Shape-Shifting Materials Inspired by Metamorphosis
A team of researchers at North Carolina State University have tapped into a new potential for manufacturing deployable structures using shape-shifting materials.
“With metamorphosis in nature, animals change their fundamental shape. We’ve created a class of materials that can be used to create structures that change their fundamental architecture,” says Jie Yin, corresponding author of a paper on the work and an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at NC State .
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