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Programmable multi-physical mechanics of mechanical metamaterials

Programmable multi-physical mechanics of mechanical metamaterials
Programmable multi-physical mechanics of mechanical metamaterials

Mechanical metamaterials are engineered materials with unconventional mechanical behavior that originates from artificially programmed microstructures along with intrinsic material properties. With tremendous advancement in computational and manufacturing capabilities to realize complex microstructures over the last decade, the field of mechanical metamaterials has been attracting wide attention due to immense possibilities of achieving unprecedented multi-physical properties which are not attainable in naturally-occurring materials. One of the rapidly emerging trends in this field is to couple the mechanics of material behavior and the unit cell architecture with different other multi-physical aspects such as electrical or magnetic fields, and stimuli like temperature, light or chemical reactions to expand the scope of actively programming on-demand mechanical responses. In this article, we aim to abridge outcomes of the relevant literature concerning mechanical and multi-physical property modulation of metamaterials focusing on the emerging trend of bi-level design, and subsequently highlight the broad-spectrum potential of mechanical metamaterials in their critical engineering applications. The evolving trends, challenges and future roadmaps have been critically analyzed here involving the notions of real-time reconfigurability and functionality programming, 4D printing, nano-scale metamaterials, artificial intelligence and machine learning, multi-physical origami/kirigami, living matter, soft and conformal metamaterials, manufacturing complex microstructures, service-life effects and scalability.

Active metamaterials, Bi-level lattices, Mechanical metamaterials, Multi-physical mechanics, On-demand property modulation, Programmable matter, Stimuli-responsive materials
0927-796X
Sinha, P.
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Mukhopadhyay, T.
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Sinha, P.
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Mukhopadhyay, T.
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Sinha, P. and Mukhopadhyay, T. (2023) Programmable multi-physical mechanics of mechanical metamaterials. Materials Science and Engineering R: Reports, 155, [100745]. (doi:10.1016/j.mser.2023.100745).

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Abstract

Mechanical metamaterials are engineered materials with unconventional mechanical behavior that originates from artificially programmed microstructures along with intrinsic material properties. With tremendous advancement in computational and manufacturing capabilities to realize complex microstructures over the last decade, the field of mechanical metamaterials has been attracting wide attention due to immense possibilities of achieving unprecedented multi-physical properties which are not attainable in naturally-occurring materials. One of the rapidly emerging trends in this field is to couple the mechanics of material behavior and the unit cell architecture with different other multi-physical aspects such as electrical or magnetic fields, and stimuli like temperature, light or chemical reactions to expand the scope of actively programming on-demand mechanical responses. In this article, we aim to abridge outcomes of the relevant literature concerning mechanical and multi-physical property modulation of metamaterials focusing on the emerging trend of bi-level design, and subsequently highlight the broad-spectrum potential of mechanical metamaterials in their critical engineering applications. The evolving trends, challenges and future roadmaps have been critically analyzed here involving the notions of real-time reconfigurability and functionality programming, 4D printing, nano-scale metamaterials, artificial intelligence and machine learning, multi-physical origami/kirigami, living matter, soft and conformal metamaterials, manufacturing complex microstructures, service-life effects and scalability.

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Accepted/In Press date: 28 May 2023
e-pub ahead of print date: 26 June 2023
Published date: 26 June 2023
Additional Information: Funding Information: PS acknowledges the financial support from the Ministry of Education , India through a doctoral scholarship. TM would like to acknowledge the initiation grant received from University of Southampton during the period of this research work.
Keywords: Active metamaterials, Bi-level lattices, Mechanical metamaterials, Multi-physical mechanics, On-demand property modulation, Programmable matter, Stimuli-responsive materials

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Local EPrints ID: 483508
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/483508
ISSN: 0927-796X
PURE UUID: 60e5202c-ca52-4dcf-bd4f-9b96deeb4b2a

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Date deposited: 01 Nov 2023 17:32
Last modified: 06 Jun 2024 02:16

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Author: P. Sinha
Author: T. Mukhopadhyay

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