Mechanical metamaterials enable the creation of structural materials with unprecedented
mechanical properties. However, thus far, research on mechanical metamaterials has …

Mechanical metamaterials are engineered materials with unconventional mechanical
behavior that originates from artificially programmed microstructures along with intrinsic …

Advances in additive manufacturing techniques have enabled the creation of stimuli-
responsive materials with designed three-dimensional (3D) architectures. Unlike biological …

BACKGROUND Metallic components are the cornerstone of modern industries such as
aviation, aerospace, automobile manufacturing, and energy production. The stringent …

Metamaterials are artificial materials designed to exhibit effective material parameters that
go beyond those found in nature. Composed of unit cells with rich designability that are …

Thick-panel origami has shown great potential in engineering applications. However, the
thick-panel origami created by current design methods cannot be readily adopted to …

Metamaterials composed of different geometrical primitives have different properties.
Corresponding to the fundamental geometrical forms of line, plane, and surface, beam …

Micro/nano functional devices featuring deep integration, intelligence, and miniaturization
have attracted considerable attention in frontier areas of research, such as micro/nano …

Mechanical failure and chemical degradation of device heterointerfaces can strongly
influence the long-term stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) under thermal cycling and …

Elastic properties of classical bulk materials can hardly be changed or adjusted in operando,
while such tunable elasticity is highly desired for robots and smart machinery. Although …