Shape-programmable materials

2015/12/30 by Carl Modes, Carl D. Modes, Mark Warner +1 · 2 citations
Engineering · Materials Science · #Advanced Materials and Mechanics #Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials #Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials

paper · doi:10.1063/pt.3.3051

Abstract

Inspired by the insights of mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss, scientists are engineering hydrogels and liquid-crystal-containing polymers that change from flat to curved in response to heat and other stimuli.

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