Porous/multi-cell structures are widely used in practical engineering due to their excellent
energy absorption capacity and lightweight. In recent decades, as an important member of …

Honeycombs are ultra-light materials with outstanding mechanical properties, which mainly
originate from their unit cell configurations rather than the properties of matrix materials …

Auxetic foams counter-intuitively expand (shrink) under stretching (compression). These
foams can exhibit superior mechanical properties such as resistance to shear and …

Auxetic materials and structures have many potential applications due to their counter-
intuitive deformation behavior and desirable mechanical properties. However, auxetic …

Innovative honeycomb-based structures have been paid substantial attention in recent years
due to their superb mechanical performances and specific functions. The presented study …

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 …

Recent advances in lithography technology and the spread of 3D printers allow us a facile
fabrication of special materials with complicated microstructures. The materials are called …

This book discusses bulk solids that derive their mechanical properties not from those of
their base materials, but from their designed microstructures. Focusing on the negative …

Auxetic textiles are intriguing materials with unusual capabilities. These materials exhibit
negative Poisson's ratio with extraordinary performance in toughness, resilience, shear …