Reports Foam Structures with a Negative Poisson's Ratio RODERIC LAKES1 1Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242. See allHide authors and affiliations Science 27 Feb 1987:Vol. 235, Issue 4792, pp. 1038-1040DOI: 10.1126/science.235.4792.1038 RODERIC LAKES 1Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242.Find this author on Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for this author on this site Article Info & Metrics eLetters PDF Abstract A novel foam structure is presented, which exhibits a negative Poisson's ratio. Such a material expands laterally when stretched, in contrast to ordinary materials.
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