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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 º«¹úÂãÎè in Montreal. "But with 'auxetic' materials, due to their internal architecture, when you pull in one direction they expand in the lateral direction."