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ArticleScience advances2022

Deployable mechanical metamaterials with multistep programmable transformation.

Zhiqiang Meng, Mingchao Liu, Hujie Yan, Guy M Genin, Chang Qing Chen

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Article in Science advances, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Zhiqiang MengDepartment of Engineering Mechanics, CNMM and AML, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China.ORCID 0000-0001-8594-6388
Mingchao LiuMathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Woodstock Rd., Oxford OX2 6GG, UK.
Hujie YanDepartment of Engineering Mechanics, CNMM and AML, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China.
Guy M GeninMechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3612-4729
Chang Qing ChenDepartment of Engineering Mechanics, CNMM and AML, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China.ORCID 0000-0002-1561-0798

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transformations in shape are critical to actuation in engineered metamaterials. Existing engineering metamaterials are typically limited to a small number of shape transformations that must be built-in during material synthesis. Here, inspired by the multistability and programmability of kirigami-based self-folding elements, a robust framework is introduced for the construction of sequentially programmable and reprogrammable mechanical metamaterials. The materials can be locked into multiple stable deployed configurations and then, using tunable bistability enabled by temperature-responsive constituent materials, return to their original reference configurations or undergo mode bifurcation. The framework provides a platform to design metamaterials with multiple deployable and reversible configurations in response to external stimuli.

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