Researchers design metamaterial that buckles selectively
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 - 05:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Researchers from Leiden University, the Netherlands, have designed a novel metamaterial that buckles on demand. Small structural variations in the material single out regions that buckle selectively under external stress, whereas other regions remain unchanged. The research is published in this week's early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.