Light-Induced Shape Morphing of Liquid Metal Nanodroplets Enabled by Polydopamine Coating.
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DOI: 10.1002/smll.201804838
Abstract: Shape morphing nanosystems have recently attracted much attention and a number of applications are developed, spanning from autonomous robotics to drug delivery. However, the fabrication of such nanosystems remains at an early stage owing to… read more here.
Keywords: liquid metal; shape; light induced; shape morphing ... See more keywords
Pressure-induced shape-shifting of helical bacteria.
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DOI: 10.1039/d2sm01044e
Abstract: Many bacterial species are helical in shape, including the widespread pathogen H. pylori. Motivated by recent experiments on H. pylori showing that cell wall synthesis is not uniform [J. A. Taylor, et al., eLife, 2020,… read more here.
Keywords: shape shifting; pressure induced; shifting helical; pressure ... See more keywords
Magnetization-induced shape transformations in flexible ferromagnetic rings
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.99.014404
Abstract: Flexible ferromagnetic rings are spin-chain magnets, in which the magnetic and mechanical subsystems are coupled. The coupling is achieved through the tangentially oriented anisotropy axis. The possibility to operate the mechanics of the nanomagnets by… read more here.
Keywords: magnetization; induced shape; ferromagnetic rings; magnetization induced ... See more keywords
Introduction to foam induced shape memory effect: non-contact loading to program shape memory polymers
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DOI: 10.1177/1045389x221128587
Abstract: The challenge to bring up new methods for programming and stimulating smart materials is an unstoppable global trend, with particularly strong momentum toward facilitating them. The external contact loading conventionally employed to induce strain (to… read more here.
Keywords: contact loading; shape memory; induced shape; memory ... See more keywords