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Light-sensitive shape-shifters are swell gels

By 2012-03-08T00:00:00

Swelling polymers used to convert a flat sheet to a sphere

Source: © J. Kim, J A Hanna, M. Byun, C D Santangelo, R C Heyward; Background Map: NOAA’s Office of Coast Su

Chemists mimic the natural shape-shifting abilities of biological tissues using a half-tone printing technique on a polymer