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Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) form cholesteric architectures that can have color specific reflectivity and enable sustainable photonic films. However, achieving uniform color, suppressing iridescence, and accessing ordered defect structures…
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The synthesis of compliant mechanisms (CMs) is frequently achieved through topology optimization. Many synthesis approaches simplify implementation by assuming small distortions, but this limits their practical application since CMs…
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