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3-D-printed structures shrink when heated


October 26, 2016

Counterintuitive "metamaterial" may enable heat-resistant circuit boards.

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While most solid materials expand with heat, this 3-D-printed structure, designed by MIT engineers, is designed to shrink, based on the stretching and pulling of its internal beams and trusses. Image: Qiming Wang

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