Lightweight Self‐Forming Super‐Elastic Mechanical Metamaterials with Adaptive Stiffness
- Submitting institution
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Manchester Metropolitan University
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 2404
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1002/adfm.202008252
- Title of journal
- Advanced Functional Materials
- Article number
- 2008252
- First page
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- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 6
- ISSN
- 1616-301X
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- November
- Year of publication
- 2020
- URL
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http://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/626753/
- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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8
- Research group(s)
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C - Smart Infrastructure
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This paper presents a revolutionary metamaterial that demonstrates properties that allow it to morph from a flat multi-layered laminate to a 3D structure with 50 times more volume by applying heat. Demonstrating properties that cannot be found in naturally occurring materials, the structure can withstand significant deformation and still return to its original shape and demonstrates sensitivity to minor movements without the fragility that is normally expected. There are a wide range of possible applications where this could have a truly disruptive impact such as soft-robotics, wearable devices, medical stents, mechanical energy dissipators and self-deploying space structures.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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