Auxetic

HOW IT IS BUILT The methods behind it Poisson's ratio WHAT IT CAN DO Its core abilities WHERE IT IS USED — · — — · — Auxetic learns · reasons · acts
How it's built
What it can do
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An auxetic material is one that becomes thicker (or wider) when you stretch it, and thinner when you compress it—the opposite of what normal materials do. Most everyday materials like rubber bands or sponges get thinner when you pull on them, but auxetic materials defy this intuition by expanding in the perpendicu…