International Center for Applied Mechanics, School of Aerospace Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710049, P. R. China ...

“By defining a clever arrangement of the rods, we then integrated this mechanism into a metamaterial.” The scientists compare this mechanism to a classic bending spring, whose maximum deformation is ...

An electromagnetic wave absorber without metal backing using this structure has advantages in terms of cost, weight, and flexibility in the millimeter-wave band.