Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

Dynamic morphological transformations in soft architected materials via buckling instability encoded heterogeneous magnetization

  • Neng Xia,
  • Dongdong Jin,
  • Chengfeng Pan,
  • Jiachen Zhang,
  • Zhengxin Yang,
  • Lin Su,
  • Jinsheng Zhao,
  • Liu Wang,
  • Li Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35212-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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The dynamic transformation in soft architected materials often brings in unusual properties. Here, Zhang et al. present magneto-elastomers with 3D heterogeneous magnetization profiles encoded by buckling instability to achieve the dynamic regulation.