Cage-shaped self-folding mechanical metamaterials

Rotational multimaterial printing of filaments with subvoxel control

(2023) Natalie M. Larson et al.   NATURE

Probability-Based Analyses of the Snap-Through in Cage-Shaped Mesostructures Under Out-of-Plane Compressions

(2023) Qing Liu et al.   ACTA MECHANICA SOLIDA SINICA

Ultrafast Shape‐Reconfigurable Chiral Mechanical Metamaterial based on Prestressed Bistable Shells

(2023) Yizhe Liu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Shape memory mechanical metamaterials

(2023) Hang Yang et al.   Materials Today

Inverse Design of Inflatable Soft Membranes Through Machine Learning

(2022) Antonio Elia Forte et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Kirigami-based metastructures with programmable multistability

(2022) Xiao Zhang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sequential metamaterials with alternating Poisson’s ratios

(2022) Amin Farzaneh et al.   Nature Communications

Deployable mechanical metamaterials with multistep programmable transformation

(2022) Zhiqiang Meng et al.   Science Advances

3D optomechanical metamaterials

(2022) Alexander Münchinger et al.   Materials Today

A reprogrammable mechanical metamaterial with stable memory

(2021) Tian Chen et al.   NATURE

Bistability-based foldable origami mechanical logic gates

(2021) Zhiqiang Meng et al.   Extreme Mechanics Letters

Oligomodal metamaterials with multifunctional mechanics

(2021) Aleksi Bossart et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Fabrication Strategy for Reconfigurable Millimeter‐Scale Metamaterials

(2021) Hayley D. McClintock et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

3D Transformable Modular Kirigami Based Programmable Metamaterials

(2021) Yanbin Li et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Multi-step metamaterials with two phases of elastic and plastic deformation

(2021) Zhiqiang Meng et al.   COMPOSITE STRUCTURES

Complex pathways and memory in compressed corrugated sheets

(2021) Hadrien Bense et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A mechanical metamaterial with reprogrammable logical functions

(2021) Tie Mei et al.   Nature Communications

Strain rate–dependent mechanical metamaterials

(2020) S. Janbaz et al.   Science Advances

Magnetic Multimaterial Printing for Multimodal Shape Transformation with Tunable Properties and Shiftable Mechanical Behaviors

(2020) Chunping Ma et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Bioinspired design and assembly of a multilayer cage-shaped sensor capable of multistage load bearing and anti-collapse

(2020) Xu Cheng et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Lightweight, flaw-tolerant, and ultrastrong nanoarchitected carbon

(2019) Xuan Zhang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Kirigami-enabled self-folding origami

(2019) Teunis van Manen et al.   Materials Today

Untethered soft robotic matter with passive control of shape morphing and propulsion

(2019) Arda Kotikian et al.   Science Robotics

Nanomagnetic encoding of shape-morphing micromachines

(2019) Jizhai Cui et al.   NATURE

Voxelated soft matter via multimaterial multinozzle 3D printing

(2019) Mark A. Skylar-Scott et al.   NATURE

Shape-shifting structured lattices via multimaterial 4D printing

(2019) J. William Boley et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

From flat sheets to curved geometries: Origami and kirigami approaches

(2018) Sebastien J.P. Callens et al.   Materials Today

Mechanical metamaterials associated with stiffness, rigidity and compressibility: A brief review

(2018) Xianglong Yu et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

Assembly of Advanced Materials into 3D Functional Structures by Methods Inspired by Origami and Kirigami: A Review

(2018) Xin Ning et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

Soft mechanical metamaterials with unusual swelling behavior and tunable stress-strain curves

(2018) Hang Zhang et al.   Science Advances

Multi-step self-guided pathways for shape-changing metamaterials

(2018) Corentin Coulais et al.   NATURE

Rational design of reconfigurable prismatic architected materials

(2017) Johannes T. B. Overvelde et al.   NATURE

Programming 2D/3D shape-shifting with hobbyist 3D printers

(2017) Teunis van Manen et al.   Materials Horizons

Origami lattices with free-form surface ornaments

(2017) Shahram Janbaz et al.   Science Advances

Programmable Deployment of Tensegrity Structures by Stimulus-Responsive Polymers

(2017) Ke Liu et al.   Scientific Reports

Tailored Buckling Microlattices as Reusable Light-Weight Shock Absorbers

(2016) Tobias Frenzel et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Combinatorial design of textured mechanical metamaterials

(2016) Corentin Coulais et al.   NATURE

“ 2D or not 2D”: Shape-programming polymer sheets

(2016) Ying Liu et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Multistable Architected Materials for Trapping Elastic Strain Energy

(2015) Sicong Shan et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Nacre-mimetics with synthetic nanoclays up to ultrahigh aspect ratios

(2015) Paramita Das et al.   Nature Communications

Programming Reversibly Self-Folding Origami with Micropatterned Photo-Crosslinkable Polymer Trilayers

(2014) Jun-Hee Na et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Self-Folding Origami Microstrip Antennas

(2014) Gerard J. Hayes et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION

Ultralight, ultrastiff mechanical metamaterials

(2014) X. Zheng et al.   SCIENCE

A method for building self-folding machines

(2014) S. Felton et al.   SCIENCE

Self-folding origami: shape memory composites activated by uniform heating

(2014) Michael T Tolley et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Self-folding with shape memory composites

(2013) Samuel M. Felton et al.   Soft Matter

Stimuli responsive self-folding using thin polymer films

(2012) David H Gracias   Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering

Advanced methods for the analysis, design, and optimization of SMA-based aerostructures

(2011) D J Hartl et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Self-folding all-polymer thermoresponsive microcapsules

(2011) Georgi Stoychev et al.   Soft Matter

Self-folding of polymer sheets using local light absorption

(2011) Ying Liu et al.   Soft Matter

Negative Poisson's Ratio Behavior Induced by an Elastic Instability

(2009) Katia Bertoldi et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS