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Islamic art inspires stretchy, switchable materials
±Ê³Ü²ú±ô¾±Ã©: 16 March 2016
"In conventional materials, when you pull in one direction it will contract in other directions," said Dr Ahmad Rafsanjani, from Ï㽶ÊÓƵ in Montreal. "But with 'auxetic' materials, due to their internal architecture, when you pull in one direction they expand in the lateral direction."