Design, Manufacturing, and Application of Negative Poisson’s Ratio Structure

The book focuses on the application methods of negative Poisson's ratio materials. This book classifies existing negative Poisson's ratio materials and demonstrates its innovation in the research of negative Poisson's ratio materials by providing methods for the production of negative Poisson's ratio polymers and composites, as well as optimisation methods. The book also systematically introduces the manufacturing methods and various application scenarios of negative Poisson's ratio materials, making it particularly suitable for readers interested in learning about new negative Poisson's ratio materials. This book will benefit researchers, engineers and graduate students in materials engineering, mechanical engineering, manufacturing and related fields.

Guan Zhou, male, is an associate professor in the Department of Vehicle Engineering, College of Energy and Power Engineering at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. In terms of scientific research, he has been leading several national and provincial research projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation’s Youth Science Fund project, special funding and general projects of the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, the Jiangsu Provincial Basic Research Program’s Youth Fund, the Jiangsu Provincial Postdoctoral Foundation, and the National Key Laboratory’s special funding. He has also been involved in the development of multiple vehicle models for companies such as SAIC-GM Wuling, Dongfeng Liuqi, and Zhuzhou CRRC Times Electric. He has published over 20 academic papers in authoritative journals and has applied for and been granted more than 30 invention patents.

2. Wanzhong Zhao, male, is a professor in the Department of Vehicle Engineering, College of Energy and Power Engineering at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. In terms of scientific research, He has published more than 110 SCI papers as the corresponding author, authorized more than 260 invention patents, of which more than 70 invention patents were authorized by the first inventor, and 23 PCT patents were applied for and authorized. He has also presided over 1 national key research and development program, 4 National Natural Science Foundation projects and over more than 60 provincial and ministerial projects.

3. Yingxin Hu, female, is a doctoral student in the Department of Vehicle Engineering, College of Energy and Power Engineering at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. As a key member, she participated in the National Natural Science Foundation project, Jiangsu Province Key research and development Plan, Jiangsu Province Natural Science Foundation project and other redundant national and provincial projects, and published several papers in important academic journals.

4. Chunyan Wang, female, is a professor in the Department of Vehicle Engineering, College of Energy and Power Engineering at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. She has presided over more than 20 national, provincial and ministerial projects such as National key research and development plan, National Natural Science Foundation project, Jiangsu Key Research and Development Plan and Jiangsu Natural Science Foundation project. She has also published more than 70 papers in IEEE TIE, Composites Part B, IJMS and other important academic journals. More than 200 national invention patents have been authorized, and 15 international PCT patents have been applied for and authorized.