The smectic order of wrinkles
- Submitting institution
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Nottingham Trent University
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 92 - 701909
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1038/ncomms15809
- Title of journal
- Nature Communications
- Article number
- ncomms15809
- First page
- 15809
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 2041-1723
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- July
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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5
- Research group(s)
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A - Imaging, Materials and Engineering Centre
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This is the first demonstration that intrinsic curvature can control the shape of self-folding materials, for applications in e.g. flexible electronics, or biomimetic materials. We also map the problem onto liquid-crystal theory, immediately allowing for a suite of new predictions that have since been independently validated by world-leading groups (e.g. doi:10.1073/pnas.1916221117). The paper was highlighted by commentary (doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_December_2017_01) praising its “innovative approach to geometrically-incompatible confinement” which “offers an appealing, multi-scale plan of attack” on “virgin territory”. Our approach has since been shown to have wide applicability to understand wrinkling domains (e.g. doi:10.1073/pnas.1815507116).
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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