Electricity Responsive Dynamic Wrinkling System (IMAGE)

Tufts University

Electricity Responsive Dynamic Wrinkling System

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Passing a voltage across a heating element connected to the silk bilayer expands the material and erases the wrinkle pattern (left). Cutting off voltage allows material to cool and the wrinkle pattern appears (right).

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Fio Omenetto, Tufts University

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