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Origami Inspired Self-assembly of Patterned and Reconfigurable Particles

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Published on: February 4, 2013

Active Materials for Functional Origami.

Sophie Leanza¹, Shuai Wu¹, Xiaohao Sun²

¹Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.

Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)

|April 30, 2023

Summary

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Active materials enable lightweight, programmable origami structures without bulky actuators. This review covers materials, fabrication, and applications for advanced engineering designs.

Keywords:

active materials folding origami origami modeling stimuli-responsive materials

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Area of Science:

Engineering
Materials Science
Robotics

Background:

Origami principles are increasingly applied to engineering structures across diverse fields like aerospace and biomedicine.
Traditional actuation methods for deployable origami structures often lead to heavy and bulky designs.

Purpose of the Study:

To review the integration of active materials with origami for lightweight, remotely actuated, and programmable structures.
To discuss various active materials, their actuation mechanisms, fabrication methods, and applications in active origami.

Main Methods:

Review of literature on active materials (SMPs, SMAs, hydrogels, LCEs, MSMs, CAN polymers) and their use in origami.
Analysis of fabrication techniques, structural modeling, and constitutive models for active origami.

Main Results:

Active materials offer a solution to bulky actuation systems, enabling remote control and programmability in origami.
Diverse applications in aerospace, metamaterials, biomedicine, robotics, and architecture are feasible with active origami.

Conclusions:

Active materials significantly advance the potential of origami in engineering by enabling lightweight and adaptable structures.
Further research in modeling, fabrication, and material development is crucial for realizing the full potential of active origami.