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Postdoctoral Research Associate @EPrinceton • @CEEatGT PhD

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Can metamaterials twist, contract/expand, and shrink in large deformation? . Inspired by origami, we create modular chiral assemblies that achieve this with decoupled actuation! Out in @Nature!.
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RT @Jyoti299792458: What if we could make building facades lose heat to the cold sky above, but not gain heat from the hot cityscape in th….
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RT @LiquidsLab: Are you interested in a postdoc in fluid mechanics/ 3d printing/ soft robotics/ active matter. This call might be for you….
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RT @AndlingerCenter: May newsletter highlights:.• A game-changer for critical minerals.• Unpacking an origami-inspired metamaterial.• Summe….
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RT @EPrinceton: Princeton researchers drew inspiration from the folding art of origami to create a structure that blurs the lines between r….
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Thank you @Princeton for highlighting our work! The full text is available at
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Princeton University
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Material? Robot? It’s a metabot. "You can transform between a material and a robot, and it is controllable with an external magnetic field." . — Glaucio Paulino, @eprinceton professor. In an article published in @Nature, researchers describe how they drew inspiration from
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RT @XiangxinD: How to morph between closed surfaces, and even change the topology? We provide an idea by integrating origami and kirigami.….
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RT @Nature: Nature research paper: Modular chiral origami metamaterials.
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RT @GRASPlab: Fun with Robots week 3 starts TOMORROW from 4PM-5PM at the Roxborough Library! GRASP's own Daniel Feshbach will be presenting….
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Huge congratulations @ProfZhaoMIT !!.
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EML Webinar
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EML co-Editor-in-Chief @ProfZhaoMIT has been elected as one of 163 scholars worldwide to the Class of 2025 Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)! .🎉 AIMBE represents the top minds in medical and biological engineering. Congratulations!
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RT @Nature: An origami-inspired ‘metamaterial’ has been engineered to have properties not found in natural materials — enabling it to under….
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RT @ghpaulino: Thanks to Philip Klocke and Larry Howell for their amazing “News & Views” Nature article: “Shapeshifting origami material sh….
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@Nature Huge congrats to my wonderful collaborators @Princeton, @ghpaulino, @XiangxinD, @ShixiZang, @Jyoti299792458, Konstantinos Manos, and Minjie Chen. @EPrinceton @PrincetonMSE @AndlingerCenter.
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@Nature Applications involve robotic transformers, thermoregulation, mechanical memories in hysteresis loops, non-commutative state transition, and plug-and-play functional assemblies for energy absorption and information encryption. Read the full text:
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@Nature Fold the white layer:
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@Nature Integrating magnetic-responsive materials, we can control deformation on demand using magnetic fields. Fold the red layer:
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@Nature Linear displacement with free rotation:
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@Nature Two distinct actuation conditions involve either twist with free translation or linear displacement with free rotation. See the twist experiment with free translation:
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Thank you @EPrinceton for writing this wonderful story for our paper in @Nature!.
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Princeton Engineering
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In an experiment reminiscent of the Transformers movies, @Princeton engineers created a type of material that can expand, assume new shapes, move and follow electromagnetic commands like a remotely controlled robot even though it lacks internal gears:
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RT @ghpaulino: As part of The Princeton SMatCH Seminar series, Dr Tuo Zhao is delivering a fascinating lecture on “Modular Chiral Origami M….
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