Recent progress in active mechanical metamaterials and construction principles

J Qi, Z Chen, P Jiang, W Hu, Y Wang, Z Zhao… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Active mechanical metamaterials (AMMs)(or smart mechanical metamaterials) that combine
the configurations of mechanical metamaterials and the active control of stimuli‐responsive …

Disordered mechanical metamaterials

M Zaiser, S Zapperi - Nature Reviews Physics, 2023 - nature.com
Mechanical metamaterials are a class of artificial materials whose geometry is engineered to
have peculiar mechanical properties or programmed responses that are difficult to find in …

Multimaterial 3D printed self-locking thick-panel origami metamaterials

H Ye, Q Liu, J Cheng, H Li, B Jian, R Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Thick-panel origami has shown great potential in engineering applications. However, the
thick-panel origami created by current design methods cannot be readily adopted to …

Ultrafast 3D nanofabrication via digital holography

W Ouyang, X Xu, W Lu, N Zhao, F Han… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
There has been a compelling demand of fabricating high-resolution complex three-
dimensional (3D) structures in nanotechnology. While two-photon lithography (TPL) largely …

Vision-controlled jetting for composite systems and robots

TJK Buchner, S Rogler, S Weirich, Y Armati… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Recreating complex structures and functions of natural organisms in a synthetic form is a
long-standing goal for humanity. The aim is to create actuated systems with high spatial …

Breaking the tradeoffs between different mechanical properties in bioinspired hierarchical lattice metamaterials

P Wang, F Yang, B Zheng, P Li, R Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
It is a long‐standing challenge to break the tradeoffs between different mechanical property
indicators such as the strength versus toughness in the design of lightweight lattice …

Additively manufactured deformation‐recoverable and broadband sound‐absorbing microlattice inspired by the concept of traditional perforated panels

X Li, X Yu, W Zhai - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Noise pollution is a highly detrimental daily health hazard. Sound absorbers, such as the
traditionally used perforated panels, find widespread applications. Nonetheless, modern …

Bioinspired hierarchical diamond triply periodic minimal surface lattices with high energy absorption and damage tolerance

X Guo, X Li, E Wang, JYH Fuh, WF Lu, W Zhai - Additive Manufacturing, 2023 - Elsevier
Porous solids are widely utilized in natural and engineering systems due to their exceptional
specific mechanical response and customizable properties. However, lightweight cellular …

Mechanical nanolattices printed using nanocluster-based photoresists

Q Li, J Kulikowski, D Doan, OA Tertuliano, CJ Zeman IV… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Natural materials exhibit emergent mechanical properties as a result of their
nanoarchitected, nanocomposite structures with optimized hierarchy, anisotropy, and …

Less is more: Hollow‐truss microlattice metamaterials with dual sound dissipation mechanisms and enhanced broadband sound absorption

X Li, X Yu, W Zhai - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Being a lightweight material with high design freedoms, there are increasing research
interests in microlattice metamaterials as sound absorbers. However, thus far, microlattices …