Grounded reconfigurable metamaterials with customized mapping-invariant behavior (opens in new tab)

Mechanical behavior of synthetic materials depends on their microstructure and geometric configurations. This dependency leads to unintended performance when the material remaps its microstructures for shape reconfigurations, such as diminished rigidity in unfolded aerospace morphing structures and reduced sensitivity in twisted soft sensors. Breaking this dependency through material design to improve overall performance has been a long-standing challenge. This work develops a transformation ...