Surface curvature both emerges from, and influences the behavior of, living objects at length
scales ranging from cell membranes to single cells to tissues and organs. The relevance of …

Transforming flat sheets into three-dimensional structures has emerged as an exciting
manufacturing paradigm on a broad range of length scales. Among other advantages, this …

Simplified physical models and geometrical considerations reveal general physical and
dynamical properties of microplastic particles (0.5–5 mm) of different density, shape and size …

Self-actuating materials capable of transforming between three-dimensional shapes have
applications in areas as diverse as biomedicine, robotics, and tunable micro-optics. We …

Morphological instabilities and surface wrinkling of soft materials such as gels and biological
tissues are of growing interest to a number of academic disciplines including soft …

Chiral nanostructures from metals and semiconductors attract wide interest as components
for polarization-enabled optoelectronic devices. Similarly to other fields of nanotechnology …

Carbon is one of the most intriguing elements in the Periodic Table. It forms many allotropes,
some known from ancient times (diamond and graphite) and some discovered 10-20 years …

Nature has been producing cellulose since long before man walked the surface of the earth.
Millions of years of natural design and testing have resulted in cellulose‐based structures …

The English-language dictionary defines wrinkles as “small furrows, ridges, or creases on a
normally smooth surface, caused by crumpling, folding, or shrinking”. In this paper we review …

The connection between a surface's metric and its Gaussian curvature (Gauss theorem)
provides the base for a sha** principle of locally growing or shrinking elastic sheets. We …