Self-shaping composites with programmable bioinspired microstructures

Catapulting Tentacles in a Sticky Carnivorous Plant

(2012) Simon Poppinga et al.   PLoS One

Composites Reinforced in Three Dimensions by Using Low Magnetic Fields

(2012) R. M. Erb et al.   SCIENCE

Non-linear alignment dynamics in suspensions of platelets under rotating magnetic fields

(2012) Randall M. Erb et al.   Soft Matter

Hierarchical reinforcement of polyurethane-based composites with inorganic micro- and nanoplatelets

(2011) Rafael Libanori et al.   COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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

Soft microorigami: self-folding polymer films

(2011) Leonid Ionov   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

Plants control the properties and actuation of their organs through the orientation of cellulose fibrils in their cell walls

(2009) I. Burgert et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Hygromorphs: from pine cones to biomimetic bilayers

(2009) E. Reyssat et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Printed artificial cilia from liquid-crystal network actuators modularly driven by light

(2009) Casper L. van Oosten et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

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

Cellulose fibrils direct plant organ movements

(2008) Peter Fratzl et al.   FARADAY DISCUSSIONS

Bioinspired Design and Assembly of Platelet Reinforced Polymer Films

(2008) L. J. Bonderer et al.   SCIENCE