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An international research team has developed mechanical metamaterials with a high elastic energy density. Highly twisted rods that deform helically provide these metamaterials with a high stiffness ...

An international research team coordinated at KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) has developed mechanical metamaterials ...

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Carbon nanotubes are one-dimensional nanomaterials with amazing strength and excellent electrical and thermal conductivity.

Researchers have developed new twisted mechanical metamaterials that have an exceptionally high elastic energy storage ...