Flexible metamaterial electronics

S Jiang, X Liu, J Liu, D Ye, Y Duan, K Li… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last decade, extensive efforts have been made on utilizing advanced materials and
structures to improve the properties and functionalities of flexible electronics. While the …

Mechanical intelligent energy harvesting: from methodology to applications

LC Zhao, HX Zou, KX Wei, SX Zhou… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) connects everything with intelligence,
while the increase in energy consumption generated by numerous electronic devices puts …

Rotational multimaterial printing of filaments with subvoxel control

NM Larson, J Mueller, A Chortos, ZS Davidson… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Helical structures are ubiquitous in nature and impart unique mechanical properties and
multifunctionality. So far, synthetic architectures that mimic these natural systems have been …

Programmable gear-based mechanical metamaterials

X Fang, J Wen, L Cheng, D Yu, H Zhang, P Gumbsch - Nature Materials, 2022 - nature.com
Elastic properties of classical bulk materials can hardly be changed or adjusted in operando,
while such tunable elasticity is highly desired for robots and smart machinery. Although …

A simple 3D re-entrant auxetic metamaterial with enhanced energy absorption

XC Teng, X Ren, Y Zhang, W Jiang, Y Pan… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
As a branch of auxetics, the re-entrant hexagonal honeycomb has many superior
mechanical performances. However, most research focused on two-dimensional (2D) re …

Rapid assembly of small materials building blocks (voxels) into large functional 3D metamaterials

V Hahn, P Kiefer, T Frenzel, J Qu… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, various 3D additive manufacturing approaches are reviewed in terms of two
important figures of merit: maximum voxel printing rate and minimum voxel size. Voxel sizes …

Cellular auxetic structures for mechanical metamaterials: A review

PU Kelkar, HS Kim, KH Cho, JY Kwak, CY Kang… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
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 …

Growth rules for irregular architected materials with programmable properties

K Liu, R Sun, C Daraio - Science, 2022 - science.org
Biomaterials display microstructures that are geometrically irregular and functionally
efficient. Understanding the role of irregularity in determining material properties offers a …

A vacuum-driven origami “magic-ball” soft gripper

S Li, JJ Stampfli, HJ Xu, E Malkin… - … on Robotics and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Soft robotics has yielded numerous examples of soft grippers that utilize compliance to
achieve impressive grasping performances with great simplicity, adaptability, and …

Embedded 3D Printing of Multimaterial Polymer Lattices via Graph‐Based Print Path Planning

RD Weeks, RL Truby, SGM Uzel… - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in computational design and 3D printing enable the fabrication of polymer
lattices with high strength‐to‐weight ratio and tailored mechanics. To date, 3D lattices …