Research topics

Materials engineered to change properties or geometry in response to stimuli or embedded logic.

Engineered structures that change shape or stiffness to adapt to conditions.

Materials whose properties can be significantly altered by external stimuli.

Architected materials with mechanical properties derived from structure rather than composition.

Polymers that change conformation or properties in response to stimuli.

Composite materials with designed anisotropic and programmable response.

Materials that respond to temperature, light, pH, magnetic or electric fields.

Metallic alloys that recover a stored shape when heated above a transition temperature.

Structures capable of large controlled shape changes.

Structures with tailored response to electromagnetic waves.

Polymers that recover a stored shape when triggered.

Compliant materials for soft actuators and robots.

Additive manufacturing of structures that transform over time.

Systems of discrete or continuous elements that reconfigure into different shapes and properties.

Materials capable of autonomous or triggered repair of damage.

Structures that control, direct or manipulate acoustic waves.

Surfaces whose geometry or properties can be reconfigured.

Structures with sub-wavelength features that manipulate light.

Textiles integrating sensing, actuation or computing.

Materials whose properties can be tuned in situ.

Hydrophilic polymer networks with high water content and tunable response.

Materials that respond to magnetic fields with shape or property change.

Non-equilibrium systems whose constituents consume energy to produce collective behaviour.

Materials that change properties in response to temperature.

Materials that emulate mechanisms or structures found in nature.

Materials that respond to light.

Textiles engineered to change shape, stiffness or function on demand.

Materials that respond to mechanical stimuli.

Polymers that deform under electric fields.

Materials incorporating living cells or biological components.