5 papers
Vectorial driving of multistable materials: singularities, pt-graphs, and non-generic paths
Colin M. Meulblok, Martin van Hecke
Describing and predicting the response of multistable materials to external driving is central to memory formation, programmable metamaterials, soft robotics, and in-materia comput…
Dynamic driving enables independent control of material bits for targeted memory
E. Gutierrez-Prieto, C. M. Meulblok, M. van Hecke +1
Mechanical metamaterials with bistable elements can store vast amounts of information, but writing these memories requires impractical local control or lengthy multi-cycle protocol…
Accelerated snapping of slender beams under lateral forcing
Colin M. Meulblok, Hadrien Bense, M. Caelen +1
The hysteretic snapping under lateral forcing of a compressed, buckled beam is fundamental for many devices and mechanical metamaterials. For a single-tip lateral pusher, an import…
Transients and multiperiodic responses: a hierarchy of material bits
Colin M. Meulblok, Martin van Hecke
When cyclically driven, certain disordered materials exhibit transient and multiperiodic responses that are difficult to reproduce in synthetic materials. Here, we show that elemen…
Path-dependency and emergent computing under vectorial driving
Colin M. Meulblok, Amitesh Singh, Matthieu Labousse +1
The sequential response of frustrated materials-ranging from crumpled sheets and amorphous media to metamaterials-reveals their memory effects and emergent computational potential.…