由柏林的研究者K. Pietsch在1978年發明的RFS結構(鑽石摺疊結構),是首批人工合成的拉脹材料之一[5],K. Pietsch沒有使用auxetic一詞,不過他第一個描述其底層的槓桿特性以及其非線性的力學特性,因此視為是拉脹網狀材料的發明者。
最早發表的負泊松常數論文是由A. G. Kolpakov在1985年提出《確認彈性網路的平均特性》(Determination of the average characteristics of elastic frameworks)。下一個有關合成拉脹材料的論文是在1987年的《科學》期刊,標題是《負泊松比的泡沬結構》(Foam structures with a Negative Poisson's Ratio)[6],是威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的R.S. Lakes所提出。auxetic一詞的使用大約是在1991年開始[7]。在1985年開始發表用週期性凹六邊形單元(有負泊松比特性)建構複合結構的設計[8][9][10][11]。
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