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.

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

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

It’s this last aspect – known as auxetic behaviour – that opens a whole range of possibilities to apply the design across ...

“While most materials get thinner when stretched or fatter when squashed, like rubber, auxetics do the opposite,” Ma said. “Auxetics can absorb and distribute impact energy ...

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.

She is specialised in the field of metamaterials, developing innovative molecules with the potential to exhibit auxetic behaviour − materials that expand when stretched, defying conventional ...