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Mechanical metamaterials

Materials that push back

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Proposed mechanical metamaterials that contract under tension and expand on compression represent a new approach to realize mechanical properties yet unknown in nature that could lead to applications in microelectromechanical systems.

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Figure 1: Negative compressibility.

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  1. Joseph N. Grima and Roberto Caruana-Gauci are in the Metamaterials Unit, Faculty of Science, University of Malta, Msida MSD 2080, Malta,

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Grima, J., Caruana-Gauci, R. Materials that push back. Nature Mater 11, 565–566 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3364

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