2 papers
cond-mat.soft2015
Mechanical Self-Assembly of a Strain-Engineered Flexible Layer: Wrinkling, Rolling, and Twisting
Zi Chen, Gaoshan Huang, Ian Trase +2
Self-shaping of curved structures, especially those involving flexible thin layers, has attracted increasing attention because of their broad potential applications in e.g. nanoele…
physics.bio-ph2015
Fast nastic motion of plants and bio-inspired structures
Qiaohang Guo, Eric Dai, Xiaomin Han +3
The capability to sense and respond to external mechanical stimuli at various timescales is essential to many physiological aspects in plants, including self-protection, intake of…