When the petal of a flower is being formed, its shape is achieved by cells in one area expanding more than cells in an adjacent area. This uneven expansion causes the material to buckle, creating the ...
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In addition to helping scientists understand how natural soft structures such as flower petals and embryos take shape, the technique could be used to make polymer actuators. These devices move in ...
Polymer sheets of PDMS, PC, and TPU were prepared for each polymer with a thickness of no less than 0.5 mm, and these sheets were then cut into approximately 8 cm × 8 cm pieces. Several pieces of each ...
MIT researchers have developed a lightweight polymer film that is nearly impenetrable to gas molecules, raising the possibility that it could be used as a protective coating to prevent solar cells and ...