[HTML][HTML] Manufacturing, characteristics and applications of auxetic foams: A state-of-the-art review

W Jiang, X Ren, SL Wang, XG Zhang, XY Zhang… - Composites Part B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Auxetic foams counter-intuitively expand (shrink) under stretching (compression). These
foams can exhibit superior mechanical properties such as resistance to shear and …

Anti-blast and-impact performances of auxetic structures: A review of structures, materials, methods, and fabrications

RP Bohara, S Linforth, T Nguyen, A Ghazlan… - Engineering Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Auxetics are a class of structural metamaterials with a negative Poisson's ratio. In
comparison to conventional structures, auxetic structures are proven to exhibit several …

Review of auxetic materials for sports applications: Expanding options in comfort and protection

O Duncan, T Shepherd, C Moroney, L Foster… - Applied Sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Following high profile, life changing long term mental illnesses and fatalities in sports such
as skiing, cricket and American football—sports injuries feature regularly in national and …

Auxetic mechanical metamaterials: from soft to stiff

X Li, W Peng, W Wu, J Xiong, Y Lu - International Journal of …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Auxetic mechanical metamaterials are artificially architected materials that possess negative
Poisson's ratio, demonstrating transversal contracting deformation under external vertical …

Auxetic polymer-based mechanical metamaterials for biomedical applications

U Veerabagu, H Palza, F Quero - ACS Biomaterials Science & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Over the last three decades but more particularly during the last 5 years, auxetic mechanical
metamaterials constructed from precisely architected polymer-based materials have …

3D Printing metamaterials towards tissue engineering

E Dogan, A Bhusal, B Cecen, AK Miri - Applied materials today, 2020 - Elsevier
The rapid growth and disruptive potentials of three-dimensional (3D) printing demand further
research for addressing fundamental fabrication concepts and enabling engineers to realize …

Auxetic materials for personal protection: A review

D Tahir, M Zhang, H Hu - physica status solidi (b), 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Life‐changing illnesses and fatalities caused by inefficient personal protective clothing and
equipment are increasing day by day. The discrepancy between the test standards …

A proof-of-concept study of auxetic composite foams with negative poisson's ratio for enhanced strain-stable performance of electromagnetic shielding

Z Xu, J Chen, B Shen, Y Zhao, W Zheng - ACS Materials Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Stretching of conductive polymer composite (CPC) foams always results in a severe
reduction in electromagnetic interference shielding effectiveness (EMI SE) mainly due to the …

Effect of Poisson's ratio on the indentation of open cell foam

O Duncan, L Foster, T Allen, A Alderson - European Journal of Mechanics-A …, 2023 - Elsevier
We tested whether conventional and auxetic (negative Poisson's ratio) foam indentation
response fits with classical indentation theory. We first made foam cubes with 20–25 mm …

TPU/PLA blend foams: Enhanced foamability, structural stability, and implications for shape memory foams

MF Ahmed, Y Li, Z Yao, K Cao… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT A series of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU)/poly (lactic acid)(PLA) blends are
studied in terms of morphological, thermal, and rheological properties by scanning electron …