An international research team has developed mechanical metamaterials with a high elastic energy density. Highly twisted rods that deform helically provide these metamaterials with a high stiffness ...

Metamaterials are artificially-structured materials with extraordinary properties not easily found in nature. With engineered ...

An international research team coordinated at KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) has developed mechanical metamaterials ...

Researchers have developed new twisted mechanical metamaterials that have an exceptionally high elastic energy storage ...

Researchers have created a metamaterial that stores energy more effectively, enabling advanced mechanical systems with ...

The model shows the helical deformation of the metamaterial. Thanks to this mechanism, storing a high amount of energy is ...

Tiny magnetic "flowers" engineered by physicist Anna Palau are redefining how we manipulate magnetic fields. These ...

A flower-shaped structure only a few micrometers in size made of a nickel-iron alloy can concentrate and locally enhance ...

Mechanical metamaterials research demands interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation. (Nanowerk News) Metamaterials are artificially-structured materials with extraordinary properties not easily ...

When materials are created on a nanometer scale—just a handful of atoms thick—even the thermal energy present at room ...