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cond-mat.soft2017★ 124 cited
Hydro-Responsive Curling of the Resurrection Plant Selaginella lepidophylla
Ahmad Rafsanjani, Véronique Brulé, Tamara L. Western +1
The spirally arranged stems of the spikemoss Selaginella lepidophylla, an ancient resurrection plant, compactly curl into a nest-ball shape upon dehydration. Due to its spiral phyl…
cond-mat.soft2017★ 302 cited
Buckling-Induced Kirigami
Ahmad Rafsanjani, Katia Bertoldi
We investigate the mechanical response of thin sheets perforated with a square array of mutually orthogonal cuts, which leaves a network of squares connected by small ligaments. Ou…