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2018
Journal Article
Title

A hierarchical programmable mechanical metamaterial unit cell showing metastable shape memory

Abstract
Hierarchically structuring materials open the door to a wide range of unexpected and uniquely designed properties. This work presents a novel mechanical metamaterial unit cell with strain‐dependent solid-solid phase changes resultant from hierarchically structured ""mechanisms"" built into an auxetic unit cell, and further presents a realization of this kind. The interaction of auxetic structure and mechanism allows stable or metastable elastic energy states to be reached as a result of mechanical deformation. The result is a principally elastic analog to a shape memory material with a functional dependency on its negative Poisson's ratio. Prototypes are additively manufactured using direct laser writing, and are subsequently subjected to uniaxial compression with a customized micromechanical test set up. Experimental results depict reversible states initially triggered by deformation; the unit cell is a building block for a programmable material with a nonlinear "ifEL thenEL" relationship. Implementing interior mechanisms as a hierarchical level unlocks new directions for mechanical metamaterials research, and the authors see potential impacts or applications in multi‐scale modeling, medicine, micro‐actuation and ‐gripping, programmable matter/materials.
Author(s)
Berwind, Matthew  
Fraunhofer-Institut für Werkstoffmechanik IWM  
Kamas, Alec
Fraunhofer-Institut für Werkstoffmechanik IWM  
Eberl, Christoph  
Klinikum der Albert-Ludwig-Universität, Freiburg  
Journal
Advanced engineering materials  
DOI
10.1002/adem.201800771
Language
English
Fraunhofer-Institut für Werkstoffmechanik IWM  
Keyword(s)
  • mechanical metamaterials

  • MEMS

  • programmable materials

  • shape memory

  • compliant materials

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