Martin van Hecke
Professor
- Name
- Prof. dr. M.L. van Hecke
- Telephone
- 071 5275482
- mvhecke@physics.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-9550-6607
Martin van Hecke has developed a method to design 3-dimensional structures using simple building blocks. This paves the way for the use of 'machine materials' in, for example, prostheses and wearable technology.
More information about Martin van Hecke
Groupmembers
News
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A world first at the microscopic scale: metamaterials that can shrink and expand on their own -
Computing with rubber -
A piece of rubber can't count. Right? -
A computer made of floppy rubber -
Martin van Hecke in Atlas -
Martin van Hecke elected APS fellow -
ERC Advanced Grant for six Leiden researchers -
ERC grant for calculating materials -
Anne Meeussen wins Young Speakers' Contest -
The peculiar effect of a small error -
Martin van Hecke wins 2020 Dutch Physica Award
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Puzzlegami: Martin van Hecke Lab in the media -
Alphabet of 140 puzzle pieces programs origami -
Self-folding materials: Martin van Hecke in the media -
Self-folding metamaterial -
Elastic Leidenfrost Effect on cover of Nature Physics -
'Bigger is different' - the unusual physics of mechanical metamaterials -
Bouncing gel balls popular in the media -
Elastic Leidenfrost Effect enables soft engines
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Building with flexible blocks -
Metamaterial undermines 250-year-old construction principles -
Jamming the result of special self-organisation -
Understanding the game of marbles
In the media
MSc/BSc students
Former Groupmembers
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Lennard Jurian Kwakernaak -
Amitesh Singh
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Jiangnan Ding
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Anne Meeussen
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Nitin Singh
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Peter Dieleman
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Luuk Lubbers
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Matthieu Labousse
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Scott Waitukaitis
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Song-Chuan Zhao
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Bastiaan Florijn
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Merlijn van Deen
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Corentin Coulais
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Geert Wortel
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Erik Woldhuis
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Simon Dagois-Bohy
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Alexander Siemens
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Kiri Nichol
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Joshua Dijksman
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Gijs Katgert
Highlighted Publications
Teaching courses
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Professor
- LION
- Biological & Soft Matter