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Engineered metamaterial achieves both high strength and remarkable flexibility
In metamaterials design, the name of the game has long been "stronger is better." Metamaterials are synthetic materials with ...
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Engineers print synthetic 'metamaterials' that are both strong and stretchy
Engineers have fabricated a metamaterial that is not only strong but also stretchy. Their new method could enable stretchable ceramics, glass, and metals, for tear-proof textiles or stretchy ...
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New Machine Learning Framework Enables Data-Efficient Design of Advanced Metamaterials
A new scientific machine learning framework developed by Professors Horacio D. Espinosa, Sridhar Krishnaswamy, and ...
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MIT's Laser-Printed 'Metamaterial' Is Both Stretchy and Strong
The material could someday be used in flexible semiconductors, tear-resistant textiles, bioengineering scaffolds, and more.
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MIT engineers print synthetic “metamaterials” that are both strong and stretchy
In metamaterials design, the name of the game has long been “stronger is better.” Metamaterials are synthetic materials with microscopic structures that give the overall material exceptional ...
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Researchers develop new metamaterials that pave the way to bendy, stretchable computer chips
A team of MIT researchers developed a new fabrication method that allowed to make existing materials strong but stretchy.
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Material? Robot? It's a metabot
The invention is a metamaterial, which is a material engineered to feature new and unusual properties that depend on the material's physical structure rather than its chemical composition. In this ...
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Magnetic 'metabot' can expand, assume new shapes, and move like a robot—but without motor or internal gears
In an experiment reminiscent of the "Transformers" movie franchise, engineers at Princeton University have created a type of ...