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Shape-morphing Structures

Shape-Morphing Structures is a kinetic architectural system that belongs to the class of adaptive built environments and is distinguished by its capacity to alter its form dynamically in response to environmental stimuli or user needs through controlled, reversible, and often programmable geometric transformations.

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23.4K

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1.2K

Authors

388

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2017–2026

212

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Publications

314

3D Printing of Liquid Crystal Elastomeric Actuators with Spatially Programed Nematic Order

Arda Kotikian, Ryan L. Truby, J. William Boley et al. · Advanced Materials · 2018 · 747 citations

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Synthesizing realistic facial expressions from photographs

Frédéric Pighin, Jamie Hecker, Dani Lischinski et al. · 2006 · 729 citations

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Shape morphing of aircraft wing: Status and challenges

Aarash Y. N. Sofla, S. A. Meguid, K. T. Tan et al. · Materials & Design (1980-2015) · 2009 · 706 citations

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Morphing skins

C. Thill, Julie A Etches, Ian P Bond et al. · The Aeronautical Journal · 2008 · 475 citations

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Nanomagnetic encoding of shape-morphing micromachines

Jizhai Cui, Tian‐Yun Huang, Zhaochu Luo et al. · Nature · 2019 · 471 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. PM
    Paul M. Weaver

    University of Bristol, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 1.4K citations

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  2. LT
    Liyong Tong

    The University of Sydney, Australia

    6 publications · 313 citations

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  3. HJ
    H. Jerry Qi

    Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

    5 publications · 492 citations

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  4. RR
    Ruike Renee Zhao

    Stanford University, United States

    5 publications · 341 citations

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  5. LZ
    Li Zhang

    Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China

    5 publications · 634 citations

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Institutions

388

  1. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    36 publications

    5.7K citations

  2. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    13 h-index

    38 publications

    6.4K citations

  3. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    11 h-index

    34 publications

    6.9K citations

  4. Zhejiang University

    Hangzhou, China

    10 h-index

    53 publications

    2.2K citations

  5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    10 h-index

    20 publications

    1.3K citations

  6. Georgia Institute of Technology

    Atlanta, United States

    9 h-index

    29 publications

    2.5K citations

  7. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    8 h-index

    17 publications

    866 citations

  8. Nanyang Technological University

    Singapore, Singapore

    8 h-index

    24 publications

    1.1K citations

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Venues

  1. Nature Communications

    17 publications · 1.7K citations

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  2. Advanced Materials

    17 publications · 2.4K citations

    17

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  3. Smart Materials and Structures

    SMS · 15 publications · 871 citations

    14

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  4. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

    15 publications · 977 citations

    14

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  5. Advanced Functional Materials

    8 publications · 341 citations

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