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Static non-reciprocity in mechanical metamaterials

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  • Corentin Coulais

    (AMOLF
    Huygens-Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Universiteit Leiden
    †Present address: Van der Waals – Zeeman Institute, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands.)

  • Dimitrios Sounas

    (The University of Texas at Austin)

  • Andrea Alù

    (The University of Texas at Austin)

Abstract

Suitably engineered mechanical metamaterials show static non-reciprocity—that is, the transmission of motion from one side to the other depends on the direction of that motion.

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  • Corentin Coulais & Dimitrios Sounas & Andrea Alù, 2017. "Static non-reciprocity in mechanical metamaterials," Nature, Nature, vol. 542(7642), pages 461-464, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:542:y:2017:i:7642:d:10.1038_nature21044
    DOI: 10.1038/nature21044
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    1. Jinhao Zhang & Mi Xiao & Liang Gao & Andrea Alù & Fengwen Wang, 2023. "Self-bridging metamaterials surpassing the theoretical limit of Poisson’s ratios," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-8, December.
    2. Luanluan Xue & An Li & Huizeng Li & Xinye Yu & Kaixuan Li & Renxuan Yuan & Xiao Deng & Rujun Li & Quan Liu & Yanlin Song, 2024. "Droplet-based mechanical transducers modulated by the symmetry of wettability patterns," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-9, December.
    3. 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.
    4. Lianchao Wang & Julio A. Iglesias Martínez & Gwenn Ulliac & Bing Wang & Vincent Laude & Muamer Kadic, 2023. "Non-reciprocal and non-Newtonian mechanical metamaterials," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-10, December.
    5. Reis, Eduardo V.M. & Savi, Marcelo A., 2022. "Spatiotemporal chaos in a conservative Duffing-type system," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 165(P1).
    6. Haitao Ye & Qingjiang Liu & Jianxiang Cheng & Honggeng Li & Bingcong Jian & Rong Wang & Zechu Sun & Yang Lu & Qi Ge, 2023. "Multimaterial 3D printed self-locking thick-panel origami metamaterials," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-12, December.

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