Programming the shape-shifting of flat soft matter: from self-rolling/self-twisting materials to self-folding origami

Tough Hydrogels with Programmable and Complex Shape Deformations by Ion Dip-Dyeing and Transfer Printing

(2016) Xin Peng et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Biomimetic 4D printing

(2016) A. Sydney Gladman et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

“ 2D or not 2D”: Shape-programming polymer sheets

(2016) Ying Liu et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Mechanical meta-materials

(2016) Amir A. Zadpoor   Materials Horizons

Mechanical Self-Assembly of a Strain-Engineered Flexible Layer: Wrinkling, Rolling, and Twisting

(2016) Zi Chen et al.   Physical Review Applied

Shape memory polymer network with thermally distinct elasticity and plasticity

(2016) Q. Zhao et al.   Science Advances

Biologically Inspired Dynamic Material Systems

(2015) André R. Studart   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Fast nastic motion of plants and bioinspired structures

(2015) Q. Guo et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Modelling of shape memory polymer sheets that self-fold in response to localized heating

(2015) Russell W. Mailen et al.   Soft Matter

Self-folding of polymer sheets using microwaves and graphene ink

(2015) Duncan Davis et al.   RSC Advances

A three-dimensional phase diagram of growth-induced surface instabilities

(2015) Qiming Wang et al.   Scientific Reports

Bone tissue regeneration: the role of scaffold geometry

(2015) Amir A. Zadpoor   Biomaterials Science

Origami-inspired active graphene-based paper for programmable instant self-folding walking devices

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Sequential Self-Folding Structures by 3D Printed Digital Shape Memory Polymers

(2015) Yiqi Mao et al.   Scientific Reports

Harnessing Multiple Folding Mechanisms in Soft Periodic Structures for Tunable Control of Elastic Waves

(2014) Sicong Shan et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Turning heads: The biology of solar tracking in sunflower

(2014) Joshua P. Vandenbrink et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

A method for building self-folding machines

(2014) S. Felton et al.   SCIENCE

Self-folding miniature elastic electric devices

(2014) Shuhei Miyashita et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Self-folding origami: shape memory composites activated by uniform heating

(2014) Michael T Tolley et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

A review of shape memory alloy research, applications and opportunities

(2013) Jaronie Mohd Jani et al.   MATERIALS & DESIGN

A review of stimuli-responsive shape memory polymer composites

(2013) Harper Meng et al.   POLYMER

Harnessing instabilities for design of soft reconfigurable auxetic/chiral materials

(2013) Jongmin Shim et al.   Soft Matter

In vitro wrinkle formation via shape memory dynamically aligns adherent cells

(2013) Pine Yang et al.   Soft Matter

Self-shaping composites with programmable bioinspired microstructures

(2013) Randall M. Erb et al.   Nature Communications

The effect of pore geometry on the in vitro biological behavior of human periosteum-derived cells seeded on selective laser-melted Ti6Al4V bone scaffolds

(2012) S. Van Bael et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Hierarchical Multi-Step Folding of Polymer Bilayers

(2012) Georgi Stoychev et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Compaction Through Buckling in 2D Periodic, Soft and Porous Structures: Effect of Pore Shape

(2012) J. T. B. Overvelde et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Biomimetic 3D self-assembling biomicroconstructs by spontaneous deformation of thin polymer films

(2012) Leonid Ionov   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Cell Origami: Self-Folding of Three-Dimensional Cell-Laden Microstructures Driven by Cell Traction Force

(2012) Kaori Kuribayashi-Shigetomi et al.   PLoS One

Composites Reinforced in Three Dimensions by Using Low Magnetic Fields

(2012) R. M. Erb et al.   SCIENCE

Remote Controlled Multishape Polymer Nanocomposites with Selective Radiofrequency Actuations

(2011) Zhengwang He et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Self-Rolled Polymer Tubes: Novel Tools for Microfluidics, Microbiology, and Drug-Delivery Systems

(2011) Valeriy Luchnikov et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Recent advances in polymer shape memory

(2011) Tao Xie   POLYMER

Soft microorigami: self-folding polymer films

(2011) Leonid Ionov   Soft Matter

Self-folding all-polymer thermoresponsive microcapsules

(2011) Georgi Stoychev et al.   Soft Matter

Self-folding of polymer sheets using local light absorption

(2011) Ying Liu et al.   Soft Matter

Origami-like unfolding of hydro-actuated ice plant seed capsules

(2011) Matthew J. Harrington et al.   Nature Communications

Programmable matter by folding

(2010) E. Hawkes et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Controlling Cell Behavior Through the Design of Polymer Surfaces

(2010) Natália M. Alves et al.   Small

On scaffold designing for bone regeneration: A computational multiscale approach

(2008) J SANZHERRERA et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Surface energy effects on osteoblast spatial growth and mineralization

(2008) Jung Yul Lim et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Mechanotransduction in development: a growing role for contractility

(2008) Michele A. Wozniak et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Polymer cell culture substrates with micropatterned carbon nanotubes

(2007) Marcus T. Eliason et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A