Mechanical metamaterials based on origami and kirigami

Z Zhai, L Wu, H Jiang - Applied Physics Reviews, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Once merely ancient arts, origami (ie, paper folding) and kirigami (ie, paper cutting) have in
recent years also become popular for building mechanical metamaterials and now provide …

An overview of the mechanical description of origami-inspired systems and structures

LM Fonseca, GV Rodrigues, MA Savi - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Origami is inspiring several fields of knowledge such as engineering, aerospace systems,
medicine, and biomechanics, motivating the creation of novel adaptive and morphing …

A brief review of dynamic mechanical metamaterials for mechanical energy manipulation

L Wu, Y Wang, K Chuang, F Wu, Q Wang, W Lin… - Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
In the past decades, many mechanical metamaterials with uncommon static properties have
been reported. On the other hand, mechanical metamaterials possessing extraordinary …

Elastic metamaterials for guided waves: from fundamentals to applications

J Lee, YY Kim - Smart Materials and Structures, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Guided waves, elastic waves propagating through bounded structures, play a pivotal role in
various applications, including ultrasonic non-destructive testing and structural health …

Geometric design classification of kirigami-inspired metastructures and metamaterials

Y Sun, W Ye, Y Chen, W Fan, J Feng, P Sareh - Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, kirigami–the ancient art of paper-cutting–has been widely studied by
scientists and engineers in various fields such as structural mechanics, materials, optics …

Design and optimization of the dual-functional lattice-origami metamaterials

T Jiang, S Han, Q Han, C Li - Composite Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
This study proposes a multi-scale composite lattice-origami metamaterial (MCLOM) to
achieve excellent bandgap characteristics and energy absorption capacities. The MCLOMs …

Topological state transfer in Kresling origami

Y Miyazawa, CW Chen, R Chaunsali… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Topological mechanical metamaterials have been widely explored for their boundary states,
which can be robustly isolated or transported in a controlled manner. However, such …

Programming mechanical metamaterials using origami tessellations

YL He, PW Zhang, Z You, ZQ Li, ZH Wang… - Composites Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Origami structures, whose mechanical properties can be tuned by programing the crease
network, have been sought in application including DNA origami nanorobots and …