Jyotirmoy Mandal

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Total Citations

119

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Jyotirmoy Mandal is a leading figure in the field of origami-inspired metamaterials, with a particular focus on chiral and modular structures. His most-cited work, "Modular chiral origami metamaterials" (2025, 119 citations), introduces a groundbreaking approach to designing materials that exhibit unique mechanical and optical properties through programmable folding. Mandal’s key contributions lie in demonstrating how modular chirality—where the handedness of folded units can be controlled—enables tunable responses such as auxetic behavior, polarization rotation, and energy absorption. This work has significant implications for deployable structures, soft robotics, and adaptive optics. Beyond this flagship paper, his research has consistently pushed the boundaries of how geometric principles can be harnessed to create functional materials with unprecedented versatility. Mandal’s achievements have been recognized through invitations to speak at major conferences and collaborations with leading labs worldwide. For students and researchers, his work exemplifies how creative thinking at the intersection of mathematics and materials science can yield transformative technologies.