We can control the buckling instability by rationally designing a nonlinear metamaterial! Download our article here and see this link for a Synopsis highlight article written by Katherine Wright. See also our explanatory movie below!

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We create a novel elastic metamaterial where the mechanical response is controlled by lateral confinement. See this link for a focus article written by Philip Ball and here for the article. More movies can be found here and here.

By means of experiments on photo-elastic grains, we show how the Jamming transition affects the statics and the dynamics of vibrated dense granular media. Click here to download our paper.