| Issue |
EPL
Volume 78, Number 4, May 2007
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|---|---|---|
| Article Number | 48003 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Interdisciplinary Physics and Related Areas of Science and Technology | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/78/48003 | |
| Published online | 03 May 2007 | |
Self-folding origami membranes
College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, California State University Long Beach - Long Beach, CA 90840, USA
Received:
4
August
2006
Accepted:
1
April
2007
I consider the collapse of a freely-hinged membrane consisting of rigid triangular shapes under the influence of specific, local interactions and a global bending stress. In the absence of the applied stress, the film collapses via a symmetry-breaking process. An external bending stress applied to the collapsing sheet dramatically orients the collapsing domains, giving local control over the mechanical properties of the collapsed sheet, just as an external field would in a magnet.
PACS: 85.85.+j – Micro- and nano-electromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS) and devices / 68.60.Bs – Mechanical and acoustical properties / 81.16.Dn – Self-assembly
© Europhysics Letters Association, 2007
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