Controlled mechanical buckling for origami-inspired construction of 3D microstructures in advanced materials.

ABSTRACT: Origami is a topic of rapidly growing interest in both the scientific and engineering research communities due to its promising potential in a broad range of applications. Previous assembly approaches of origami structures at the micro/nanoscale are constrained by the applicable classes of materials, topologies and/or capability of control over the transformation. Here, we introduce an approach that exploits controlled mechanical buckling for autonomic origami assembly of 3D structures across material classes from soft polymers to brittle inorganic semiconductors, and length scales from nanometers to centimeters. This approach relies on a spatial variation of thickness in the initial 2D structures as an effective strategy to produce engineered folding creases during the compressive bucklin

SUBMITTER: Yan Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4972027 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature