Mechanical metamaterials are a class of functional materials with designability and
extraordinary mechanical properties. Due to the manufacturing limitation of traditional …

Metamaterials exhibit properties beyond those exhibited by conventional materials in
conventional scenarios. These have been investigated both theoretically and experimentally …

Multistability plays an important role in advanced engineering applications such as
metastructures, deployable structures, and reconfigurable robotics. However, most existing …

Bistable mechanical systems having two local minima of potential energy can rest in either
of the two stable equilibrium states in the absence of external loadings. A snap‐through …

Shape memory polymer (SMP) is a smart material that can revert from a temporary shape to
a permanent shape under external stimuli, showing great potential for applications in …

Real-time tunable mechanical metamaterial is an emerging field attracting great attention. It
enables a wide range of mechanical properties but is hard to design and fabricate due to its …

An origami metamaterial with two-stage programmable compressive strength is proposed by
combining the stacked Miura-origami and rhombic honeycomb structure. By adjusting the …

Negative-stiffness mechanical metamaterials that can achieve bandgap tuning are a novel
area of intense interest, enabling vibration control as well as a wide range of mechanical …

Electrochromic materials have great application in soft displays and devices, but the
application of ideal electrochromic textiles still faces challenges owing to the inconvenience …

The additive manufacturing of shape memory materials, commonly known as 4D printing,
facilitates the achievement of a complex 3D structure that possesses a temperature …