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Connected Triangles Exhibiting Negative Poisson's Ratios and Negative Thermal Expansion

Joseph N. Grima, Pierre-Sandre Farrugia, Ruben Gatt, and Victor Zammit

(Received October 24, 2006; Accepted December 11, 2006; Published January 25, 2007)

KEYWORDS: auxetic, negative thermal expansion, negative Poisson's ratio, thermal contraction, mechanical properties
URL: http://jpsj.ipap.jp/link?JPSJ/76/025001/
DOI: 10.1143/JPSJ.76.025001

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