Programmable and robust static topological solitons in mechanical metamaterials

oleh: Yafei Zhang, Bo Li, Q. S. Zheng, Guy M. Genin, C. Q. Chen

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2019-12-01

Deskripsi

Mechanical solitons are notoriously difficult to control. Here, the authors report a theoretical framework for programming static periodic topological solitons into a metamaterial, and demonstrate its implementation in real metamaterials computationally and experimentally.