Publications - Mechanical Metamaterials

P. Ducarme, Harnessing mechanical instabilities for functional structures using nonlinear building blocks, University of Amsterdam, UvA, 2026-05-04

M.H. Teunisse and M. van Hecke, Interacting hysterons with asymptotically small or large spans, New J. Phys. 28, (4), 043505: 1-18 (2026)

P. Ducarme, B. Weber, M. van Hecke and J.T.B. Overvelde, Flexel ecosystem: Simulating mechanical systems made from entities with arbitrarily complex mechanical responses, Extreme Mech. Lett., 102476: 1-28 (2026)

Y. Du, R. van Mastrigt, J. Veenstra and C. Coulais, Metamaterials that learn to change shape, Nat. Phys., (2026)

J. Melio, M. van Hecke, S.E. Henkes and D.J. Kraft, Pivoting colloidal assemblies exhibit mechanical metamaterial behaviour, Nature, 632-636 (2026)

D. Shohat, P. Baconnier, I. Procaccia, M. van Hecke and Y. Lahini, Aging of amorphous materials under cyclic strain, PNAS 123, (8), e2515075123: 1-11 (2026)

B.D. Faulí, L.J. Kwakernaak and M. van Hecke, Hysteretic slit-snapping and multistability in buckled beams with partial cuts, Sci. Adv. 12, (7), eaeb9750: 1-9 (2026)

C.M. Meulblok and M. van Hecke, Transients and multiperiodic responses: a hierarchy of material bits, New J. Phys. 28, (2), 025002: 1-15 (2026)

A.O. Krushynska and M. van Hecke, Multi-frequency wave focusing in rationally pruned disordered networks, Matter 8, (12), 102364: 1-10 (2025)

L. Jin and M. van Hecke, Dynamic Avalanches: Rate-Controlled Switching and Race Conditions, Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, (21), 218201: 1-8 (2025)

Publications - Mechanical Metamaterials

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