Selective buckling via states of self-stress in topological metamaterials
@article{Paulose2015SelectiveBV, title={Selective buckling via states of self-stress in topological metamaterials}, author={Jayson Paulose and Anne S. Meeussen and Vincenzo Vitelli}, journal={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, year={2015}, volume={112}, pages={7639 - 7644} }
Significance An ongoing challenge in modern materials science is to create artificial structures, termed metamaterials, with an unconventional response that can be programmed by suitable design of their geometry or topology. We demonstrate a novel metamaterial in which small structural variations single out regions that buckle selectively under external stresses. Surprisingly, these regions are at first glance indistinguishable from the rest of the structure. Our samples are examples of…
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