Transforming flat sheets into three-dimensional structures has emerged as an exciting
manufacturing paradigm on a broad range of length scales. Among other advantages, this …

Shape-shifting of flat materials into the desired 3D configuration is an alternative design
route for fabrication of complex 3D shapes, which provides many benefits such as access to …

This monograph presents a general mathematical theory for biological growth. It provides
both a conceptual and a technical foundation for the understanding and analysis of …

Self-actuating materials capable of transforming between three-dimensional shapes have
applications in areas as diverse as biomedicine, robotics, and tunable micro-optics. We …

Morphological instabilities and surface wrinkling of soft materials such as gels and biological
tissues are of growing interest to a number of academic disciplines including soft …

The English-language dictionary defines wrinkles as “small furrows, ridges, or creases on a
normally smooth surface, caused by crumpling, folding, or shrinking”. In this paper we review …

The surface wrinkling of biological tissues is ubiquitous in nature. Accumulating evidence
suggests that the mechanical force plays a significant role in shaping the biological …

Non-Euclidean plates are a subset of the class of elastic bodies having no stress-free
configuration. Such bodies exhibit residual stress when relaxed from all external constraints …

Despite the common use of the blooming metaphor, its floral inspiration remains poorly
understood. Here we study the physical process of blooming in the asiatic lily Lilium …

The process by which spatial variations in growth transform two-dimensional elastic
membranes into three-dimensional shapes is both a fundamentally interesting mechanism …