Honeycomb Actuators Inspired by the Unfolding of Ice Plant Seed Capsules.

Honeycomb Actuators Inspired by the Unfolding of Ice Plant Seed Capsules.

Plant hydro-actuated systems provide a rich source of inspiration for designing autonomously morphing devices. One such example, the pentagonal ice plant seed capsule, achieves complex mechanical actuation which is critically dependent on its hierarchical organization. The functional core of this ac...

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Main Authors: Lorenzo Guiducci, Khashayar Razghandi, Luca Bertinetti, Sébastien Turcaud, Markus Rüggeberg, James C Weaver, Peter Fratzl, Ingo Burgert, John W C Dunlop
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5091791?pdf=render

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