Leiden Science in 2020

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Research New design of metamaterials Metamaterials have properties that depend on their shape and architecture. Physicists Anne Meeussen and Martin van Hecke, together with colleagues at Tel Aviv University, have found a new way of designing these metamaterials and their properties by deliberately incorporating small errors. Applications for this discovery range from shoe soles and prostheses to soft robots.

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