AMOLF researchers are studying three-dimensional prismatic structures that can assume different shapes, with the aim of producing metamaterials that have multiple properties. Researchers have found a new way to simulate the deformations in such structures, and in doing so, they discovered a wide range of unexpected stable shapes. The results have been published in the scientific journal Nature Communications.
Reference
Agustin Iniguez-Rabago, Yun Li and Johannes T.B. Overvelde, Exploring multistability in prismatic metamaterials through local actuation, Nature Communications, doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-13319-7
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