Floppy or not: artificial intelligence predicts properties of complex metamaterials
Given a 3D piece of origami, can you flatten it without damaging it? Just by looking at the design, the answer is hard to predict, because each and every fold …
New puppeteering: streamlined control of material deformation
In a new publication in Nature Communications, a team of physicists from Amsterdam, Leiden and Georgia (USA) show how to ‘puppeteer’ lab-designed metamaterials. By only touching these materials from the …
Nieuw marionettenspel: het gestroomlijnd sturen van materiaalvervorming
In een nieuwe publicatie in Nature Communications laat een team van natuurkundigen uit Amsterdam, Leiden en Georgia (VS) zien hoe in het laboratorium ontworpen metamaterialen als marionetten kunnen worden aangestuurd.
A piece of corrugated rubber can function as a simple computer, displaying memory and dis-playing the ability to count to two. Physicists from Leiden University and AMOLF published about the …
Een stukje geribbeld rubber functioneert als een eenvoudige computer, met geheugen en het vermogen om tot twee te tellen. Natuurkundige onderzoekers van Universiteit Leiden en van onderzoeksinstituut AMOLF publiceren erover …
Anne Meeussen wins the Ehrenfest-Afanassjewa thesis prize 2021
Today, the Dutch Physics Council announces that former PhD student Anne Meeussen (Mechanical Metamaterials group at AMOLF and Leiden University) wins the Ehrenfest-Afanassjewa thesis prize 2021. Meeussen defended her thesis …
Metamaterials researcher Martin van Hecke has been elected American Physical Society (APS) fellow, an honour exclusive to only half a percent of the society's members. The Soft Matter Division of …
Former PhD students Anne Meeussen (Mechanical Metamaterials group) and Mario Avellaneda Sarrio (Biophysics group) are amongst the 31 researchers who have recently received a Rubicon grant from NWO. The Rubicon …
Martin van Hecke (Mechanical Metamaterials group at AMOLF and Leiden University) receives a 2.5 million euro ERC Advanced Grant for research into information processing materials. The European Research Council uses …
Metamaterials have properties that depend on their shape and architecture. Researchers at AMOLF, Leiden University and Tel Aviv University have found a new way of designing these metamaterials and their …
