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

Rationally designed architected materials have attained previously untapped territories in
materials property space. The properties and behaviours of architected materials need not …

Wearable strain sensors with the ability of detecting physiological activities play an important
role in personalized healthcare. Electrospun fibers have become a popular building block …

Active mechanical metamaterials (AMMs)(or smart mechanical metamaterials) that combine
the configurations of mechanical metamaterials and the active control of stimuli‐responsive …

Mechanical metamaterials are meticulously designed structures with exceptional
mechanical properties determined by their microstructures and constituent materials …

Transformations in shape are critical to actuation in engineered metamaterials. Existing
engineering metamaterials are typically limited to a small number of shape transformations …

This broad review summarizes recent advances and “hot” research topics in nanophononics
and elastic, acoustic, and mechanical metamaterials based on results presented by the …

Abstract Electronic‐skin (E‐skin) has been investigated extensively for robotic tactile
sensing. However, E‐skin sensors based on flexible metamaterials are still challenging to …

Shape memory materials can maintain temporary shapes without external constraints and
revert to their permanent shape upon exposure to an external stimulus, such as heat, light …

Mechanical metamaterials are man-made structures capable of achieving different intended
mechanical properties through their artificial, structural design. Specifically, metamaterials …