Metamaterials

A world first at the microscopic scale: Metamaterials that can shrink and expand on their own

• Leiden physicists Daniela Kraft and Julio Melio have created soft structures that can take on different shapes without any external drive in their lab • They present their resear

Researchers Develop Metal‑Textile Hybrid via 3D Printing

• IMDEA and UPM create deformable woven nitinol metamaterials. • Hybrid combines metal strength with textile flexibility. • Uses 3D printing to build complex geometries. • Potentia

Weaving Flexibility into Nitinol: IMDEA-UPM Advances 3D Printed Superelastic Metamaterials

• Researchers reimagine Nitinol as woven, fabric-like structures via 3D printing. • New superelastic metamaterials achieve flexibility beyond traditional laser powder bed fusion. •