{"id":1849,"date":"2022-02-04T16:28:49","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T15:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iop.fnwi.uva.nl\/scm\/?p=1849"},"modified":"2026-10-12T21:44:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T20:44:32","slug":"computational-and-machine-learning-assisted-design-of-functional-metamaterials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iop.fnwi.uva.nl\/scm\/index.php\/2022\/02\/04\/computational-and-machine-learning-assisted-design-of-functional-metamaterials\/","title":{"rendered":"Computational and Machine-Learning Assisted Design of Functional Metamaterials"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1849\" class=\"elementor elementor-1849\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7ccffdd1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7ccffdd1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8642fed\" data-id=\"8642fed\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-792e0be7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"792e0be7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.5.5 - 03-02-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\n<div style=\"font-size:18px; 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flex-wrap:wrap; gap:16px; margin-bottom:25px;\">\n\n    <!-- COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN -->\n    <div style=\"flex:1 1 230px; min-width:0; padding:22px; border:1px solid #E1E8EA; border-radius:10px; background:#F5F8F9;\">\n\n      <div style=\"font-size:12px; letter-spacing:1px; font-weight:700; color:#10708A; margin-bottom:12px;\">\n        APPROACH 01\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div style=\"font-size:18px; font-weight:600; color:#263F47; line-height:1.4; margin-bottom:10px;\">\n        Computational Design\n      <\/div>\n\n      <p style=\"font-size:15px; line-height:1.7; margin:0;\">\n        We develop computational tools to understand how geometry and mechanical interactions determine material behaviour, helping us explore designs beyond conventional intuition.\n      <\/p>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <!-- MACHINE LEARNING -->\n    <div style=\"flex:1 1 230px; min-width:0; padding:22px; border:1px solid #E1E8EA; border-radius:10px; background:#F5F8F9;\">\n\n      <div style=\"font-size:12px; letter-spacing:1px; font-weight:700; color:#10708A; margin-bottom:12px;\">\n        APPROACH 02\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div style=\"font-size:18px; font-weight:600; color:#263F47; line-height:1.4; margin-bottom:10px;\">\n        Machine Learning\n      <\/div>\n\n      <p style=\"font-size:15px; line-height:1.7; margin:0;\">\n        By learning complex structure\u2013property relationships from data, machine-learning models can identify design rules and guide the discovery of new mechanical functionalities.\n      <\/p>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- SCIENTIFIC HIGHLIGHT -->\n  <div style=\"border-left:3px solid #10708A; padding:10px 0 10px 20px; margin:28px 0 32px;\">\n\n    <div style=\"font-size:12px; font-weight:700; letter-spacing:1px; color:#10708A; margin-bottom:8px;\">\n      FROM DATA TO DISCOVERY\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p style=\"font-size:17px; line-height:1.65; color:#294B55; margin:0;\">\n      Our research demonstrates how neural networks can learn intricate combinatorial rules governing mechanical metamaterials, even from limited training data, offering new routes to material design.\n    <\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- PUBLICATION -->\n  <h3 style=\"font-size:22px; font-weight:600; color:#10708A; margin:30px 0 14px;\">\n    Explore the research\n  <\/h3>\n\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1103\/PhysRevLett.129.198003\"\n     target=\"_blank\"\n     rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-decoration:none; background:#F3F7F8; border:1px solid #E1E8EA; border-left:3px solid #10708A; border-radius:9px; padding:21px 23px; margin-bottom:32px;\">\n\n    <span style=\"display:block; font-size:12px; color:#10708A; font-weight:700; letter-spacing:0.8px; margin-bottom:9px;\">\n      PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS \u00b7 2022\n    <\/span>\n\n    <span style=\"display:block; font-size:18px; line-height:1.45; font-weight:600; color:#263F47; margin-bottom:10px;\">\n      Machine Learning of Implicit Combinatorial Rules in Mechanical Metamaterials\n    <\/span>\n\n    <span style=\"display:block; font-size:14px; line-height:1.65; color:#6B7C85;\">\n      Ryan van Mastrigt, Marjolein Dijkstra, Martin van Hecke &amp; Corentin Coulais\n    <\/span>\n\n    <span style=\"display:block; font-size:13px; font-weight:600; color:#10708A; margin-top:14px;\">\n      Read publication &#8599;\n    <\/span>\n\n  <\/a>\n\n  <!-- RESEARCH TEAM -->\n  <div style=\"border-top:1px solid #E1E8EA; padding-top:22px;\">\n\n    <div style=\"font-size:12px; letter-spacing:1.2px; font-weight:700; color:#10708A; margin-bottom:15px;\">\n      RESEARCH TEAM\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div style=\"display:flex; flex-wrap:wrap; gap:20px 40px;\">\n\n      <div style=\"flex:1 1 190px;\">\n        <div style=\"font-size:13px; color:#6B7C85; margin-bottom:4px;\">\n          Supervisor\n        <\/div>\n        <div style=\"font-size:16px; font-weight:600; color:#263F47;\">\n          Corentin Coulais\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div style=\"flex:1 1 230px;\">\n        <div style=\"font-size:13px; color:#6B7C85; margin-bottom:4px;\">\n          Researchers\n        <\/div>\n        <div style=\"font-size:16px; color:#263F47;\">\n          Ryan van Mastrigt<br>\n          David Dykstra\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div style=\"font-size:14px; 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