Science Daily  April 14, 2021 The fundamental topology of cellular structures can profoundly affect their acoustic, electrical, chemical, mechanical, and optical properties, as well as heat, fluid, and particle transport. In the previous techniques the resulting structures generally preserve the defining connectivity features of the initial topology. Researchers at Harvard University have developed a two-tiered dynamic strategy that achieves systematic reversible transformations of the fundamental topology of cellular microstructures, which can be applied to a wide range of materials and geometries. The approach requires exposing the structure to a selected liquid that can first infiltrate and plasticize the material at […]