3D Kirigami Building Blocks Can Be Used To Make Dynamic Metamaterial Structures (IMAGE)

North Carolina State University

3D Kirigami Building Blocks Can Be Used To Make Dynamic Metamaterial Structures

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In a proof of concept, researchers created more than a dozen reconfigurable building blocks. Each block consisted of eight connected paper cubes and could be reconfigured into eight different shapes. These blocks serve as basic units for constructing a variety of complex structures, such as the one shown here.

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Jie Yin, NC State University

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