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As 2D materials such as graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides, and 2D polymers become more prevalent, solution processing and colloidal-state properties are being exploited to create advanced and functional materials. However, our…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-04-27 Kevin S. Silmore , Michael S. Strano , James W. Swan

We show that periodically folded graphene sheets with enhanced spin-orbit interaction due to curvature effects can carry spin polarized currents and have gaps in the electronic spectrum in the presence of weak magnetic fields. Our results…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-15 A. T. Costa , M. S. Ferreira , Toby Hallam , Georg S. Duesberg , A. H. Castro Neto

In this paper we explore and develop a simple set of rules that apply to cutting, pasting, and folding honeycomb lattices. We consider origami-like structures that are extinsically flat away from zero-dimensional sources of Gaussian…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-22 Toen Castle , Yigil Cho , Xingting Gong , Euiyeon Jung , Daniel M. Sussman , Shu Yang , Randall D. Kamien

For origami structures, perforating or cutting slits along creases is an effective method to define fold lines and alleviate stress concentrations at vertices. In this letter we show numerically and experimentally that for…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-09-16 Mengzhu Yang , Steven W. Grey , Fabrizio Scarpa , Mark Schenk

The principles underlying the art of origami paper folding can be applied to design sophisticated metamaterials with unique mechanical properties. By exploiting the flat crease patterns that determine the dynamic folding and unfolding…

Thick origami structures are considered here as assemblies of polygonal panels hinged to each other along their edges according to a corresponding origami crease pattern. The determination of the internal actions caused by external loads in…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-05-21 Andrea Micheletti , Alessandro Tiero , Giuseppe Tomassetti

This paper explores the fluid-elastic response of a cantilevered flexible sheet in the presence of uniform airflow. The leading edge of the sheet is clamped, while at the trailing edge, in-plane tension is applied to provide additional…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2011-01-14 Michael T. Morris-Thomas , Sverre Steen

Origami-inspired mechanisms can transform flat sheets into functional three-dimensional dynamic structures that are lightweight, compact, and capable of complex motion. These properties make origami increasingly valuable in robotic and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Tianhui Han , Shashwat Singh , Sarvesh Patil , Zeynep Temel

Microdrop impact and spreading phenomena are explored as an interface formation process using a recently developed computational framework. The accuracy of the results obtained from this framework for the simulation of high deformation…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-04 J. E. Sprittles , Y. D. Shikhmurzaev

Origami metamaterial design enables drastic qualitative changes in the response properties of a thin sheet via the addition of a repeating pattern of folds based around a rigid folding motion. Known also as a mechanism, this folding motion…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-12-20 Michael Czajkowski , James McInerney , Andrew M. Wu , D. Zeb Rocklin

In a recent article (Forterre, PRL, 2001), we have reported a new instability observed in rapid granular flows down inclined planes that leads to the spontaneous formation of longitudinal vortices. From the experimental observations, we…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 Yoel Forterre , Olivier Pouliquen

The dynamics of a thin low-density polyethylene sheet subject to periodic forcing due to B\'enard-K\`arm\`an vortices in a long narrow water channel is investigated here. In particular, the time-averaged sheet deflection and its oscillation…

Periodic origami patterns made with repeating unit cells of creases and panels bend and twist in complex ways. In principle, such soft modes of deformation admit a simplified asymptotic description in the limit of a large number of cells.…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-01-03 Hu Xu , Ian Tobasco , Paul Plucinsky

Two-dimensional (2D) origami tessellations such as the Miura-ori are often generalized to build three-dimensional (3D) architected materials with sandwich or cellular structures. However, such 3D blocks are densely packed with continuity of…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-07-02 Guowei Wayne Tu , Evgueni T. Filipov

A folded disk is bistable, as it can be popped through to an inverted state with elastic energy localized in a small, highly-deformed region on the fold. Cutting out this singularity relaxes the surrounding material and leads to a loss of…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-05-25 T. Yu , I. Andrade-Silva , M. A. Dias , J. A. Hanna

We present a simple, accessible method for autonomously transforming flat plastic sheets into intricate three-dimensional structures using only uniform heating and common tools such as household ovens and scissors. Our approach combines…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-01 Mrunmayi Mungekar , Sanjith Menon , M. Ravi Shankar , M. Khalid Jawed

By integrating the principles of kirigami cutting and data-driven modeling, this study aims to develop a personalized, rapid, and low-cost design and fabrication pipeline for creating body-conformable surfaces around the knee joint. The…

Biological Physics · Physics 2025-11-19 Jyotshna Bali , Jinyang Li , Jie Chen , Suyi Li

This study introduces an innovative ventilation system, which leverages an origami-inspired structure to improve and regulate natural airflow driven by the stack effect, with applications in underground mines and buildings. The proposed…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-10-14 Ahmad F. Zueter , Ahmad S. Dalaq , Mohammed F. Daqaq

It is well known that jammed soft materials will flow if sheared above their yield stress - think mayonnaise spread on bread - but a complete microscopic description of this seemingly sim- ple process has yet to emerge. What remains elusive…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-08-09 Vishwas V. Vasisht , S. K. Dutta , Emanuela Del Gado , Daniel L. Blair

We consider the instabilities of flows through a submerged canopy, and show how the full governing equations of the fluid-structure interactions can be reduced to a compact framework that captures many key features of vegetative flow. By…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-03-25 Clint Y. H. Wong , Philippe H. Trinh , S. Jonathan Chapman