Mechanical metamaterials and beyond

P Jiao, J Mueller, JR Raney, X Zheng… - Nature communications, 2023‏ - nature.com
Mechanical metamaterials enable the creation of structural materials with unprecedented
mechanical properties. However, thus far, research on mechanical metamaterials has …

[HTML][HTML] Design and advanced manufacturing of electromagnetic interference shielding materials

J Liu, MY Yu, ZZ Yu, V Nicolosi - Materials Today, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding is critical in electronic applications. However,
the currently available EMI shielding materials are restricted in customizability and …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in 3D/4D printing of mechanical metamaterials: From manufacturing to applications

X Zhou, L Ren, Z Song, G Li, J Zhang, B Li, Q Wu… - Composites Part B …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Mechanical metamaterials are a class of functional materials with designability and
extraordinary mechanical properties. Due to the manufacturing limitation of traditional …

Direct ink writing: a 3D printing technology for diverse materials

M Saadi, A Maguire, NT Pottackal… - Advanced …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Additive manufacturing (AM) has gained significant attention due to its ability to drive
technological development as a sustainable, flexible, and customizable manufacturing …

Engineering the next generation of cell-based therapeutics

CJ Bashor, IB Hilton, H Bandukwala… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Cell-based therapeutics are an emerging modality with the potential to treat many currently
intractable diseases through uniquely powerful modes of action. Despite notable recent …

Untethered small-scale magnetic soft robot with programmable magnetization and integrated multifunctional modules

Y Dong, L Wang, N **a, Z Yang, C Zhang, C Pan… - Science …, 2022‏ - science.org
Intelligent magnetic soft robots capable of programmable structural changes and
multifunctionality modalities depend on material architectures and methods for controlling …

Soft actuators for real-world applications

M Li, A Pal, A Aghakhani, A Pena-Francesch… - Nature Reviews …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Inspired by physically adaptive, agile, reconfigurable and multifunctional soft-bodied
animals and human muscles, soft actuators have been developed for a variety of …

Rotational multimaterial printing of filaments with subvoxel control

NM Larson, J Mueller, A Chortos, ZS Davidson… - Nature, 2023‏ - nature.com
Helical structures are ubiquitous in nature and impart unique mechanical properties and
multifunctionality. So far, synthetic architectures that mimic these natural systems have been …

Centrifugal multimaterial 3D printing of multifunctional heterogeneous objects

J Cheng, R Wang, Z Sun, Q Liu, X He, H Li… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
There are growing demands for multimaterial three-dimensional (3D) printing to
manufacture 3D object where voxels with different properties and functions are precisely …

Soft pneumatic actuators: A review of design, fabrication, modeling, sensing, control and applications

MS Xavier, CD Tawk, A Zolfagharian, J Pinskier… - IEEE …, 2022‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Soft robotics is a rapidly evolving field where robots are fabricated using highly deformable
materials and usually follow a bioinspired design. Their high dexterity and safety make them …