Papers
17
Total Citations
1,634
H-Index
11
About
Corentin Coulais is a pioneering physicist and engineer whose research sits at the intersection of mechanical metamaterials, soft matter physics, and active matter. His work has fundamentally advanced our understanding of how carefully engineered structures can exhibit extraordinary and counterintuitive mechanical behaviors, particularly in the realm of non-reciprocity — the phenomenon where mechanical signals propagate differently depending on direction. His landmark studies on static and dynamic non-reciprocity in mechanical metamaterials (with 377 and 472 citations respectively) established foundational principles now widely adopted across robotics, wave guiding, and vibration damping. His combinatorial approach to designing textured metamaterials (436 citations) opened new avenues for programmable material behavior. More recently, Coulais has pushed into active matter, exploring how internally driven solids can achieve adaptive locomotion and shape morphing, with theoretical frameworks describing collective rigid-body motion and deformation mechanisms. His work on auxetic meta-shells addresses critical real-world engineering challenges, including preventing catastrophic torsional buckling in biological and structural systems. Across a body of work accumulating well over 1,500 citations, Coulais has established himself as a leading voice in next-generation intelligent and programmable materials.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Non-reciprocal robotic metamaterials472 citations · 2019
- 2Combinatorial design of textured mechanical metamaterials436 citations · 2016
- 3Static non-reciprocity in mechanical metamaterials377 citations · 2017
- 4Non-reciprocal topological solitons in active metamaterials102 citations · 2024
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- 6Adaptive locomotion of active solids41 citations · 2025
- 7Shape-morphing metamaterials40 citations · 2025
- 8Suppressing torsional buckling in auxetic meta-shells30 citations · 2024
- 9Model of Active Solids: Rigid Body Motion and Shape-Changing Mechanisms25 citations · 2024
- 10Tuning the buckling sequences of metamaterials using plasticity13 citations · 2025