in situ

Miao Yu1,2, Xin Fang1,2, Dianlong Yu1,2

  • 1National Key Laboratory of Equipment State Sensing and Smart Support, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, 410073, People's Republic of China.

Materials horizons
|January 23, 2026
PubMed
概括

研究人员开发了可调节的机械超材料,使用行星轮来控制曲刚度. 这一突破使可适应的机器和结构具有精确控制的曲特性,而不会改变它们的整体形状.

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