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A broader view of membranes

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Membranes that get fatter when they are stretched are considered counterintuitive, but may be more common than we think. They might even turn up in human tissue.

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Figure 1: Positive and negative Poisson's ratios.
Figure 2: An artificial membrane with a negative Poisson's ratio.

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