Floppy materials (IMAGE)

Universiteit van Amsterdam

Floppy materials

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Two combinatorial mechanical metamaterials designed in such a way that the letters M and L bulge out in the front when being squeezed between two plates (top and bottom). Designing novel metamaterials such as this is made easy by AI. Image: Daan Haver and Yao Du.

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