Negative stiffness mechanical metamaterials: a review

X Tan, B Cao, X Liu, S Zhu, S Chen… - Smart Materials and …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Metamaterials have thrived in recent years, with negative stiffness mechanical
metamaterials emerging as an essential branch. Extensive research in the past decade has …

[HTML][HTML] Multifunctional and customizable lattice structures for simultaneous sound insulation and structural applications

X Li, M Zhao, X Yu, JW Chua, Y Yang, KM Lim, W Zhai - Materials & Design, 2023 - Elsevier
With noises being omnipresent in the modern society, sound-insulating materials are
implemented in almost all walks of life. For implementations in practical applications, those …

Design and analysis of a tunable multistable mechanical metamaterial

J Hua, Y Zhou, CQ Chen - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Multistable mechanical metamaterials can have unusual properties that facilitate promising
applications, including reusable vibration isolation and efficient energy absorption. In this …

A metamaterial with enhanced effective stiffness and negative Poisson's ratio for frictional energy dissipation

W Lv, D Li - European Journal of Mechanics-A/Solids, 2024 - Elsevier
Unlike traditional energy dissipation structures that dissipate energy through irreversible
plastic deformation or collapse, metamaterials based on friction energy dissipation have …

[HTML][HTML] Programmable mechanical metamaterials: basic concepts, types, construction strategies—a review

C Liu, X Zhang, J Chang, Y Lyu, J Zhao, S Qiu - Frontiers in Materials, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Metamaterials have been a hot topic over the past 2 decades, involving scientific research
directions in materials, engineering, and physics. Among them, programmable mechanical …

Design of broad quasi-zero stiffness platform metamaterials for vibration isolation

K Liang, Y **g, X Zhang - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Adaptability and reliability are challenges in designing vibration isolation structures, and
mechanical metamaterials featuring broad quasi-zero stiffness (QZS) platforms are among …

The Vibration Isolation Design of a Re-Entrant Negative Poisson's Ratio Metamaterial

X Gao, J Wei, J Huo, Z Wan, Y Li - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
An improved re-entrant negative Poisson's ratio metamaterial based on a combination of 3D
printing and machining is proposed. The improved metamaterial exhibits a superior load …

Phononic crystal-based acoustic demultiplexer design via bandgap-passband topology optimization

Y Bao, Z Jia, Q Tian, Y Luo, X Zhang, Z Kang - Composite Structures, 2025 - Elsevier
The wave demultiplexer, which selectively transports specific frequencies from incident
waves, has garnered considerable interest for its applications across various engineering …

3D bi-directional auxetic square metastructure with programmable thermal expansion and Poisson's ratio

LY Wang, HT Liu, KJ Liu - Thin-Walled Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
Multifunctional integration research on metastructures has become the current development
trend and hotspot, especially satellite platforms and hypersonic aircraft in the aerospace …

A novel multistable honeycomb structure with tailored variable-length functions

R Wang, B Niu, W Tan - Engineering Structures, 2025 - Elsevier
The multistable honeycomb (MSHC) has excellent application prospects in the field of
lightweight deformable structures. This study presented a novel MSHC structure with a …