Responsive materials: A novel design for enhanced machine-augmented composites

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Bafekrpour, Ehsan ^a   Molotnikov, Andrey ^a   Weaver, James C ^b   Brechet, Yves ^c   Estrin, Yuri ^a,d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MISIS   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 84924773239     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03783     Document Type: Article

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