Transformable topological mechanical metamaterials

Here Rocklinet al. propose a design principle using operations that cost little energy and realize mechanical metamaterials that can be easily and reversibly transformed between states with different mechanical and acoustic properties.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: D. Zeb Rocklin, Shangnan Zhou, Kai Sun, Xiaoming Mao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14201