Active twisting for adaptive droplet collection.

ABSTRACT: Many xeric plant leaves exhibit bending and twisting morphology, which may contribute to their important biological and physical functions adapted to drought and desert conditions. Revealing the relationships between various morphologies and functionalities can inspire device designs for meeting increasingly stringent environmental requirements. Here, demonstrated on the biomimetic bilayer ribbons made of liquid crystal elastomers, we reveal that the stimulus-induced morphological evolution of bending, spiraling, twisting and various coupling states among them can be selectively achieved and precisely tuned by designing the director orientations in liquid crystal elastomer bilayers. The mathematical models and analytical solutions are developed to quantify the morphology selection and phas

SUBMITTER: Yang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12021652 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature