3 papers
cond-mat.soft2025
Beyond mechanochromism: Programmable multimodal actuation in cholesteric liquid crystal elastomer hollow fibers
Jiazhe Ma, John S. Biggins, Fan Feng +1
Cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers (CLCEs) change color under strain, offering attractive prospects for smart textiles, soft robotics, and photonic devices. However, the helical…
cond-mat.soft2025
A continuum mechanics approach for the deformation of non-Euclidean origami generated by piecewise constant nematic director fields
Linjuan Wang, Fan Feng
We merge classical origami concepts with active actuation by designing origami patterns whose panels undergo prescribed metric changes. These metric changes render the system non-E…
cond-mat.soft2025
Geometry and Mechanics of Non-Euclidean Curved-Crease Origami
Zhixuan Wen, Tian Yu, Fan Feng
Recently there have been extensive theoretical, numerical and experimental works on curved-fold origami. However, we notice that a unified and complete geometric framework for desc…