Natural nEUROactive Mechanical mETAmaterials

Project Information

NEUROMETA

Grant agreement ID: 101020715

DOI

10.3030/101020715

EC signature date 13 June 2021

Start date 1 October 2021

End date 30 September 2026

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 2 478 140,00

EU contribution

€ 2 478 140,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
United Kingdom

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (37)

Natural composite rods extracted from the proximal section of the giant bamboo: Statistical assessment of physical and mechanical properties

Author(s): Rodrigo Jos da Silva, Brbara Lana de Resende, Sofia Dehaini Garcia, Fabrizio Scarpa, Tlio Hallak Panzera
Published in: Composites Part B: Engineering, Issue 292, 2025, Page(s) 112081, ISSN 1359-8368
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2024.112081

Quantifying efficient shape-shifting: Energy barrier measurement in multi-stable lattice metamaterials

Author(s): Qicheng Zhang, Jiajia Shen, Martin Garrad, Fabrizio Scarpa, Alberto Pirrera, Rainer M.J. Groh
Published in: Thin-Walled Structures, Issue 203, 2024, Page(s) 112222, ISSN 0263-8231
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2024.112222

Elastic shear-stiffening composites with locally tunable mechanics for protection and damping

Author(s): Miaomiao Zou, Hongye Guo, Qicheng Zhang, Huijiang Wang, Zehao Ji, Christos Margadji, Kerr Samson, Andi Kuswoyo, Fabrizio Scarpa, Mohand Saed, Sebastian W. Pattinson
Published in: Applied Materials Today, Issue 40, 2024, Page(s) 102396, ISSN 2352-9407
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmt.2024.102396

Design of 3D and 4D printed continuous fibre composites via an evolutionary algorithm and voxel-based Finite Elements: Application to natural fibre hygromorphs

Author(s): Charles de Kergariou, Byung Chul Kim, Adam Perriman, Antoine Le Duigou, Sofiane Guessasma, Fabrizio Scarpa
Published in: Additive Manufacturing, 2022, ISSN 2214-7810
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd

Low-velocity impact of castor oil-based rigid polyurethane foams: Experiments, microstructure effects and constitutive modelling

Author(s): Jacopo Lavazza, Qicheng Zhang, Charles de Kergariou, Gianni Comandini, Fernando Alvarez-Borges, Orestis L. Katsamenis, Wuge H. Briscoe, Jemma L. Rowlandson, Tulio Hallak Panzera, Fabrizio Scarpa
Published in: International Journal of Impact Engineering, Issue 196, 2024, Page(s) 105156, ISSN 0734-743X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2024.105156

Investigating the Effect of Relative Humidity on the Mechanics and Dynamics of Open-Cell Polyurethane Auxetic Foams

Author(s): Samuel E. Williams, Qicheng Zhang, Charles de Kergariou, Fabrizio Scarpa
Published in: Physica Status Solidi B, 2022, ISSN 1521-3951
Publisher: Wiley Online Library

Castor-oil biobased foam: the effect of the composition on the physical and mechanical properties <i>via</i> a statistical mixture design

Author(s): Luiza Fernandes Soares; Júlio César dos Santos; Victor Augusto Araújo de Freitas; Robson Bruno Dutra Pereira; Tulio Hallak Panzera; Fabrizio Scarpa
Published in: RCS Sustainability, Issue 2, 2024, ISSN 2753-8125
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d3su00374d

Acoustic transmission loss in Hilbert fractal metamaterials

Author(s): Comandini, Gianni; Ouisse, Morvan; Ting, Valeska P.; Scarpa, Fabrizio
Published in: Scientific Reports, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2023), Issue 8, 2024, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-43646-1

Quasi-static and impact compression properties of glubam at different relative humidity conditions

Author(s): C.Q. Chen, Q.C. Zhang, C. de Kergariou, F. Scarpa, Y. Xiao
Published in: Construction and Building Materials, Issue 455, 2025, Page(s) 139172, ISSN 0950-0618
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.139172

The engineering elastic constants of bio-inspired sandwich cores with wavy cylinders

Author(s): Yu X, Zhang Q, Schenk M, Scarpa F
Published in: Composites Communications, 2024, ISSN 2452-2139
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
DOI: 10.1016/j.coco.2024.101893

Rigid polyurethane foams from commercial castor oil resins

Author(s): Jacopo Lavazza, Qicheng Zhang, Charles de Kergariou, Gianni Comandini, Wuge H. Briscoe, Jemma L. Rowlandson, Tulio Hallak Panzera, Fabrizio Scarpa
Published in: Polymer Testing, Issue 135, 2024, Page(s) 108457, ISSN 0142-9418
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2024.108457

Flax fibre reinforced alginate poloxamer hydrogel: assessment of mechanical and 4D printing potential

Author(s): de Kergariou C, Day G J, Perriman A W, Armstrong J K P, Scarpa F
Published in: Soft Matter, 2024, ISSN 1744-6848
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d4sm00135d

Anisotropy in conventional and uniaxially thermoformed auxetic polymer foams

Author(s): Qicheng Zhang; Xindi Yu; Fabrizio Scarpa; David Barton; Kathryn Rankin; Zi-Qiang Lang; Dayi Zhang
Published in: Zhang , Q , Yu , X , Scarpa , F , Barton , D A W , Rankin , K , Lang , Z & Zhang , D 2022 , ' Anisotropy in conventional and uniaxially thermoformed auxetic polymer foams ' , Composites Part B: Engineering , vol. 237 , 109849 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2022.109849, Issue 7, 2022, ISSN 1879-1069
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2022.109849

Mechanics of novel asymmetrical re-entrant metamaterials and metastructures

Author(s): Zhang, Wenjiao; Li, Zhenyu; Wang, Jinwu; Scarpa, Fabrizio; Wang, Xintao
Published in: Zhang , W , Li , Z , Wang , J , Scarpa , F & Wang , X 2022 , ' Mechanics of novel asymmetrical re-entrant metamaterials and metastructures ' , Composite Structures , vol. 291 , 115604 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2022.115604, Issue 3, 2022, ISSN 0263-8223
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2022.115604

Programmable and reconfigurable hygro-thermo morphing materials with multifunctional shape transformation

Author(s): Qinyu Li, Rujie Sun, Antoine Le Duigou, Jianglong Guo, Jonathan Rossiter, Liwu Li, Jinsong Leng, Fabrizio Scarpa
Published in: Applied Materials Today, 2022, ISSN 2352-9407
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmt.2022.101414

A dynamic poroelastic model for auxetic polyurethane foams involving viscoelasticity and pneumatic damping effects in the linear regime

Author(s): Qicheng Zhang, Xindi Yu, Fabrizio Scarpa, David Barton, Yunpeng Zhu, Zi-Qiang Lang, Dayi Zhang
Published in: Mechanical Signals & Systems Processing, 2022, ISSN 0888-3270
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2022.109375

Giant Cushioning Effect in Facile Polymer/Nanoclay-Coated Flexible Polyurethane Foams

Author(s): Wenfei Ji, Qicheng Zhang, Jeroen S. van Duijneveldt, Wuge H. Briscoe, Fabrizio Scarpa
Published in: ACS Applied Polymer Materials, Issue 6, 2024, Page(s) 10322-10333, ISSN 2637-6105
Publisher: American Chemistry Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.4c01437

Double-arrowhead castor-oil biobased polyurethane foam metamaterials

Author(s): Gabriel Bernardo de Magalhes Santos, Luiza Fernandes Soares, Alberto Jorge Baeza Campuzano, Rodrigo Jos da Silva, Carlos Thomas Garcia, Tulio Hallak Panzera, Fabrizio Scarpa
Published in: Industrial Crops and Products, Issue 218, 2025, Page(s) 118828, ISSN 0926-6690
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2024.118828

Hysteretic behaviour of uniaxially thermoformed auxetic foams under 3-point bending low-frequency vibration

Author(s): Qicheng Zhang, Xindi Yu, Fabrizio Scarpa, David Barton, Yuying Xia, Alexander Shaw, Yunpeng Zhu, Zi-Qiang Lang
Published in: Nonlinear Dynamics, 2023, ISSN 1573-269X
Publisher: Springer Nature B.V.
DOI: 10.1007/s11071-022-07916-3

Design space and manufacturing of programmable 4D printed continuous flax fibre polylactic acid composite hygromorphs

Author(s): Charles de Kergariou, Antoine Le Duigou, Adam Perriman, Fabrizio Scarpa
Published in: Materials & Design, 2022, ISSN 1873-4197
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2022.111472

The bending of 3D-printed bio-inspired sandwich panels with wavy cylinder cores

Author(s): Xindi Yu, Qicheng Zhang, Rodrigo J. da Silva, Tulio Halak Panzera, Mark Schenk, Fabrizio Scarpa
Published in: Thin-Walled Structures, Issue 205, 2024, Page(s) 112538, ISSN 0263-8231
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2024.112538

Impact properties of uniaxially thermoformed auxetic foams

Author(s): Qicheng Zhang, Fabrizio Scarpa, David Barton, Yunpeng Zhu, Zi-Qiang Lang, Dayi Zhang, Hua-Xin Peng
Published in: International Journal of Impact Engineering, 2022, ISSN 1879-3509
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2022.104176

The Design of 4D-Printed Hygromorphs: State-of-the-Art and Future Challenges

Author(s): Charles de Kergariou, Frédéric Demoly, Adam Perriman, Antoine Le Duigou, Fabrizio Scarpa
Published in: Advanced Functional Materials, 2022, ISSN 1616-3028
Publisher: Wiley Online Library
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202210353

Large datasets of water vapor sorption, mass diffusion immersed in water, hygroscopic expansion and mechanical properties of flax fibre/shape memory epoxy hygromorph composites

Author(s): Qinyu Li, Rujie Sun, Antoine Le Duigou, Jianglong Guo, Jonathan Rossiter, Liwu Li, Jinsong Leng, Fabrizio Scarpa
Published in: Data In Brief, 2022, ISSN 2352-3409
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2022.108367

In-plane elasticity of beetle elytra inspired sandwich cores

Author(s): Xindi Yu, Qicheng Zhang, Athina Kontopoulou, Giuliano Allegri, Mark Schenk, Fabrizio Scarpa
Published in: Composite Structures, 2022, ISSN 1879-1085
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2022.116155

From trash to treasure: Sourcing high-value, sustainable cellulosic materials from living bioreactor waste streams

Author(s): Harrison T H, Gupta V K, Alam P, Perriman A W, Scarpa F, Thakur V J
Published in: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2023, ISSN 1879-0003
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.123511

Viscoelasticity and impact behaviour of green epoxy bio-composites made of date palm leaflets

Author(s): A. Bezazi, N. Bouhemame, P.N.B. Reis, P. Santos, H. Boumediri, F. Scarpa
Published in: Composite Structures, Issue 344, 2024, Page(s) 118347, ISSN 0263-8223
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2024.118347

Composite sepiolite/chitosan layer-by-layer coated flexible polyurethane foams with superior mechanical properties and energy absorption

Author(s): Ji W, Zhang Q, Alvarez-Borges F, Yuan G, Van Dujneveldt J, Briscoe W H, Scarpa F
Published in: Composites Structures, 2023, ISSN 0263-8223
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2023.117419

Three-dimensional water diffusion and modelling of flax/shape memory epoxy composites

Author(s): Li Q, Le Duigou A, Thakur V K, Liu L, Leng J, Scarpa F
Published in: Composites Part A, 2023, ISSN 1359-835X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2023.107574

The shear performance of uniaxially thermoformed auxetic polymer foams

Author(s): Qicheng Zhang, Xindi Yu, Yuying Xia, Dayi Zhang, Roderic S. Lakes, Krzysztof W. Wojciechowski, Fabrizio Scarpa
Published in: Composites Part B: Engineering, Issue 286, 2024, Page(s) 111791, ISSN 1359-8368
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2024.111791

Out-of-plane engineering constants of beetle elytra inspired sandwich cores

Author(s): Yu X, Zhang Q, Schenk M, Scarpa F
Published in: Thin-Walled Structures, 2024, ISSN 0263-8231
Publisher: Elsevier BV

Ionic Liquid-Based Polymer Nanocomposites for Sensors, Energy, Biomedicine, and Environmental Applications: Roadmap to the Future

Author(s): Kirti Mishra, Nishu Devi, Samarjeet Singh Siwal, Qibo Zhang, Walaa F. Alsanie, Fabrizio Scarpa, Vijay Kumar Thakur
Published in: Advanced Science, 2022, ISSN 2198-3844
Publisher: Wiley CH
DOI: 10.1002/advs.202202187

Sound absorption in Hilbert fractal and coiled acoustic metamaterials

Author(s): G. Comandini, C. Khodr, V. P. Ting, M. Azarpeyvand and F. Scarpa
Published in: Applied Physics Letters, 2022, ISSN 1077-3118
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1063/5.0079531

Bending of kerf chiral fractal lattice metamaterials

Author(s): Wenjiao Zhang, Robin M Neville, Dayi Zhang, Jie Yuan, Roderic Lakes, Fabrizio Scarpa
Published in: Composite Structures, 2023, ISSN 1879-1085
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2023.117068

Generalisation of the yield stress measurement in three point bending collapse tests: application to 3D printed flax fibre reinforced hydrogels

Author(s): Charles de Kergariou, Hind Saidani Scott, Adam W Perriman, Graham J Day, James Armstrong, Fabrizio Scarpa
Published in: Biomedical Materials, Issue 19, 2024, Page(s) 065026, ISSN 1748-6041
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1748-605x/ad82c6

HydrogelBased Artificial Synapses for Sustainable Neuromorphic Electronics

Author(s): Jiongyi Yan, James P. K. Armstrong, Fabrizio Scarpa, Adam W. Perriman
Published in: Advanced Materials, Issue 36, 2024, ISSN 0935-9648
Publisher: United Nations Industrial Developement Organization
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202403937

Biobased and Programmable Electroadhesive Metasurfaces

Author(s): Qinyu Li, Antoine Le Duigou, Jianglong Guo, Vijay Kumar Thakur, Jonathan Rossiter, Liwu Liu, Jinsong Leng, Fabrizio Scarpa
Published in: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022, ISSN 1944-8244
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c10392

Other (1)

Tunable porosity in a hydrogel with extreme vibration damping properties

Author(s): Graham J. Day, Qicheng Zhang, Chrystel D. L. Remillat, Gianni Comandini, Adam W. Perriman, Fabrizio Scarpa
Published in: bioRxiv, 2025
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
DOI: 10.1101/2025.01.16.633355