All those sea sponges that live in deep oceans have a secret: their light lattice-like forms are astonishingly stiff and ...

QUESTION: Can a material possess a negative Poisson’s ratio? The answer is “yes”. Such materials are known as “auxetic materials”. From above, we see than an auxetic material will expand in the ...

Inspired by the humble deep-sea sponge, RMIT University engineers have developed a new material with remarkable compressive strength and stiffness that could improve architectural and product designs.

Inspired by the humble deep-sea sponge, RMIT University engineers have developed a new material with remarkable compressive strength and stiffness that could improve architectural and product designs.

Researchers at RMIT University have developed a groundbreaking new material inspired by the skeleton of a deep-sea sponge.

RMIT University engineers have developed a new material with compressive strength and stiffness to improve architectural and ...

An explanation of the auxetic material found in the inner layer of a mussel shell and how it absorbs impact by becoming denser when stretched. At Sheffield Hallam University, engineers are ...

Areas of expertise I model and produce auxetics - solids exhibiting unusual deformation mechanisms - they expand in all directions when pulled in only one, opposite to "classical" materials. Typical ...