Chaowei Shi

A natural solution from caterpillar cuticles for flexible impact-resistant materials

Fenghou Yuan, Hu S, Zihan Pang, Yuntian Cui, Xuliang Qian, Chaowei Shi, et al.

Flexible impact-resistant materials are essential for defense, transportation, and biomedical engineering due to their ability to combine strength, energy dissipation, and compliance. While nature offers robust solutions like beetle elytra or mantis shrimp hammers, designing mate…Read more