Auxetic materials: Avoiding the shrink

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 16 Oct 2003 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature, volume 425, pages 667-667 (issn: 0028-0836, eissn: 1476-4687,

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Authors: Ray H, Baughman;

doi: 10.1038/425667a

pmid: 14562080

Auxetic materials: Avoiding the shrink

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Abstract

Materials that expand laterally when stretched can act as molecular-scale strain amplifiers. This amplification might be exploited in nature and in future technologies.

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Keywords

Cells, Hydrostatic Pressure, Animals, Thermodynamics, Particle Size, Mechanics, Pliability, Polytetrafluoroethylene, Porosity

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