Spatially confined rigid membranes reorganize their morphology in response to imposed
constraints. Slight compression of a rigid membrane resting on a soft foundation creates a …

Self-shaping of curved structures, especially those involving flexible thin layers, is attracting
increasing attention because of their broad potential applications in, eg …

We demonstrate ultrathin (2 µm thick) red and orange polymer light-emitting diodes with
unprecedented mechanical properties in terms of their flexibility and ability to be stretched …

A number of marine organisms use muscle-controlled surface structures to achieve rapid
changes in colour and transparency with outstanding reversibility. Inspired by these display …

Convolutions are a classical hallmark of most mammalian brains. Brain surface morphology
is often associated with intelligence and closely correlated with neurological dysfunction …

Fabrication of unconventional energy storage devices with high stretchability and
performance is challenging, but critical to practical operations of fully power-independent …

The ultrathin foil is temporarily adhered to a reusable support (Figure 1a). This allows all
subsequent processing steps to be scalable by adopting a roll-to-roll fabrication scheme …

The surface buckling on elastic bilayer towards a higher tunable morphological transition
has attracted considerable interests. While there are many studies on the 2-dimensional …

Topographical patterns are of fundamental importance to materials science, physics,
chemistry and biology, impacting applications as diverse as antifouling, microfluidic device …

Embryogenesis offers a real laboratory for pattern formation, buckling, and postbuckling
induced by growth of soft tissues. Each part of our body is structured in multiple adjacent …