The concept of metamaterials originates from the proposal of left-hand materials with
negative refractive index, followed by which, varieties of metamaterials with kinds of fantastic …

Carbon materials, with their diverse allotropes, have played significant roles in our daily life
and the development of material science. Following 0D C60 and 1D carbon nanotube, 2D …

Traditional honeycomb‐like structural electromagnetic (EM)‐wave‐absorbing materials
have been widely used in various equipment as multifunctional materials. However, current …

In nature, cellular materials exhibit enhanced multifunctionalities driven mainly by their
sophisticated topologies and length scales. These natural systems have inspired the …

In the past decade, mechanical metamaterials have garnered increasing attention owing to
its novel design principles which combine the concept of hierarchical architecture with …

Active mechanical metamaterials (AMMs)(or smart mechanical metamaterials) that combine
the configurations of mechanical metamaterials and the active control of stimuli‐responsive …

Since the first exfoliation in 2004, graphene has been widely researched in many fields of
materials engineering due to its highly appealing properties. Recently, graphene-based …

Triply periodic minimal surfaces (TPMSs) have attracted great attention due to their distinct
advantages such as high strength and light weight compared to traditional lattice structures …

Architected materials that consist of periodic arrangements of nodes and struts are
lightweight and can exhibit combinations of properties (such as negative Poisson ratios) that …

Nature has developed high‐performance materials and structures over millions of years of
evolution and provides valuable sources of inspiration for the design of next‐generation …