Bioinspired 3D structures with programmable morphologies and motions

Amirali Nojoomi; Hakan Arslan; Kwan Lee; Kyungsuk Yum

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-05569-8

Nature Communications (Sep 2018)

Bioinspired 3D structures with programmable morphologies and motions

Amirali Nojoomi,
Hakan Arslan,
Kwan Lee,
Kyungsuk Yum

Affiliations

Amirali Nojoomi: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington
Hakan Arslan: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington
Kwan Lee: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington
Kyungsuk Yum: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05569-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Spatially controlled expansion and contraction of soft tissues to achieve complex three dimensional morphologies remains challenging in man-made materials. Here the authors demonstrate encoding of 2D hydrogels with spatially and temporally controlled growth to create dynamic 3D structures.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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