Mechanically-guided 3D assembly for architected flexible electronics
Architected flexible electronic devices with rationally designed 3D geometries have found
essential applications in biology, medicine, therapeutics, sensing/imaging, energy, robotics …
essential applications in biology, medicine, therapeutics, sensing/imaging, energy, robotics …
Active materials for functional origami
In recent decades, origami has been explored to aid in the design of engineering structures.
These structures span multiple scales and have been demonstrated to be used toward …
These structures span multiple scales and have been demonstrated to be used toward …
Magnetic shape memory polymers with integrated multifunctional shape manipulation
Shape‐programmable soft materials that exhibit integrated multifunctional shape
manipulations, including reprogrammable, untethered, fast, and reversible shape …
manipulations, including reprogrammable, untethered, fast, and reversible shape …
Reprogrammable recovery and actuation behaviour of shape-memory polymers
A Lendlein, OEC Gould - Nature Reviews Materials, 2019 - nature.com
Shape memory is the capability of a material to be deformed and fixed into a temporary
shape. Recovery of the original shape can then be triggered only by an external stimulus …
shape. Recovery of the original shape can then be triggered only by an external stimulus …
Flexible mechanical metamaterials
Mechanical metamaterials exhibit properties and functionalities that cannot be realized in
conventional materials. Originally, the field focused on achieving unusual (zero or negative) …
conventional materials. Originally, the field focused on achieving unusual (zero or negative) …
[HTML][HTML] Physical intelligence as a new paradigm
M Sitti - Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Intelligence of physical agents, such as human-made (eg, robots, autonomous cars) and
biological (eg, animals, plants) ones, is not only enabled by their computational intelligence …
biological (eg, animals, plants) ones, is not only enabled by their computational intelligence …
Mechanical metamaterials associated with stiffness, rigidity and compressibility: A brief review
Mechanical metamaterials are man-made structures with counterintuitive mechanical
properties that originate in the geometry of their unit cell instead of the properties of each …
properties that originate in the geometry of their unit cell instead of the properties of each …
Deployable mechanical metamaterials with multistep programmable transformation
Transformations in shape are critical to actuation in engineered metamaterials. Existing
engineering metamaterials are typically limited to a small number of shape transformations …
engineering metamaterials are typically limited to a small number of shape transformations …
Printing soft matter in three dimensions
Light-and ink-based three-dimensional (3D) printing methods allow the rapid design and
fabrication of materials without the need for expensive tooling, dies or lithographic masks …
fabrication of materials without the need for expensive tooling, dies or lithographic masks …
Soft robotics: Technologies and systems pushing the boundaries of robot abilities
The proliferation of soft robotics research worldwide has brought substantial achievements
in terms of principles, models, technologies, techniques, and prototypes of soft robots. Such …
in terms of principles, models, technologies, techniques, and prototypes of soft robots. Such …