Fast nastic motion of plants and bioinspired structures

Relationship between trap anatomy and function in Australian carnivorous bladderworts (Utricularia) of the subgenus Polypompholyx

(2015) Bartosz J. Płachno et al.   AQUATIC BOTANY

Shape selection and multi-stability in helical ribbons

(2014) Q. Guo et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Shape transition and multi-stability of helical ribbons: a finite element method study

(2014) Zi Chen   ARCHIVE OF APPLIED MECHANICS

Biomimetic photo-actuation: sensing, control and actuation in sun-tracking plants

(2014) M P M Dicker et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS ON MECHANICAL SELF-ASSEMBLY OF BIOMIMETIC HELICAL STRUCTURES

(2014) QIAOHANG GUO et al.   Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology

Osmosis-Based Pressure Generation: Dynamics and Application

(2014) Brandon R. Bruhn et al.   PLoS One

Functional stimuli responsive hydrogel devices by self-folding

(2014) ChangKyu Yoon et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Hybrid hydrogel sheets that undergo pre-programmed shape transformations

(2014) Zengjiang Wei et al.   Soft Matter

Real-time imaging of pulvinus bending in Mimosa pudica

(2014) Kahye Song et al.   Scientific Reports

Gravity Affects the Closure of the Traps inDionaea muscipula

(2014) Camilla Pandolfi et al.   Biomed Research International

Faster than their prey: New insights into the rapid movements of active carnivorous plants traps

(2013) Simon Poppinga et al.   BIOESSAYS

Shape-changing shell-like structures

(2013) M Pagitz et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Quantitative approaches to uncover physical mechanisms of tissue morphogenesis

(2013) Jason P Gleghorn et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Plant biomechanics and mechanobiology are convergent paths to flourishing interdisciplinary research

(2013) B. Moulia   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Slow, fast and furious: understanding the physics of plant movements

(2013) Yoël Forterre   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

A force of nature: molecular mechanisms of mechanoperception in plants

(2013) Gabriele B. Monshausen et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Growing matter: A review of growth in living systems

(2013) Ellen Kuhl   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Quantifying cell-generated mechanical forces within living embryonic tissues

(2013) Otger Campàs et al.   NATURE METHODS

Elastic models of the fast traps of carnivorousDionaeaandAldrovanda

(2013) Marc Joyeux   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Biased migration of confined neutrophil-like cells in asymmetric hydraulic environments

(2013) H. V. Prentice-Mott et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Recent advances in ionic polymer–metal composite actuators and their modeling and applications

(2013) Choonghee Jo et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Reconfigurable and actuating structures from soft materials

(2013) Ren Geryak et al.   Soft Matter

Self-shaping composites with programmable bioinspired microstructures

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

Shape-Programmed Folding of Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Bilayers

(2012) Georgi Stoychev et al.   ACS Nano

Photo-origami—Bending and folding polymers with light

(2012) Jennie Ryu et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Pressure-actuated cellular structures

(2012) M Pagitz et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Nonlinear Geometric Effects in Mechanical Bistable Morphing Structures

(2012) Zi Chen et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Catapulting Tentacles in a Sticky Carnivorous Plant

(2012) Simon Poppinga et al.   PLoS One

3D imaging and mechanical modeling of helical buckling in Medicago truncatula plant roots

(2012) J. L. Silverberg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

How the Cucumber Tendril Coils and Overwinds

(2012) S. J. Gerbode et al.   SCIENCE

The Fern Sporangium: A Unique Catapult

(2012) X. Noblin et al.   SCIENCE

At the conjunction of biology, chemistry and physics: the fast movements ofDionaea, Aldrovanda, UtriculariaandStylidium

(2012) Marc Joyeux   Frontiers in Life Science

“Vegetable Dynamicks”: The Role of Water in Plant Movements

(2011) Jacques Dumais et al.   Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Wandelbare Faltungen aus biegesteifen Faltelementen

(2011) Arne Künstler et al.   Bautechnik

Biomimetic robotic Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula Ellis) made with ionic polymer metal composites

(2011) Mohsen Shahinpoor   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

The biomechanics of fast prey capture in aquatic bladderworts

(2011) A. K. Singh et al.   Biology Letters

Biomechanics of rapid movements in plants: poroelastic measurements at the cell scale

(2011) M. Colombani et al.   COMPUTER METHODS IN BIOMECHANICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

On the growth and form of the gut

(2011) Thierry Savin et al.   NATURE

Mechanical model of the ultrafast underwater trap ofUtricularia

(2011) Marc Joyeux et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Different mechanics of snap-trapping in the two closely related carnivorous plantsDionaea muscipulaandAldrovanda vesiculosa

(2011) Simon Poppinga et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Spontaneous Firings of Carnivorous Aquatic Utricularia Traps: Temporal Patterns and Mechanical Oscillations

(2011) Olivier Vincent et al.   PLoS One

A special pair of phytohormones controls excitability, slow closure, and external stomach formation in the Venus flytrap

(2011) M. Escalante-Perez et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ultra-fast underwater suction traps

(2011) O. Vincent et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Geometry and Mechanics in the Opening of Chiral Seed Pods

(2011) S. Armon et al.   SCIENCE

Size matters for violent discharge height and settling speed of Sphagnum spores: important attributes for dispersal potential

(2010) S. Sundberg   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Trap-Closing Chemical Factors of the Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipulla Ellis)

(2010) Minoru Ueda et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Mechanics without Muscle: Biomechanical Inspiration from the Plant World

(2010) P. T. Martone et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Elasto-capillarity: deforming an elastic structure with a liquid droplet

(2010) B Roman et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER

Complete hunting cycle of Dionaea muscipula: Consecutive steps and their electrical properties

(2010) Alexander G. Volkov et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Photolithographically patterned smart hydrogel based bilayer actuators

(2010) Noy Bassik et al.   POLYMER

First jump of microgel; actuation speed enhancement by elastic instability

(2010) Howon Lee et al.   Soft Matter

A floral organ moving like a caterpillar for pollinating

(2010) Zhong-Jian LIU et al.   Journal of Systematics and Evolution

Electrical memory in Venus flytrap

(2009) Alexander G. Volkov et al.   BIOELECTROCHEMISTRY

Energetics and the evolution of carnivorous plants—Darwin's ‘most wonderful plants in the world’

(2009) Aaron M. Ellison et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Biomaterial systems for mechanosensing and actuation

(2009) Peter Fratzl et al.   NATURE

Actuation systems in plants as prototypes for bioinspired devices

(2009) I. Burgert et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Biologically Closed Electrical Circuits in Venus Flytrap

(2009) A. G. Volkov et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Crumpled surface structures

(2007) Douglas P. Holmes et al.   Soft Matter