Materials and structures toward soft electronics

C Wang, C Wang, Z Huang, S Xu - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Soft electronics are intensively studied as the integration of electronics with dynamic
nonplanar surfaces has become necessary. Here, a discussion of the strategies in materials …

Evolution of 3D printed soft actuators

A Zolfagharian, AZ Kouzani, SY Khoo… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2016 - Elsevier
Develo** soft actuators and sensors by means of 3D printing has become an exciting
research area. Compared to conventional methods, 3D printing enables rapid prototy** …

Active origami by 4D printing

Q Ge, CK Dunn, HJ Qi, ML Dunn - Smart materials and structures, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent advances in three dimensional (3D) printing technology that allow multiple materials
to be printed within each layer enable the creation of materials and components with …

[PDF][PDF] Programming reversibly self-folding origami with micropatterned photo-crosslinkable polymer trilayers

JH Na, AA Evans, J Bae, MC Chiappelli… - Adv …, 2015 - artioevans.wordpress.com
DOI: 10.1002/adma. 201403510 systematic principles, for the design of complex and
functional 3D forms. However, while numerous routes have been developed to drive self …

Kirigami/origami: unfolding the new regime of advanced 3D microfabrication/nanofabrication with “folding”

S Chen, J Chen, X Zhang, ZY Li, J Li - Light: Science & Applications, 2020 - nature.com
Advanced kirigami/origami provides an automated technique for modulating the mechanical,
electrical, magnetic and optical properties of existing materials, with remarkable flexibility …

Advances in 4D printed shape memory polymers: from 3D printing, smart excitation, and response to applications

J Zhang, Z Yin, L Ren, Q Liu, L Ren… - Advanced Materials …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Shape memory polymer (SMP) is a smart material that can revert from a temporary shape to
a permanent shape under external stimuli, showing great potential for applications in …

Shape morphing of plastic films

F Zhang, D Li, C Wang, Z Liu, M Yang, Z Cui… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) architectures have qualitatively expanded the functions of
materials and flexible electronics. However, current fabrication techniques for devices …

Active reconfigurable tristable square‐twist origami

LC Wang, WL Song, YJ Zhang, MJ Qu… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Origami structures offer valuable applications in many fields, ranging from metamaterials to
robotics. The multistable characteristics of origami structures have been pursued for …

Geometric design classification of kirigami-inspired metastructures and metamaterials

Y Sun, W Ye, Y Chen, W Fan, J Feng, P Sareh - Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, kirigami–the ancient art of paper-cutting–has been widely studied by
scientists and engineers in various fields such as structural mechanics, materials, optics …

Self-folding single cell grippers

K Malachowski, M Jamal, Q **, B Polat, CJ Morris… - Nano …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Given the heterogeneous nature of cultures, tumors, and tissues, the ability to capture,
contain, and analyze single cells is important for genomics, proteomics, diagnostics …