Nature abounds with helical filaments designed for specific tasks. For instance, some plants
use tendrils to coil and attach to the surroundings, while Spiroplasma, a helical bacterium …

Deformable printed electronic array devices are expected to revolutionize next-generation
electronics. However, although remarkable technological advances in printable inks and …

A new method for large-scale mimicking of the helical structure of plant tendrils from
cellulose solution was proposed based on liquid rope coiling of viscous fluid. In the spinning …

Spiral shapes occur frequently in nature as in the case of snail shells or the cochlea–the
auditory portion of the inner ear. They also inspire many technological devices that take …

The demand for equipments with small dimensions and high performance as well as the
development of micro-/nano-fabrication has stimulated intensive researches related to micro …

Core–shell structured PEO‐chitosan nanofibers have been produced from electric field
inducing phase separation. Chitosan, a positive charged polymer, was dissolved in 50 wt …

ABSTRACT A kind of biomimetic fibers of helical structures at nanoscale has attracted
increasing interest. In this study, a novel co‐electrospinning setup with a designed flat …

Une instabilité fluidique est mise à contribution d'un procédé de microfabrication modifié afin
de permettre la production de fibres directement structurées de liens sacrificiels durant la …

Helices made of polymeric elastic filaments have been the target of considerable and
growing interest in past years, given several potential applications. Although the underlying …