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Richard Craster^1,2, Sébastien Guenneau², Muamer Kadic³

¹Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.

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Summary

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Mechanical metamaterials, or architected materials, offer novel elastic properties beyond constituent materials. This review covers their mathematical basis, design, and diverse applications from micro- to macro-scales.

Keywords:

auxetics.cloaking homogenisation metamaterials pentamode space-time media topological crystals

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Area of Science:

Materials Science
Solid Mechanics
Physics

Background:

Mechanical metamaterials, or architected materials, are engineered composites.
They exhibit unique elastic behaviors and effective properties surpassing their base components.
Recent advances in computation and manufacturing have driven significant progress in this field.

Purpose of the Study:

To provide a tutorial on the mathematical foundations of mechanical metamaterials.
To summarize the current conceptual and experimental state-of-the-art.
To highlight the diverse range of applications and material architectures.

Main Methods:

Review of mathematical principles.
Synthesis of conceptual frameworks.
Summary of experimental findings and state-of-the-art.

Main Results:

Coverage of disordered, periodic, quasi-periodic, and graded anisotropic architectures in 1D, 2D, and 3D.
Examples include auxetics, pentamodes, negative effective properties, and locally resonant behaviors.
Applications span from micro- to macro-scales, including seismic protection and cloaking.

Conclusions:

Mechanical metamaterials offer a vast design space for achieving unprecedented material properties.
The field integrates diverse scientific disciplines, from mathematics to engineering.
Future research directions include nonlinear, programmable, and spacetime-periodic metamaterials.