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  • Open Access
27 Citations
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24 May 2022

Mechanical metamaterials are of interest to researchers because of their unique mechanical properties, including a negative Poisson structure. Here, we study a three-dimensional (3D) negative-Poisson-ratio (NPR) metal metamaterial lattice structure b...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mechanical Metamaterials: Optimization and New Design Ideas)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,135 Views
9 Pages

17 June 2021

A chiral structure with a negative Poisson’s ratio containing a hollow circle with varying diameters was designed, and the finite element method was used to investigate the variation in the Poisson’s ratio when the hollow circle diameter was varied (...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,359 Views
17 Pages

Research on the Mechanical Properties of Elliptical Negative Poisson’s Ratio Structures

  • Ming Xie,
  • Xiangdong Wu,
  • Fangbo Xu,
  • Zhangdong Wang and ,
  • Li’e Yin and
  • Mengqi Xu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

13 December 2024

A negative Poisson’s ratio structure has special deformation behavior and energy absorption characteristics, and is a new structure with broad application prospects. However, most of the current research is still at the micro theoretical level,...

(This article belongs to the Section Building Structures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
4,359 Views
14 Pages

Impact Response of the Honeycomb Sandwich Structure with Different Poisson’s Ratios

  • Xiaobo Gong,
  • Chengwei Ren,
  • Yuhong Liu,
  • Jian Sun and
  • Fang Xie

8 October 2022

The honeycomb sandwich structure is widely used in energy-absorbing facilities because it is lightweight, has a high specific stiffness and high specific strength, and is easy to process. It also has dynamic mechanical characteristics such as a high...

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  • Open Access
35 Citations
4,025 Views
17 Pages

25 May 2023

A negative Poisson’s ratio honeycomb material has the characteristics of anti-conventional deformation behavior and high impact resistance, which is a new lightweight microstructure material with broad application prospects. However, most of th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,749 Views
25 Pages

Design and Mechanical Properties of Negative Poisson’s Ratio Structure-Based Topology Optimization

  • Dongchen Qin,
  • Mengchun Li,
  • Tingting Wang,
  • Jiangyi Chen and
  • Hongxia Wu

29 June 2023

Scholars have shown significant interest in the design and investigation of mechanical metamaterials with a negative Poisson’s ratio as a result of the rapid progress in additive manufacturing technology, giving rise to the concept of metamater...

(This article belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
4,690 Views
17 Pages

3D Zero Poisson’s Ratio Honeycomb Structure for Morphing Wing Applications

  • Xiaobo Gong,
  • Chengwei Ren,
  • Jian Sun,
  • Peiru Zhang and ,
  • Lei Du and
  • Fang Xie
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Such as flying creatures, morphing aircraft can expand their aerodynamic flight envelopes by changing aerodynamic shapes, significantly improving the scope of application and flight efficiency. A novel 3D Zero Poisson’s Ratio (ZPR) honeycomb st...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Aircraft Morphing Systems 2.0)
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  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
4,148 Views
14 Pages

TiNi Alloy Lattice Structures with Negative Poisson’s Ratio: Computer Simulation and Experimental Results

  • Eduard Farber,
  • Alexey Orlov,
  • Evgenii Borisov,
  • Arseniy Repnin and ,
  • Stepan Kuzin,
  • Nikita Golubkov and
  • Anatoly Popovich
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

4 September 2022

One of the issues that modern implants face is their high stiffness, coupled with a positive Poisson’s ratio along the implant. This creates certain problems with bone inflammation and implant detachment. A possible solution to these problems i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Manufacturing of Novel Metallic Related Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,342 Views
18 Pages

29 November 2023

In this paper, the negative Poisson’s ratio and rigidity of a protective structure are improved to allow the structure to exert a negative Poisson’s ratio effect in multiple directions and to enhance the structural load-carrying capacity....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Anti-explosion, Anti-impact and Vibration Isolation Advanced Protection Design in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering)
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  • Open Access
511 Views
18 Pages

Numerical Investigation of Poisson’s Ratio Effects on Ice–Structure Interaction Using the Peridynamic Method

  • Yuan Zhang,
  • Liyu Ye,
  • Chao Wang,
  • Xiuyuan Zhang and ,
  • Dagang Zhao,
  • Jinlei Mu,
  • Shan Pian and
  • Biliang Lu
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

The peridynamic (PD) method has been widely utilized in the numerical modelling of ice–structure interactions due to its capability to naturally capture material failure and fracture evolution. PD formulations can be categorized into bond-based...

(This article belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
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  • Open Access
1,382 Views
25 Pages

22 August 2025

The negative Poisson’s ratio structure has special deformation behavior and energy absorption characteristics and is a new structure with broad application prospects. However, most of the current research is still at the theoretical level, whil...

(This article belongs to the Section Building Structures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,129 Views
17 Pages

9 January 2026

This study proposes a novel four-pointed-star-shaped honeycomb structure having zero Poisson’s ratio, designed to overcome the stress concentration inherent in traditional point-to-point connected star-shaped honeycombs.By introducing a horizon...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Materials, Structures, Symmetrical Design and Mechanism in Mechanical Engineering, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
534 Views
21 Pages

24 April 2026

The tunable coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) and Poisson’s ratio (PR) properties of metamaterials help address issues caused by drastic temperature variations and external loads. In this work, we propose a novel bimaterial thermal expansi...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Engineering and Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,053 Views
27 Pages

24 April 2026

This research systematically investigates the shape memory properties of re-entrant hexagonal negative Poisson’s ratio (NPR) honeycomb structures fabricated via 4D printing, using polyethylene terephthalate glycol (PETG) and polylactic acid (PL...

(This article belongs to the Section Smart and Functional Polymers)
  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
5,213 Views
19 Pages

8 June 2022

The additive manufacturing (AM) of innovative lattice structures with unique mechanical properties has received widespread attention due to the capability of AM processes to fabricate freeform and intricate structures. The most common way to characte...

(This article belongs to the Section Advanced Composites)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,857 Views
14 Pages

30 October 2021

Let (X,G,ω1,ω2,{ηt}) be a manifold with a bi-Poisson structure {ηt} generated by a pair of G-invariant symplectic structures ω1 and ω2, where a Lie group G acts properly on X. We prove that there exists two canonically defined manifolds (RLi,Gi,ω1i,ω...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry of Hamiltonian Systems: Classical and Quantum Aspects)
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  • Open Access
726 Views
21 Pages

Super Lie–Poisson Structures, Their Deformations, and Related New Nonlinear Integrable Super-Hamiltonian Systems

  • Anatolij K. Prykarpatski,
  • Myroslava I. Vovk,
  • Petro Ya. Pukach and
  • Yarema A. Prykarpatskyy

10 November 2025

Lie-algebraic Poisson structures, related to the superalgebra of super-pseudodifferential operators on the circle over the even component of the Z2-graded Grassmann algebra, have been studied in detail; the corresponding coadjoint orbits, generated b...

(This article belongs to the Section B: Mathematics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,148 Views
18 Pages

7 January 2026

The widespread adoption of low-power devices and microelectronic systems has intensified the need for efficient energy harvesting solutions. While cantilever-beam piezoelectric energy harvesters (PEHs) are popular for their simplicity, their performa...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Micro-Energy Harvesting Technologies and Self-Powered Sensing Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
477 Views
27 Pages

11 July 2026

To improve the energy absorption capacity of star-shaped honeycomb (SSH), this paper proposes a novel star-shaped negative Poisson’s ratio (NPR) structure with a second-order fractal substructure based on the principles of self-similarity and i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Research on Structural Analysis and Design of Civil Structures—2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
8,720 Views
23 Pages

Poisson Parameters of Antimicrobial Activity: A Quantitative Structure-Activity Approach

  • Radu E. Sestraş,
  • Lorentz Jäntschi and
  • Sorana D. Bolboacă

24 April 2012

A contingency of observed antimicrobial activities measured for several compounds vs. a series of bacteria was analyzed. A factor analysis revealed the existence of a certain probability distribution function of the antimicrobial activity. A quantita...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Biomolecular Simulation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,961 Views
22 Pages

Stabilization of Stochastic Dynamical Systems of a Random Structure with Markov Switches and Poisson Perturbations

  • Taras Lukashiv,
  • Yuliia Litvinchuk,
  • Igor V. Malyk,
  • Anna Golebiewska and
  • Petr V. Nazarov

22 January 2023

An optimal control for a dynamical system optimizes a certain objective function. Here, we consider the construction of an optimal control for a stochastic dynamical system with a random structure, Poisson perturbations and random jumps, which makes...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Probability, Stochastic Processes and Optimization)
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  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,416 Views
24 Pages

The Application of an Abaqus Preprocessor Based on Python Language in a DAHC Negative Poisson Ratio Structure

  • Xiaoting Sun,
  • Guibo Yu,
  • Xiujie Zhu,
  • Jinli Che and ,
  • Yuanyuan Yan and
  • Wei Wang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

13 February 2025

The double-arrow hollow cylinder (DAHC) has excellent mechanical properties under axial compression loads due to its negative Poisson ratio structure. To improve finite element simulation efficiency for parameter optimization analysis, an automatic m...

(This article belongs to the Section Inorganic Crystalline Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
3,982 Views
15 Pages

The exceptional energy absorption, deformability, and tuneable Poisson’s ratio properties of negative Poisson’s ratio (NPR) honeycomb biomimetic structures make them highly suitable for applications in aerospace, medical, and acoustic ste...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Biological and Bioinspired Materials and Structures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,958 Views
36 Pages

9 November 2022

The idea of a canonical ensemble from Gibbs has been extended by Jean-Marie Souriau for a symplectic manifold where a Lie group has a Hamiltonian action. A novel symplectic thermodynamics and information geometry known as “Lie group thermodynam...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Geometric Structure of Thermodynamics: Theory and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,358 Views
12 Pages

Partially Auxetic Structure of Rotating Rectangles

  • Julian Plewa and
  • Małgorzata Płońska

13 March 2025

The subject of the analysis is a modified auxetic structure in the form of rotating rectangles, which exhibit large negative Poisson’s ratio values. The structure modification consisted of introducing rotational axes on the surfaces of structur...

(This article belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,278 Views
20 Pages

Composites with Re-Entrant Lattice: Effect of Filler on Auxetic Behaviour

  • Mikhail Tashkinov,
  • Anastasia Tarasova,
  • Ilia Vindokurov and
  • Vadim V. Silberschmidt

13 October 2023

This study is focused on the deformation behaviour of composites formed by auxetic lattice structures acting as a matrix based on the re-entrant unit-cell geometry with a soft filler, motivated by biomedical applications. Three-dimensional models of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Mechanical and Thermal Characterization of Polymer Composites II)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,855 Views
19 Pages

Tailoring 3D Star-Shaped Auxetic Structures for Enhanced Mechanical Performance

  • Yulong Wang,
  • Naser A. Alsaleh,
  • Joy Djuansjah,
  • Hany Hassanin and ,
  • Mahmoud Ahmed El-Sayed and
  • Khamis Essa
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Auxetic lattice structures are three-dimensionally designed intricately repeating units with multifunctionality in three-dimensional space, especially with the emergence of additive manufacturing (AM) technologies. In aerospace applications, these st...

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  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,174 Views
16 Pages

16 October 2022

In this paper, we propose an elliptical anti-tetrachiral honeycombs structure (E-antitet) with in-plane negative Poisson’s ratio (NPR) and orthogonal anisotropy. The analytical and numerical solutions of the in-plane Poisson’s ratio and Y...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Metamaterials for Sound and Vibration Control)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,704 Views
17 Pages

Dynamic Compressive Behavior of a Novel Bioinspired Gradient Negative Poisson’s Ratio Sign-Switching Metamaterial Made of Thermoplastic Polyurethane

  • Yiting Guan,
  • Xing Luo,
  • Weidong Cao,
  • Xiao Du and ,
  • Mingkun Du,
  • Zhiwei Zhou and
  • Xiaofei Cao
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

26 April 2025

Inspired by Scylla serrata, a novel thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) negative Poisson’s ratio sign-switching metamaterial is proposed, and the corresponding original and gradient structures (i.e., OPSM and GPSM) are created. Numerical simulatio...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Biomimetic Polymer Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,020 Views
13 Pages

22 July 2023

The energy absorption capacity of materials with negative Poisson’s ratio (NPR) is attracting interest from both industry and academia due to the excellent impact resistance of the local shrinkage of materials. However, understanding the compre...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,306 Views
27 Pages

Geometric Analysis and Experimental Studies of Hexachiral Structures

  • Julian Plewa,
  • Małgorzata Płońska,
  • Kamil Feliksik and
  • Grzegorz Junak

17 September 2025

Chiral metamaterial structures exhibit auxetic properties—when subjected to stress, they either contract or expand in the given direction, while maintaining an asymmetric geometric effect—they cannot overlap with their mirror image. The u...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modelling of Deformation Characteristics of Materials or Structures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,465 Views
15 Pages

Modelling of Auxetic Woven Structures for Composite Reinforcement

  • Shivangi Shukla,
  • Bijoya Kumar Behera,
  • Rajesh Kumar Mishra,
  • Martin Tichý and ,
  • Viktor Kolář and
  • Miroslav Müller
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

27 December 2021

The current research is focused on the design and development of auxetic woven structures. Finite element analysis based on computational modeling and prediction of axial strain as well as Poisson’s ratio was carried out. Further, an analytical...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fibrous Materials (Textiles) for Functional Applications)
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  • Open Access
19 Citations
6,062 Views
19 Pages

Deformation Behavior of 3D Printed Auxetic Structures of Thermoplastic Polymers: PLA, PBAT, and Blends

  • Jonas Hufert,
  • Axel Grebhardt,
  • Yanling Schneider,
  • Christian Bonten and
  • Siegfried Schmauder

11 January 2023

Auxetic structures have a negative Poisson’s ratio and therefore expand transversely to the direction of loading instead of tapering. This unique behavior is not caused by the materials used, but by the structure, and thus offers completely new...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Additive Manufacturing of (Bio) Polymeric Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
5,545 Views
16 Pages

Investigating the Effects of Geometrical Parameters of Re-Entrant Cells of Aluminum 7075-T651 Auxetic Structures on Fatigue Life

  • Amir Ghiasvand,
  • Alireza Fayazi Khanigi,
  • John William Grimaldo Guerrero,
  • Hamed Aghajani Derazkola and ,
  • Jacek Tomków,
  • Anna Janeczek and
  • Adrian Wolski
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

10 February 2023

In this study, the effects of two geometrical parameters of the re-entrant auxetic cells, namely, internal cell angle (θ) and H/L ratio in which H is the cell height, and L is the cell length, have been studied on the variations of Poisson&rsqu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Metal Matrix Composite Coatings and Layers: Microstructure, Physicochemical and Mechanical Properties)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
546 Views
25 Pages

28 May 2026

Negative Poisson’s ratio materials show great potential in aerospace, automotive engineering, and military protection owing to their unique deformation behavior and superior mechanical properties. Nevertheless, current negative Poisson’s...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Numerical Modelling and Experimental Testing of Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,285 Views
17 Pages

14 August 2025

Understanding three-dimensional (3D) auxetic structural responses to impact loading remains challenging due to large deformations involving failure evolution and the interaction between geometric and material instabilities. In this study, the General...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Extreme Performance of Composite and Protective Structures)
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  • Open Access
1,041 Views
19 Pages

Manufacturing of 3D Auxetic Structures Through Perforations of Corrugated Systems

  • Libera Vitiello,
  • Gianluca Cicala,
  • Giovanni Filippone,
  • Pietro Russo and ,
  • Ruben Gatt,
  • Joseph N. Grima and
  • Pierre-Sandre Farrugia
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Fabrication of auxetic structures has always been a limiting factor in their availability. Their complex shape, a requirement originating from the deformation mechanism that leads to a negative Poisson’s ratio, has also limited their manufactur...

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  • Open Access
3,310 Views
16 Pages

21 June 2021

Aiming at the problems of a complex structure or poor controllability of the existing bearing preload control devices, a method of self-regulation via a negative Poisson’s ratio (NPR) spacer is proposed. Firstly, the principle of preload automatic ad...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,832 Views
24 Pages

Crashworthiness Analysis and Multi-Objective Optimization for Concave I-Shaped Honeycomb Structure

  • Tingting Wang,
  • Mengchun Li,
  • Dongchen Qin,
  • Jiangyi Chen and
  • Hongxia Wu

15 October 2022

Due to their superior structural and mechanical properties, materials with negative Poisson’s ratio are of increasing interest to research scholars, especially in fuel-efficient vehicles. In this work, a new concave I-shaped honeycomb structure...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Vehicle Crashworthiness and Lightweight Design)
  • Article
  • Open Access
523 Views
20 Pages

26 June 2026

Precision tilt stages capable of high angular resolution and low cross-axis coupling are essential for applications such as free-space optical communication, adaptive optics, and micro/nano-positioning. In this study, a two-degree-of-freedom complian...

(This article belongs to the Section Machine Design and Theory)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
681 Views
24 Pages

8 December 2025

The anti-pillow effect of mesh antennas has adverse effects on satellite communication. The curvature isotropy of a negative Poisson’s ratio material is expected to be applied and solved for the anti-pillow effect of mesh deployable antennas. B...

(This article belongs to the Section Materials Simulation and Design)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,554 Views
23 Pages

Directional Auxetic Behavior of Mechanical Metamaterials: Material-Dependent and Geometry-Driven Mechanisms

  • Barbara Schürger,
  • Jozef Bocko,
  • Peter Frankovský,
  • Ingrid Delyová and
  • Ján Kostka

10 November 2025

Mechanical metamaterials derive their unconventional properties from geometry rather than composition, enabling phenomena such as negative Poisson’s ratio and tunable stiffness. This study presents a systematic finite element analysis of three...

(This article belongs to the Section Mechanics of Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,246 Views
14 Pages

21 July 2023

In this work, a simple and environmentally friendly process combining low pressure (vacuum) and mechanical compression is proposed to convert recycled polypropylene (PP) foams (28 kg/m3) into low density foams (90–131 kg/m3) having negative ten...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,102 Views
29 Pages

26 January 2024

In this paper, the impact resistance of a cylindrical structure with a buffer ring and an energy-absorbing ring under double impact loads is studied. Based on ABAQUS 2023 finite element software, a simulation model of a buffer ring structure with thr...

(This article belongs to the Section Mechanics of Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,542 Views
18 Pages

An Experimental Study of Auxetic Tubular Structures

  • Julian Plewa,
  • Małgorzata Płońska and
  • Kamil Feliksik

29 July 2022

Auxetic tubular structures are widely known structures, characterized by a negative Poisson’s ratio upon stretching and deformation in the axial and transverse directions, which have numerous application possibilities. In this paper, tubular st...

(This article belongs to the Section Smart and Functional Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,082 Views
18 Pages

2 September 2022

A Novikov–Poisson algebra (A,∘,·) is a vector space with a Novikov algebra structure (A,∘) and a commutative associative algebra structure (A,·) satisfying some compatibility conditions. Give a Novikov–Poisson al...

(This article belongs to the Section A: Algebra and Logic)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,259 Views
16 Pages

An Innovative Auxetic Honeycomb Sandwich Tube: Fabrication and Mechanical Properties

  • Jianqin Wu,
  • Jiannan Zhou,
  • Xinli Kong,
  • Ying Xu and ,
  • Yishun Chen,
  • Juyan Zhu,
  • Fengnian Jin and
  • Peng Wang
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

17 October 2022

In this study, based on the free-rolling mechanism of the auxetic honeycomb, a honeycomb cylindrical shell was successfully prepared to overcome the fracture problem of the hexagonal honeycomb during rolling. Auxetic honeycomb sandwich tubes (AHSTs)...

(This article belongs to the Section Polymer Fibers)
  • Review
  • Open Access
239 Citations
23,017 Views
26 Pages

Cellular Auxetic Structures for Mechanical Metamaterials: A Review

  • Parth Uday Kelkar,
  • Hyun Soo Kim,
  • Kyung-Hoon Cho,
  • Joon Young Kwak and ,
  • Chong-Yun Kang and
  • Hyun-Cheol Song
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

1 June 2020

Recent advances in lithography technology and the spread of 3D printers allow us a facile fabrication of special materials with complicated microstructures. The materials are called “designed materials” or “architectured materials&r...

(This article belongs to the Section Biosensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,827 Views
16 Pages

30 November 2023

This research paper introduces an innovative technique for measuring displacement using auxetic tubular structure (ATS). The proposed displacement measurement method is based on tubular structures with a negative Poisson’s ratio. It capitalizes...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

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