Phase transitions in 2D multistable mechanical metamaterials via collisions of soliton-like pulses

Abstract In recent years, mechanical metamaterials have been developed that support the propagation of an intriguing variety of nonlinear waves, including transition waves and vector solitons (solitons with coupling between multiple degrees of freedom). Here we report observations of phase transitio...

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Main Authors: Weijian Jiao, Hang Shu, Vincent Tournat, Hiromi Yasuda, Jordan R. Raney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44293-w