A Discussion on the Similarities Between Mechanical Metamaterials and Soft Matter and the Possibilities for Their Combined Development
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Keywords
mechanical metamaterials, soft matter, similarity, integrated development
Abstract
Mechanical metamaterials and soft matter, as frontier branches of materials science, extend the performance boundaries of conventional materials through artificial structural design and intrinsic responsive behavior, respectively. This paper briefly introduces these two fields and examines their similarities. It further discusses the possibility of their innovative integrated development as an approach to addressing certain limitations in each field, such as employing the stimulus responsiveness of soft matter to overcome the functional static nature of mechanical metamaterials, and utilizing the structural design paradigm of mechanical metamaterials to enhance the response speed and fatigue resistance of soft matter.
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