Buffering by buckling as a route for elastic deformation

D Vella - Nature Reviews Physics, 2019 - nature.com
Thin objects are deformed in a range of applications and at a range of scales, from
graphene and the actuators used in soft robots to the light sails of spacecraft. Such …

Control the entire journey of pesticide application on superhydrophobic plant surface by dynamic covalent trimeric surfactant coacervation

B Liu, Y Fan, H Li, W Zhao, S Luo… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Vast wastage of pesticides has caused significant environmental pollution and economic
loss, which occurs in any step during the entire process of pesticide application. However …

Self‐folding using capillary forces

KS Kwok, Q Huang, M Mastrangeli… - Advanced Materials …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐folding broadly refers to the assembly of 3D structures by bending, curving, and folding
without the need for manual or mechanized intervention. Self‐folding is scientifically …

Magnetic-actuated “capillary container” for versatile three-dimensional fluid interface manipulation

Y Zhang, Z Huang, Z Cai, Y Ye, Z Li, F Qin, J ** liquids, solids, and gases in thin sheets
JD Paulsen - Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Many objects in nature and industry are wrapped in a thin sheet to enhance their chemical,
mechanical, or optical properties. Similarly, there are a variety of methods for wrap**, from …

Capillary origami with atomically thin membranes

MF Reynolds, KL McGill, MA Wang, H Gao, F Mujid… - Nano …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Small-scale optical and mechanical components and machines require control over three-
dimensional structure at the microscale. Inspired by the analogy between paper and two …

Programming curvilinear paths of flat inflatables

E Siéfert, E Reyssat, J Bico, B Roman - Proceedings of the National …, 2019 - pnas.org
Inflatable structures offer a path for light deployable structures in medicine, architecture, and
aerospace. In this study, we address the challenge of programming the shape of thin sheets …