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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2021

Digital printing of shape-morphing natural materials.

Ze Zhao, Jatin Kumar, Youngkyu Hwang, Jingyu Deng, Mohammed Shahrudin Bin Ibrahim, Changjin Huang, Subra Suresh, Nam-Joon Cho

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Ze ZhaoSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Republic of Singapore.ORCID 0000-0001-6632-0451
Jatin KumarSchool of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Republic of Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-8511-2495
Youngkyu HwangSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Republic of Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-7997-5649
Jingyu DengSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Republic of Singapore.ORCID 0000-0003-2765-1906
Mohammed Shahrudin Bin IbrahimSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Republic of Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-3183-8581
Changjin HuangSchool of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Republic of Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-1941-1200
Subra SureshSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Republic of Singapore; SSuresh@ntu.edu.sg NJCho@ntu.edu.sg.ORCID 0000-0002-6223-6831
Nam-Joon ChoSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Republic of Singapore; SSuresh@ntu.edu.sg NJCho@ntu.edu.sg.ORCID 0000-0002-8692-8955

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We demonstrate how programmable shape evolution and deformation can be induced in plant-based natural materials through standard digital printing technologies. With nonallergenic pollen paper as the substrate material, we show how specific geometrical features and architectures can be custom designed through digital printing of patterns to modulate hygrophobicity, geometry, and complex shapes. These autonomously hygromorphing configurations can be "frozen" by postprocessing coatings to meet the needs of a wide spectrum of uses and applications. Through computational simulations involving the finite element method and accompanying experiments, we develop quantitative insights and a general framework for creating complex shapes in eco-friendly natural materials with potential sustainable applications for scalable manufacturing.

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PaperTechnologyComputer Simulationdigital printinghygromorphingnatural materialspollensustainability

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PMID34663733
PMCPMC8639332

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