombs …

Auxetic mechanical metamaterials are artificially architected materials that possess negative
Poisson's ratio, demonstrating transversal contracting deformation under external vertical …

Self-assembly is a process in which components, either separate or linked, spontaneously
form ordered aggregates. Self-assembly can occur with components having sizes from the …

Hydrogels have been developed to respond to a wide variety of stimuli,,,,,, but their use in
macroscopic systems has been hindered by slow response times (diffusion being the rate …

Since the introduction of lab-on-a-chip devices in the early 1990s, glass has been the
dominant substrate material for their fabrication (J. Chromatogr. 593 (1992) 253; Science …

2011-04-05 Assigned to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
reassignment THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS …

Soft materials are finding applications in areas ranging from microfluidic device technology
to nanofabrication. We review recent work in these areas, discuss the motivation for device …

The current status of research into auxetic (negative Poisson's ratio) materials is reviewed,
with particular focus on those aspects of relevance to aerospace engineering …