Origami traces its origins to an ancient art form transforming flat thin surfaces into various
complex, fabulous 3D objects. Nowadays, such transformation transcends art by offering a …

Once merely ancient arts, origami (ie, paper folding) and kirigami (ie, paper cutting) have in
recent years also become popular for building mechanical metamaterials and now provide …

Thin-walled structures have been widely applied as energy absorption devices due to their
lightweight, high energy dissipating capability through large deformation, and low cost. The …

Emerging interest to synthesize active, engineered matter suggests a future where smart
material systems and structures operate autonomously around people, serving diverse roles …

Configured with a rapid evaporation rate and a high photothermal conversion efficiency,
solar-driven interfacial evaporation displays considerable promise for seawater …

Origami is an emerging class of structural materials that can display remarkable physical
and mechanical properties due to its unique deployability, while simple combination of …

A novel 3D metamaterial with tension-torsion coupling effect is designed through connecting
neighbor chiral honeycomb layers by inclined rods. Both numerical simulation and …

Origami-inspired designs for structural and material systems have received significant
attention due to their attractive kinematic and mechanical properties, design flexibility …

In this paper, three reconfigurable Mirror-Miura origami (MMO) patterns are designed by the
Miura origami units. The kinematics of three reconfigurable Mirror-Miura origami patterns are …

Rigid origami, especially rigid flat-foldable origami, is used to design compact structures with
large fold-deploy ratios. However, the intersection between facets caused by material …