Lightweight materials and structures have been extensively studied for a wide range of
applications in design and manufacturing of more environment-friendly and more …

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

Different from conventional materials, materials with negative Poisson's ratios expand
laterally when stretched longitudinally. Known as 'auxetic'materials, the effect means they …

The ability to significantly change the mechanical and wave propagation properties of a
structure without rebuilding it is currently one of the main challenges in the field of …

Auxetic mechanical metamaterials, which expand transversally when axially stretched, are
widely used in flexible electronics and aerospace. However, these chiral metamaterials …

The quasi-static and dynamic compressive behaviour of Triply Periodical Minimal Surface
(TPMS) sheet-based cellular structures were evaluated in this research. TPMS cellular …

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 …

The continuous advancement of multifunctional materials is reshaping our way of life and
paving the door for innovative things for us to probe the world and ourselves. Multifunctional …

Abstract Digital Light Processing (DLP) 3D printing enables the creation of hierarchical
complex structures with specific micro‐and macroscopic architectures that are impossible to …