Scientists Use Paper-Folding Ideas To Create Reprogrammable Materials (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Scientists Use Paper-Folding Ideas To Create Reprogrammable Materials

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Physicists and materials scientists are using origami-based folding methods, or tessellation, for 'tuning' the fundamental physical properties of thin sheets, which could help develop molecular-scale machines that snap into place and perform mechanical tasks.

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Jesse Silverberg, Cornell University

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