Remorphable Architectures: Reprogramming Global Bistability through Locally Bistable Metamaterials (Adv. Mater. 9/2026)

Remorphable Metamaterials and Structures Adaptive structures can morph their shapes on demand to accommodate ever-changing environments, enabling efficient packaging, transportation, and beyond. In their Research Article (DOI: 10.1002/adma.202509940), Lei Wu Damiano Pasini, and co-workers present a new class of remorphable architectures that harness locally bistable metamaterials to unlock diverse shape-morphing pathways. By selectively flipping their bistable units, these architectures enable in situ control over snapping trajectories and access to multiple target shapes. Such versatility enables applications from soft robotics and deployable space systems to unconventional devices like metamaterial electric violins-showcasing broad, multi-target shape-morphing within a single design.