Ultralight, ultrastiff mechanical metamaterials

Ultralight, ultrastiff mechanical metamaterials

The mechanical properties of ordinary materials degrade substantially with reduced density because their structural elements bend under applied load. We report a class of microarchitected materials that maintain a nearly constant stiffness per unit mass density, even at ultralow density. This perfor...

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Main Authors: Zheng, Xiaoyu (Author), Lee, Howon (Contributor), Weisgraber, Todd H. (Author), Shusteff, Maxim (Author), DeOtte, Joshua (Author), Deoss, Eric B. (Author), Kuntz, Joshua D. (Author), Biener, Monika M. (Author), Ge, Qi (Kevin) (Contributor), Jackson, Julie A. (Author), Kucheyev, Sergei O. (Author), Fang, Nicholas Xuanlai (Contributor), Spadaccini, Christopher M. (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2014-06-24T13:15:23Z.
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