Three-dimensional shape transformations of hydrogel sheets induced by small-scale modulation of internal stresses

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wu, Zi Liang ^a   Moshe, Michael ^b   Greener, Jesse ^a   Therien Aubin, Heloise ^a   Nie, Zhihong ^c   Sharon, Eran ^b   Kumacheva, Eugenia ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY(N ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE);

THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRANSFORMATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HYDROGEL; NONHUMAN; PLANT STRESS; PLANT TISSUE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84875858464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2549     Document Type: Article

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