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Engineering zero modes in transformable mechanical metamaterials

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  • Zhou Hu

    (Beijing Institute of Technology)

  • Zhibo Wei

    (Tianjin University)

  • Kun Wang

    (Beijing Institute of Technology)

  • Yan Chen

    (Tianjin University
    Tianjin University)

  • Rui Zhu

    (Beijing Institute of Technology
    Beijing Institute of Technology Chongqing Innovation Center)

  • Guoliang Huang

    (University of Missouri)

  • Gengkai Hu

    (Beijing Institute of Technology)

Abstract

In the field of flexible metamaterial design, harnessing zero modes plays a key part in enabling reconfigurable elastic properties of the metamaterial with unconventional characteristics. However, only quantitative enhancement of certain properties succeeds in most cases rather than qualitative transformation of the metamaterials’ states or/and functionalities, due to the lack of systematic designs on the corresponding zero modes. Here, we propose a 3D metamaterial with engineered zero modes, and experimentally demonstrate its transformable static and dynamic properties. All seven types of extremal metamaterials ranging from null-mode (solid state) to hexa-mode (near-gaseous state) are reported to be reversibly transformed from one state to another, which is verified by the 3D-printed Thermoplastic Polyurethanes prototypes. Tunable wave manipulations are further investigated in 1D-, 2D- and 3D-systems. Our work sheds lights on the design of flexible mechanical metamaterials, which can be potentially extended from the mechanical to the electro-magnetite, the thermal or other types.

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  • Zhou Hu & Zhibo Wei & Kun Wang & Yan Chen & Rui Zhu & Guoliang Huang & Gengkai Hu, 2023. "Engineering zero modes in transformable mechanical metamaterials," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-9, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-36975-2
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36975-2
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