Reimagining Chain Mail: 3D Architected Materials That Adapt and Protect (IMAGE)
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Experiments from the Caltech lab of Chiara Daraio have yielded a fascinating new type of matter, neither granular nor crystalline, that responds to some stresses as a fluid would and to others like a solid. The new material, known as PAM (for polycatenated architected materials) could have uses in areas ranging from helmets and other protective gear to biomedical devices and robotics.
This image shows how a PAM looks in its fluid or granular state, conforming to the shape of the vessel in which it is held.
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Wenjie Zhou
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