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Programming Reversibly Self-Folding Origami with Micropatterned Photo-Crosslinkable Polymer Trilayers

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A Strategy for Depositing Different Types of Cells in Three Dimensions to Mimic Tubular Structures in Tissues

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How the Cucumber Tendril Coils and Overwinds

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Designing Responsive Buckled Surfaces by Halftone Gel Lithography

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