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Oligomodal mechanical metamaterials (2006.05149v1)

Published 9 Jun 2020 in cond-mat.soft

Abstract: Mechanical metamaterials are artifical composites that exhibit a wide range of advanced functionalities such as negative Poisson's ratio, shape-shifting, topological protection, multistability, and enhanced energy dissipation. To date, most metamaterials have a single property, e.g. a single shape change, or are pluripotent, \emph{i.e.} they can have many different responses, but require complex actuation protocols. Here, we introduce a novel class of oligomodal metamaterials that encode a few distinct properties that can be selectively controlled under uniaxial compression. In particular, we realise a metamaterial that has a negative (positive) Poisson's ratio for low (high) compression rate. The ability of our oligomodal metamaterials to host multiple mechanical responses within a single structure makes them an early example of multi-functional matter and paves the way towards robust and adaptable devices.

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